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Not bad.

Amount of actual words on paper I’m getting down: Almost none. Amount of figuring out what this story needs to work: Ginormous. That’s not what I sat down to do tonight, but I’ll take it. I’ll definitely take...

Dude, get some help.

Dear Jerk in the Red Pickup, I admit it. I’m unsettled. Not so much by the fact that you tailgated us for over five miles, but that you did so ranting and huddling up in the corner of the cab with your fist over your forehead, hunching and swaying. If you really...

*hardens heart*

The hurricane story is a short story, not a novel. Scenes that aren’t about the sisters probably need to go. *wibbles lower lip, throws some cut scenes into a separate file* Highest word count: 11,000 words. Current word count: 6348 words....

Happy Thingy!

Happy “The Indians bailed the settlers’ asses out, and all they got was this lousy smallpox!” day. I don’t really hate Thanksgiving, even though I sometimes feel like I should. I mean, it’s basically a holiday to celebrate gluttony. Just...

Holy hand grenades, Batman!

I generally think of myself as bad at plot. Maybe I think this because I sometimes end up writing a first draft in which I follow a character around a setting and nothing happens to him or her. (This is generally what’s wrong with the hurricane story, by the...

Gadget lust!

Check it out! It’s a teeny tiny laptop that runs linux. I could even carry it in my purse if I bought a bigger purse. I fondled one at the store today. People kept asking me if I needed help. No! Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script! I...

Outlining is HARD.

Outlining is hard. Let’s do hard-core coding instead! Seriously. I’d ask y’all to tell me that it was only this bad because I’m a complete pantser and usually pull shorter stories out of my ass out of my subconscious like Athena leaping from...

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