I started watching Brandon Sanderson’s lectures on writing science fiction and fantasy after seeing Kate Cavanaugh’s review video of the class. I highly recommend watching this series if you’re interested in writing of course, but also reviewing, mainly because it helped crystalize and identify a number of issues I’ve been having with some of my […]
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Smudge Odette Olivia MacNamara 1999-2021
Smudge was born on approximately August 15, 1999, the second smallest of a litter of barn kittens. At the age of 6 weeks, too small to jump onto my bed at night, she and her calico sister Chip became my 8th birthday presents – but Smudge was always mine. She remained tiny throughout her life, […]
Camp NaNoWriMo!
Well, it’s that time again – time for Camp NaNoWriMo! For the uninitiated, Camp NaNoWriMo is a more “customizable” version of NaNoWriMo [National Novel Writing Month] that runs in April and *checks notes* July. I’ve tried it a couple of times in the past and…generally failed [see also: most November NaNoWriMos I’ve participated in]. April also isn’t the […]
NaNoWriMo ’18: We’re doin’ this (apparently)
Every year, I go through the same process during this time of year: Realize that NaNoWriMo is coming up Decide that I should do NaNoWriMo Panic-outline a story idea, generally focusing way too much on the beginning and not at all on the ending Start NaNoWriMo strong Stall out at 20,000 words, because that’s when my outline ends and […]
Camp NaNoWriMo begins!
April 1 marks the beginning of first round of Camp NaNoWriMo for 2015. I wrote my first NaNoWriMo winner in November and I’m eager to get back into the kind of dedicated writing NaNo fosters. This session, I am working on a fantasy novel (shocking, I know). In Camp NaNoWriMo, you are able to specify […]