Nov
13

And Just Who *Are* My Characters, Anyway?

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Sort of a continuation of yesterday’s post, but without the smut. (Boo…) Anyway, so as I continue to NaNo along, I’ve definitely found ShadowWeaver to be picking up nicely. Although a few of the chapters start out a bit aimlessly, I now have a good idea of where I’m going. It’s different than I initially imagined it, but I’ve got the setup in place now and we’re starting to get into the action. MoonSong still continues to give me off and on fits. In some ways, I’m actually grateful for NaNo for this – it’s allowing me to try writing the same chapter from different PoVs without the added pressure of feeling like I need to produce it NOW. (Unlike ShadowWeaver, which is more established in my head, so I know what I’m putting down needs to count a bit more). However, some interesting things coming into play here with… Read more
Nov
12

Smut and the 1st PoV

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I had a slightly different topic of discussion yesterday that was lost by way of a few careless keystrokes, but I think this might be a little more interesting. It’s funny to me, because as I’ve mentioned before, I adore first person stories. Or maybe a better qualified statement is that I adore *good* first person stories. And as I’ve stated before, most of my favorite books are written in first, although certainly not all of them. We’ve had quite the discussion on the FF&P loops the last few days about it – what people like and don’t like, and I’ve seen a few impromptu polls go up on Facebook about it too. People seem to fall into three categories: 1) Either they loathe first person and refuse to read anything in it, regardless of author, storyline, etc or 2) People who don’t mind it at all. or 3) People… Read more
Nov
8

The Good Wife

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I was chatting with a friend the other night, and she asked if mr myn was fully supportive of my writing. Turns out she wasn’t feeling like she was getting the support she needed at home.And I thought about it for a while and then I asked him. At which point he shrugged and said “sure.” On the surface such a response may not mean much, but I have to qualify it. 1) Writing is intensely personal. And it can be hard to do. Some days the words just flow, but other days it can literally be like pulling teeth when a scene just isn’t working, or characters aren’t cooperating. He’s always given me the time to write when I needed it – and rarely says anything against it. 2) He’s never said anything disparaging about me “wasting my time.” I have to say, I have talked to a number of unfortunate… Read more
Nov
6

Ehhhh….

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Not burning out. Not yet.  LOL. But that Dragon Age game is kicking my ass. Been up *way* too late trying to play it the last few nights. I’m still ahead of where I need to be in the daily NaNo count, but it’s starting to slip. Gonna have to make up some ground this weekend (like I did last weekend). Writing wise, it’s going okay, though I’ve hit a point or two where if I were just writing normally, I’d stop and take stock of what I’ve put down and where I’m planning on going. Can’t do that here since I just don’t have the time. But still. I can see now that my regular pace of 1000 words a day (on work days) really is about the limit for me, at least as far as decent writing goes. Although that doesn’t count any pbp posts or the side… Read more
Oct
27

Minor Epiphany?

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And I do mean minor. Took my netbook to the David Garrett concert because 1) I’m a big ass nerd. 2) I was going to be alone there for at least 2 hours before the show started. 3) I’m a big ass nerd. Oh wait.  Right, well, so I skipped the bar scene and found a corner where I could set up and even though I couldn’t connect to the wi fi, I was able to get some things done…mainly look over the writing, do some light plotting, work on the pitch, whatever. Maybe it was the change of venue, or the general atmosphere – excited people, that sort of thing. Kinda swept me up a bit, and I realized that perhaps I’ve been writing in the wrong direction. I have a tendency to push past the point of sanity and put a lot of undue pressure on myself sometimes.… Read more