I wrote the first 1000 words of the next chapter, chapter 11. Felt really good. I love the conflict that’s about to come up. I stopped even though I knew exactly what is going to happen next. This will make it fairly easy to just slide into writing again. — I was thinking about writing […]
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I finished typing up chapter ten tonight. I had a bad scene in that chapter, and I knew it when I wrote it. But tonight, I dropped it and wrote a new scene instead. The chapter is a little short, but I’m not worried. Total typed word count for the novel so far: Either tomorrow
I was at Norwescon this weekend. I was impressed by the level of conversations generated by the panels I attended. I had a great time, met lots of new people. When I wasn’t attending panels, I was generally in the bar, or in the Green Room, hanging out with people.
This weekend is Norwescon. I will be doing a writer workshop thang tonight. I figure I’ll find people in the bar. I may show up for the con early and do dinner with whoever is around. Feel free to text me if you’re interested. For those interested, my schedule is here. See ya’ll there!
I’ve gone through the novel a few more times, cleaning things up. I’m sending it off on Monday to my agent. As well as sending off a short story as well. (WOOOT!) Today I started back into the next novel. It felt SOOOO good. I had thought that I should do an editing pass on
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Yes, I’m a couple of months late, but I finally finished the big rewrite of the novel!!!! ::dances:: This weekend I’ll go over it one more time, then Monday, I’m mailing it back to my agent! WHEEEE!!!!! I will not be at Thursday tea tonight — I have to fly to San Francisco for the
As ya’ll may or may not know, I now work for Salesforce.com. A large part of this company is The Foundation, which is the charitable branch of the company. The Foundation was created within a year after the company was formed, before they had their IPO. Salesforce believes in what they call the 1-1-1 ratio
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I won’t be going to tea tonight. Or if I do make it, it will be late. The Capitol Hill Community Council steering committee is meeting tonight, at 6:30 PM, in the Coldwell Banker building across the street from the B&O. I was in San Francisco last week for the day job. It was one
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I just received my Norwescon schedule. I’m going to be busy! The Hills are Alive Friday 2:00 p.m. Cascade 6 Setting is more than just the landscape or the furniture. Learn how setting supports and enhances plot and character development and how to make your Fantasy, Horror, and SF settings do more for your story
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I tend not to post personal stuff in this LJ. Which means that recently, I haven’t been posting at all. I’m still rewriting the novel. I’m very close to finishing. I’d like to say that I’ll finish it over the weekend, but I’m going to a yoga workshop all day Saturday and Sunday, so we’ll