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, , becca December 23, 2009

How Publishing Is Like Giving Birth. And Also Not.

Like: There’s this beautiful new thing, and I want everyone to see it. Not Like: I invite a whole lot more people to come around at delivery when it’s a book. Like: There’s that gasp of surprise and delight to see it whole and shiny. Not Like: Much less mess. Like: I find myself telling
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, , , becca November 13, 2009

I Absolutely Almost Remember Doing That Already (I Think)

I am losing my mind. Not in the slow, graceful way of the aging woman of character. Fast and loud. For instance: I do things, regular house-y things or different elsewhere things, only to check progress and find that I didn’t do them at all. Like? Oh, how about the laundry that should be dry
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, , becca November 11, 2009

Good Advice

Hey, it’s a quote from Husband!* “Discover what each character needs.” Great writing advice, right? Even though he uses it for films, it’s the same sort of idea. And it can help get me out of a NaNo slump. Because my characters will always need something (a drink of water, a slap, to find the
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, , becca November 9, 2009

Fighting Style

I’ve been writing a fight – not physical, and not even an argument. It’s a silent avoidance, and sometimes those can be the most painful. Someone is keeping a secret. Someone else makes (totally incorrect) assumptions. Everyone feels bad, bad. Are you a confronter? Or an avoider? What about the people in your house? Same
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, , , becca November 3, 2009

Good Morning

It is. A good morning, I mean. One thousand words down pre-Kid-wake-up. Plus some research. And do you know what I am finding? In that research? That symptoms of just about any disease or emotional disorder or abuse can be confused with all the others. Which is good for purposes of this novel, but tricky
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, , becca November 1, 2009

Novel Writing Month

Do you know all about this? It begins tomorrow. It’s National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo. Clever, right? (See? I’m like a novel-writing MACHINE. Or something.) I’ve never done it before, but I’m totally in for it this year. I have a plan (the hardest part for me) and a will (um, a close second) and
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, , becca October 27, 2009

Help! Help!

Okay, it’s not like this is an emergency. I don’t need anyone’s kidney. Just really great ideas for yearbook themes. My WIP needs a terrific yearbook theme, and I’ve got nothing. If you leave me theme ideas, the greatest one will be in my book, and will even be the title (*gasp*) if it rocks
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, , , becca October 21, 2009

Yea for Visiting!

Last week I talked to Mrs. Hall’s 4th grade class about all things authory. We had a pretty good time, if I do say so myself. They had good questions and great ideas. One thing we talked about was goal setting. How we can get a real sense of accomplishment from setting, monitoring, measuring and
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