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The Finishing Point: NaNoWriMo 2014
So I finished my NaNoWriMo first draft on the 17th of November. It’s why I’ve been a little quiet. I’ve been trying to process exactly what that means to me. I wrote 95,000 words in 17 days. That’s a record for me. I completed an entire novel. It seems that when I’m given then time and the drive, I’m a pretty immersive creature and when I’m into a project, I’m all in, baby. All the way in. Narrowing my focus and taking a weekend away from all of my distractions was probably the biggest push I needed. Through aching wrist and crying knees I reached 50k in 3 and a…
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Sharing Sunday – Dead on Time: Part Three
And for today’s Sharing Sunday, the last part from Danni! I hope you enjoy the last part of Dead on Time. Dead on Time: Part Three Muttering the directions that Dr. Reed had given her to his position beneath her breath, Rae tightened her grip on her metal pipe as she slowly eased open the door. She couldn’t spot any zoms in the first hallway, but that didn’t mean that there weren’t more further along the way. At that moment, Rae wished more than anything that she had one of those awesome weapons that she had always seen people carrying in the zombie movies and games. An M4, a Glock, hell,…
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Writing Wednesday
Week three of NaNoWriMo. Things should be starting to pick up again. You should, hopefully, be liking your story again. I love this part of NaNo, purely because it gets fun again and you don’t think you’ve made a fool out of yourself. Today’s Writing Wednesday prompt is about loss. It also is the 7 month anniversary of my Dad passing. Miss you, Dad. Watching the news your character finds out that their best friend has just been involved in a terror attack. They were in the exact place as the exact time that the reporter has just mentioned. How does your character react? What do they do? Send me…
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Sharing Sunday – Dead on Time: Part Two
And here’s part two! Dead on Time: Part Two Groaning softly, Rae pressed her hands to her temples softly, fearing to open her eyes and have any lights in the room make the pounding in her head worse. She couldn’t remember anything in the pamphlet for time travel about feeling like your head would split in two. Didn’t companies have to list side effects on shit like that? Even if it was in the fine print? And Rae would remember if it said anything, she had been sure to read the whole novel-length contract three times, and thoroughly. A low moan finally prompted her to crack open one eye, and…
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Writing Wednesday
Welcome to another week. It’s Week Two of NaNo. Mostly it’s all starting to turn into you hating your writing, but keep going, it gets better. I promise! Today’s prompt is one of my favourite. Here it is: Faeries are real. They don’t have wings and they’re not made out of sugar and spice, but in fact made of lust, sex and cunningness. There are two courts, the light and the dark, your character has to decided which one they want to live in and why! Send me your attempts for a chance for free editing.
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Sharing Sunday – Dead on Time: Part One
Today’s Sharing Sunday is by one of my gorgeous online friends who resides in the U S of A! Woop. Danni is a true gem, her writing is always so good and I know that whatever she comes up with is nothing short of amazing, even if she sometimes doesn’t think so! So over the next three Sunday’s you’ll be getting a snippet of her work, only because this piece is huge and I wouldn’t put you through the pain of sitting down and actually reading it all in one sitting, it’s worth it though! Here’s a little bit about the piece from Danni’s own fingers: Dead on Time originally…
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Crush That Internal Editor: NaNoWriMo Tips
I’ve had multiple questions about how I write as fast as I do and what I do and I think I’m just so used to it that I don’t bat an eyelash at it anymore. I think it’s normal, but I have to remember that not everyone has the same thought process as I do. Note to self: everyone is different, even if you don’t want to believe it. I love NaNoWriMo for so many reasons. One: it actually helped me edit less when writing initial drafts and let me enjoy the process of writing a story. Two: You meet some rad people and get to strengthen already rad bonds.…
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Writing Wednesday
It’s the first week of NaNo! So this Writing Wednesday prompt comes from the thick of it. It’s been a bit crazy but so worth it. I hope you’re all having a ball because I know I am. Here’s this week’s prompt: Your character has stumbled along into a dream and it’s back to a time where electricity didn’t even exist. It’s prehistoric times and there are dinosaurs! What do you have them do? Send in your tries for free editing.
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Fully Awake Dreamer – Peta Hawker
I’ve been saving this beautiful lady for when the time is right. She is the main reason I feel like all of my weirdness works. I can’t pinpoint the first moment when we were friends but I just knew that I had to have her as a friend and together with Megan, I call this beautiful one of my best friends. Without her I don’t know how I would have been able to cope with the array of things that have happened in the three years that I have known her. After this you’ll see just why she is amazing too. Tell us a little about yourself and what you…
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Inside the mad rush for 50k – NaNoWriMo 2014
So before I started writing for NaNoWriMo this year, I had decided I was going to try and update every day to see how I go with things. Guess what happened? Yeah, you guessed right. This little writer got herself so caught up in writing that I did nothing but write. And eat. And sleep. And write some more.I reached 50k at the start of this morning, but I’m technically counting it as three days, because really, that’s all it’s been to me. This story took my by surprise in many ways. Firstly Devin’s story is supposed to be the third book in my series, but secondly it’s got different…