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Anúna: 1st Draft post-NaNo update #4
I’m writing! I am! It was a dreadfully bad week for me as far as finding the energy to write. I won’t whine. Much of it was the result of stress and emotional writer’s block, but I did some thinking,...
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Anúna: 1st Draft post-NaNo update #5
A final toast t0 2012, and here’s looking to weeks of editing! Anúna draft 1 is complete! Yes! I didn’t meet my Christmas deadline, but I’ve been writing like mad for the last three days to meet my...
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Adventures in editing, part 1
I’m a bit behind on my self-assigned editing schedule, but I just finished editing the first 5 chapters and will start making those changes on my digital draft tomorrow. I normally edit my...
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Adventures in editing, pt. 2
I took the challenge and recorded my first vlog! Wherein I ponder the great editing task that is Anúna, my thought talking about writing, and more! Also, a shout out to the fab writers over at...
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Adventures in editing, pt. 3
I’m averaging 5 pages worth of edits (print to digital) an hour, but only managing to get in about an hour or two of edits on weekdays. It feels like trudging along at a snail’s pace, but I know I’m...
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Adventures in editing, pt. 4
I just finished editing Chapter 5. I call it round 1.5 because I’ve found that I usually edit my edits, and make more edits, as I’m translating my changes from the manuscript to the digital copy. It’s...
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Adventures in editing, part 5
Another vlog! Yes, indeed! vlog Anuna2 from Gricel on Vimeo. It’s going, it’s going. Not much to say for now, but I’ll try to make these a bit more regular. ’til next time! Anúna: 1st Draft About the...
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Camp NaNo… here we go!
getting ready… The day is almost upon us… Camp NaNo lurks just around the corner with its frantic writing goal. I’ve got my “plan”–which is really just a list of ideas I’ve been plotting for Cassiel...
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Adventures in re-writing, part 1
Cassiel… in progress That, my friends, is my pile of notes, outlines, summaries, and the first 5 chapters of Cassiel, draft 1 (aka. the wild beast). Now, here I am, nearing the first week of...
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Adventures in re-writing, part 2
CampNaNoWrimo has taught two incredibly important things about my writing. 1. Sometimes re-writing is the only way to revise a story. 2. After much whining and hand-wringing, I have to accept that...
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a vlog! oh my! a Camp NaNo update
Can it be? Yes, an update on my Camp NaNo progress! A quick vlog on my progress and all the writerly excitement this entails. Also, a special appearance by Tiny!Khaleesi. Filmed on my phone so pardon...
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Camp NaNoWriMo – Endings and Beginnings
I met my Camp NaNo word goal of 20k on Saturday night! Now, the real fun begins as I move forward with the rewrite and get back to editing Anúna. At the same time. This will prove maddening (but...
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Adventures in re-writing, part 3
this writer is sooo tired I’ve been a very bad noveler. I’ve not checked in as often as I told myself I would … but the words are coming along and that’s what counts, right? Right now, I just plodded...
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can it be… a vlog!
Still recording with my phone, but I promise I will get a proper camera one of these days… especially as I’m really getting into this whole vlogging thing For now, here’s a quick update on Cassiel and...
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Adventures in re-writing, part 4
Writer’s Block struck this month. Between family medical dramas and too much writing at work, the idea of squeezing in time to write before or after work was a joke. Not only have I been dealing with...
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Camp NaNoWrimo FTW!
I did it! I actually reached my 80k word goal! That’s the Good News… The Bad News is that I’m still not finished. Yep, I was right when I said predicted that this draft wouldn’t be complete when I...
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Another update on my adventure in re-writing
Not a true update, but just writing to say that I’m close. Oh, so close! Cassiel is in its final chapter. I just know it. Plots are starting to wrap up and this draft will soon be complete. I’m...
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The sense of an ending
At this very moment… yes, right now… Cassiel rewrite draft 1 is complete at a whopping 104,108 words. That’s… er… that’s a lot more than I intended to write. I started this rewrite as a revision, but...
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in which I flirt with total madness – a (re)writing update
It’s almost October, which means… dun dun dun… NaNoWriMo is right around the corner! Which REALLY means, I’ve been working on Anúna for a year (I also may have hit on a potential title, but that’s a...
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