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Monthly Archives: November 2019
Weekly writing check-in: start before you’re ready
So, after I posted about writing “seaside ghost” (which may not even involve the seaside or a ghost) and WWII, I had a mini-freak out.
I was all:
Wait! Why did I say that! I know nothing about WWII!
I then proceeded to have this conversation with myself*.
Other me: Why don’t you check your reading log to see how many books on WWII you’ve actually read?
Me: Wow … that’s a lot of books.
Other me: Now, why don’t you take a quick inventory of all the WWII books you own.
Me: Even more books.
Other me: So maybe if you don’t know something, you could look it up?
Me: …
Other me: …
Me: Okay. Fine. Use logic.
The lesson here (at least, I think there’s a lesson somewhere in here) is not so much start before you’re ready, but start before you feel ready.
In other writerly news, I made progress on some short stories and the project I’m still hoping to do in 2020.
And I finally, finally consolidated all the audio for Coffee and Ghosts and submitted the three-book bundle. I checked, double-checked, triple-checked the files, but I’m still worried I’m either missing one or they’re out of order.
*What. You don’t talk to yourself?
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Free Fiction Friday: Free November Fantasy and Science Fiction
I confess. Sometimes I pick a giveaway based on the header graphic alone. This one is gorgeous. It also is chock full of some fabulous looking books as well. Go check it out.
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Weekly writing check-in: seaside ghosts will interrupt your plans
So you may have noticed that I’ve been writing a lot of flash fiction lately. I have a notion for a project I might like to do in 2020, which involves a certain amount of flash fiction.
Years ago, when I was doing write 1/sub 1, I began a story I referred to as “seaside ghost” since it was about a ghost and involved the seaside. (I know. Sometimes the last thing I do is come up with a title for a thing.) I had the thought I might take the seed of that story and create a flash fiction around it.
Narrator: She didn’t.
I’m closing in on 2,000 words, which is well out of flash range. I don’t know what I’m looking at right now. A novelette? An actual novel? Who knows? The reason I set the original story aside is it involved WWII, and I didn’t have the background to write it. I figured I’d return to it once I did a little research.
Apparently, the muse has decided I’ve completed the necessary research. I guess now we’ll see where she leads me.
I’m still hoping to complete my flash project for 2020.
Narrator: She is optimistic.
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Free Fiction Friday: Honor and Magic
Lots of fantasy and magic in this giveaway. Runs until the end of November.
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Weekly writing check-in: flash and a half
Current mood: still feeling spooky
A flash and a half this week. Sometimes I start a story and then let it simmer, maybe for a couple of hours, or overnight. Occasionally, I’ll get stuck, and all I’ll need to do is stand up and walk about three feet from my computer when all the ideas hit me.
Creativity is weird.
It was a quiet Halloween here, probably because it was so cold.
I love seeing trick-or-treaters, but with three rescue dogs, it’s problematic. All three have varying responses to the doorbell ringing, but it is uniformly loud.
So these days, we set a bowl of candy on the front steps.
Even though we don’t do Halloween up like we used to, it’s still one of my favorites.
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Free Fiction Friday: Fantasy and Sci-Fi Adventure
Need some new books to start your November off right? Try this giveaway for a new-to-you author or series.
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