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mad-tante

The novel, in links

Since I'll be away on hols soon, I've decided as padding/ filler, I'll provide links to one of my novels. I posted it 15 April 09. Reader Caveat: there are foul words (I wrote it, after all) and some scenes with graphic violence and/or...prostitution in front of a child; stalking situations; murder...

subtle seem the stars

the best weapon, after caffeine, in the war on words

http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html now all that's left to find is a plot.

subtle seem the stars

Harry Potter and the Novel of Startling Innocuousness

So, I've decided to get in on the University of Alberta chapter of National Novel Writing Month. As the name implies, joining in on this requires the contestant to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. Generally it's undertaken in November (in observance of the poor weather and general winter...

Dreamers_Awake

Dreamers Awake: Chapter 10.

Chapter 10 His coffee cup clinked slightly as he placed it down with gentle care. It was expensive China that the McAllister’s had given him that one Christmas and he treated it as such. This was his morning routine, to have coffee and pastries with his secretary Jane Mulrooney. She was an older...

Dreamers_Awake

Dreamers Awake: Chapter 9.

Chapter 9 That bird was staring at her. Its beady black eyes kept looking at her, she knew it. She was sure if anyone saw her out here having a staring contest with a normal, every day sparrow; they’d think she was insane. And right now, Jenny was pretty sure she wouldn’t disagree with them....

Dreamers_Awake

Dreamers Awake: Chapter 8.

Chapter 8 “Did ya ever think about what kinda power you’d have if you were a superhero?” His partner’s words caught him off guard and Rock couldn’t help but let a snort of laughter escape from his lips. Glancing at Jensen, his much younger and excitable partner, Rock took a sip of his...

Dreamers_Awake

Dreamers Awake: Chapter 7.

Chapter 7 “Yeah, buh ih jus dun’t make sense Tadgh.” His friend Darrel walked beside him, the smoke from his cigarette wafting away to curl into his hair and brush against his shoulders. He was tall and gangly with strands of dirty blonde hair hanging into dark blue eyes. He always hunched...

Dreamers_Awake

Dreamers Awake: Chapter 6.

Chapter 6 There was something on her shoe. A thin black eyebrow lifted as she glanced at the sole of her sneaker, noting the strange patch of white. She sighed at the realization that she had stepped in gum again. She always seemed to step in gum. And then it would get all over her pants when she...

mad-tante

to be or not to be

One of my IRL friends just finished my novel uploaded to the lj account...She thinks I should try to get it published. Since 05, when I started doing nanowrimo in support of a friend, I've been listening to interviews with writers and have read a few books on writing. Personally, I'm a non-fic...

erin

Revisions and new ideas

Yesterday, I decided to pull out the MS I completed for NaNoWriMo (working title: Julia's Song) and take a look. I even sent it to my Kindle so I could read it more easily. I'm not all the way through it, but here are some things I definitely need to work on: 1. It needs a much better beginning. As...

mad-tante

not loving admitting this

Apparently, I don't enjoy writing fiction as much as I did at first. Most people who are my age and writing fiction have been writing "forever." I started participating in National Novel Writing Month in 2005 to support a friend who said she had "always wanted to write a novel." She was intelligent...