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Tag Archives: The Girl of Illusions
“So far, keeping it together’s been enough.”
The one, minor downside of having a large number of staggeringly amazing friends and acquaintances is that, more often than I care to admit, I feel bad about myself for not managing to be more like them. I don’t have … Continue reading
Doubts are not words
It’s almost the end of March and I haven’t written a blog post yet this month. I’d like to say that life has been so crazy and exciting that I haven’t had time to post, but in truth, it’s been … Continue reading
Writing in the moment
Like most writers, I have my candy bar scenes–the scenes I can’t stop thinking about because I can’t wait to write them. In particular, I’m very much hoping that The Girl of Illusions, my current novel-in-progress, will have a sequel. … Continue reading
“I’ve been waiting for this silence all night long.”
Over the past week, I have mostly either been a quivering ball of stress, or so exhausted that I just want to curl up and fall asleep. But the weekend has been everything a weekend should be. Not only was … Continue reading
If the threat of mockery worked once…
WHO: Your humble narrator WHAT: The Girl of Illusions, chapters 1-3, drafted and polished WHEN: January 31, 2013 WHERE: On my couch, at my laptop HOW: With all deliberate speed WHY THIS IS RIDICULOUS: Have you seen my word count? Oh, well. … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions: 2013 Edition
First, full disclosure: as far as last year’s resolutions are concerned, I didn’t do very well. To keep writing (with a goal of 75,000 words): I did keep writing, obviously, but while I didn’t keep careful track, I am pretty sure … Continue reading
Finding a balance
When I was twelve or so, my great-uncle, who was also a writer, gave my first stab at a novella to his editor, who sent me some encouraging but constructive criticism. (In retrospect, she was far too kind about the literary … Continue reading
Writing goal: accomplished!
It looks like mockery won’t be necessary this time. I finished the second draft of chapters 1-3 on November 26, which even gave me a few days to polish things up a bit. I’m going to go over it one … Continue reading
I have a writing goal. Mock me if I fail.
As previously established, I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have aspirations of my own. And I feel like if I don’t set some sort of deadline for myself, it’ll be too easy to tinker … Continue reading
In which I turn 23
This month, I turned 23, which meant that for a week, everything was amazing. I got to see my parents the weekend before my birthday, I spent some time with DC writer friends on the day itself (mainly because a … Continue reading