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Every Cliche in the Book

Man, there’s nothing like spending an afternoon looking through stories you wrote ten years ago and reading the critiques from your creative writing classes (including the one where I got a C for the assignment and was told basically, “Way to write every cliche in the book, now scrap it…

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Stephanie September 23, 2005 May 28, 2016My Writing Process Being a Writer is Hard 0

REC: How To Bring Someone Back From the Dead

I want to point you to an awesome story. “How to Bring Someone Back From the Dead” by Victoria Schanoes Click here to read it. Very good, very powerful.

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Stephanie April 22, 2005 April 22, 2005Writers I Like 0

2005 Reading List

Okay, I’m going to be updating this all through the year (I hope…if I remember) so I can keep track of what I’ve read. A Hidden Magic – Vivian Vande Velde Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling Sword-Dancer – Jennifer Roberson (a re-read from years…

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Stephanie January 17, 2005 May 20, 2016Reading book lists, books I've read, reading, reading lists 0

Storytelling…

Okay, so I owe a couple of stories to people.  First of all, the two truths and a lie… It is a lie that I have smoked pot with my best friend’s husband. I’ve never smoked pot.  In fact once I was offered it most insistently at a Dave Matthews…

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Stephanie December 16, 2004 May 20, 2016Travel Indiana 0

NaNo Update: FINISHED!!!!!

76,208 / 75,000 (101.6%) Today’s Word Count:  5,869 FINAL Word Count:  76,208   I am more excited than I can possibly express.  Yes, it is 4 in the morning, and you’ll see my own little joke in the last scene, because that’s damn late (or early, if you want to…

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Stephanie November 30, 2004 May 20, 2016NaNoWriMo by Year Come Ye Back 0

NaNo Update – Day 28

Whew!  Getting close now! 70,339 / 100,000 (70.3%) Today’s Word Count:  2,560 Overall Word Count:  70,339

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Stephanie November 29, 2004 May 20, 2016NaNoWriMo by Year Come Ye Back 0

NaNo Frustrations

It’s amazing how difficult it is proving to finish writing this darned novel!  I can’t get this scene to wrap up, and until I do, I can’t move on to the next scene, which I anticipate might be a wee bit easier to write.  GRR!  Seriously, I have like FOUR…

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Stephanie November 28, 2004 May 20, 2016NaNoWriMo by Year Come Ye Back 0

NaNo Update – Day 27

Technically this might be considered Day 28, since I wrote all night…but I just woke up at my desk, and decided it’s probably time to get some sleep.  So I’ll be doing some more writing later today.  So. Saturday’s Word Count:  3,227 Overall Word Count: 67,779 I didn’t quite make…

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Stephanie November 28, 2004 May 20, 2016NaNoWriMo by Year Come Ye Back 0

NaNo Winner, right here. ^_^

I validated today.  Not that I’m officially finished with the novel, but I decided it was time to validate so I wouldn’t forget. ^_^  Heh, as if there was any chance of that happening. Okay, sorry, krycek_chick, I will get back to writing.  ^____^

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Stephanie November 27, 2004 May 20, 2016NaNoWriMo by Year Come Ye Back 0

NaNo Update – Day 26

I shall blame any lack of writing time on copperbadge, who is an evil man who linked to an evil game on his LiveJournal.  ^_~ 64,552 / 100,000 (64.6%) Today’s Word Count:  3,167 Overall Word Count:  64,552 Finished the big climax scene today, as well as writing one of the…

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Stephanie November 27, 2004 May 20, 2016NaNoWriMo by Year Come Ye Back 0
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