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The Solution to Snow

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This is what my drive home from work looked like today. Since then we’ve had probably 6 inches of snow, and more is on the way. Here is my answer to that: Because cats are perfect little space heaters.

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Stephanie February 5, 2014 May 27, 2016A Writer's Life, Nature cats, photos, weather 0

Sunday Snippet: Snowplows and Sixth Street

With the crazy snow coming down today, I thought this was an appropriate snippet. It’s from the story I’m currently working on–an urban fantasy set here in Central Indiana. One of the characters featured in this story is a character who appears in several of my other urban fantasy stories,…

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Stephanie January 5, 2014 May 21, 2016My Writing Process, Nature setting: Indiana, sneak peek, urban fantasy, weather 2

Never Plan a Road Trip During NaNoWriMo

Oops, I forgot to tell you guys what NaNoWriMo project I picked. I decided to go with my urban fantasy story that wants to be a novel. It involves a lot of small-town Indiana settings and characters I really like. It also has an overwhelmingly female cast. It’s a lot…

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Stephanie November 20, 2013 May 20, 2016NaNoWriMo, Travel NaNoWriMo 0

The NaNoWriMo Conundrum

Ten years ago I signed up for NaNoWriMo and wrote the novel I’m currently querying. I took this strange, new approach to novel-writing and called it a vacation–I took a vacation from what I usually wrote, which is epic fantasy, and decided to experiment with urban fantasy. I allowed myself…

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Stephanie October 30, 2013 May 27, 2016NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo by Year, Writers I Like NaNoWriMo, urban fantasy 0

Calling All Non-Artists

I know some very talented people who write and also draw or paint. Some of my favorite writers even write, draw, and sing (Maggie Stiefvater, I’m looking at you!). And some of them seem to only require about four hours of sleep per night. (Laura VanArendonk Baugh, I’m looking at…

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Stephanie June 20, 2013 April 15, 2019A Writer's Life, Writing Fantasy maps 2

Back That File Up!

I’m privileged to own two Windows computers as well as a netbook on which I’m running Xubuntu Linux. One of the Windows computers is a Windows 8 laptop I got in December (and which I share with my mom at times). The other is a Vista machine I got early…

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Stephanie June 11, 2013 May 27, 2016A Writer's Life, My Writing Process 4

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Stephanie May 2, 2013 May 27, 2016A Writer's Life cats 1

Kittens make everything better

Back in late January we had several nights of single-digit temperature, and we finally lured our stray cat inside. Didn’t really need another cat, since I already have Eowyn and Strider, but the stray was a gorgeous, purry, sociable calico, and there are coyotes around here, so we hate seeing…

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Stephanie May 2, 2013 May 27, 2016A Writer's Life cats 0

On Temptation

Today’s a snow day. We got 5 inches overnight, and I cancelled my plans for today, because the county doesn’t bother plowing our roads, so I’ll be lucky to make it to my doctor appointment tomorrow, let alone get out today. I spent the morning on sorting through old files…

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Stephanie March 6, 2013 May 27, 2016A Writer's Life, Motivation Being a Writer is Hard, motivation, The Loyalty Factor, time management 0

Restart and Reboot Yourself

Prompt: Take a line from a song that you love or connect with. Now forget the song, and turn that line into the title or inspiration for your post. The song in question is U2’s “Unknown Caller”–a song from their No Line On The Horizon album, which constantly amazes me…

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Stephanie January 15, 2013 May 27, 2016A Writer's Life, My Writing Process writing 2
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