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Category: A Writer’s Life

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

Added some lifelist birds today

Went to Pine Creek Important Bird Area with the parents today. Mom and I have been meaning to get up there during the fall migration for three years now, and this year finally managed it. I’m not sure why Dad goes along on bird-watching expeditions, because he spent most of…

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Stephanie September 16, 2012 March 29, 2015Nature 0

Writing isn’t always lonely

When I’m struggling through the nitty-gritty grind of squeezing out word after word, trying to get things just right on the page, it’s really easy to forget there’s a world out there, let alone other people who understand what I’m going through. Then I see a post from someone like…

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Stephanie June 19, 2012 May 27, 2016A Writer's Life, My Writing Process writing 0

Kickin’ It Old School

Chapter Three has refused to be written at the computer. I do a heck of a lot of composition while sitting at the keyboard. I used to write longhand a lot more than I do now, but apparently Chapter Three needed to be written longhand. I cleaned out my fountain…

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Stephanie April 1, 2012 August 2, 2019My Writing Process, Stationery The Loyalty Factor 0
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