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NaNoWriMo

Trust30 – Motivation for a month to get yourself writing

May 31, 2011

Who are you, and what do you want to say? Do you even know? Finding your own voice and using it in a crowded room is always difficult, but it’s become even tougher with the immense access to ideas and silliness the internet permits. Strong and creative ideas can easily give way to self-doubt, conformity, [...]

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Tempus Fugit

October 13, 2009

Time flies, baby!  It’s hard to believe but it’s almost time for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) again.  This is your call to arms…or pens…or probably PC’s…whatever, you get the idea.  Now is the time to do it.  Now is the time to put aside procrastination, self-doubt, and realistic expectations.  Don’t think about it, just sign up [...]

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Character Names – Random, Plentiful and Believable

January 28, 2009

What do the following character names have in common? Maria Archer Hollis Rivers Ester Stringer Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI OK, so that last one doesn’t really fit with my topic, but all of these started out the day in my email spam folder.  I have been harvesting character names from this source for [...]

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The Triumphant Return of The Loser

December 11, 2008

This Sunday I finished my NaNoWriMo story.  Those familiar with NaNo know that it takes place in November and is a race to get fifty thousand words done.  In a month.  Those familiar with calendars will notice that this is, in fact December.  I didn’t finish in a month.  I didn’t get 50k either, I [...]

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Running Scared For a Running Start.

October 14, 2008

Crap!  It’s almost November.  That means National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for us hipster doofuses.  I am not done with my current project (also a novel) but I’m going in anyway.  Screw it!  This event is about getting the damn words on paper.  Well, on the computer screen but whatever.  I’m not waiting until next year [...]

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