The Importance of Unplugging

/ April 2, 2012

Writers today have a lot more challenges than just what is on the television. In an age where you can be connected to the internet through your computer, phone, e-reader, and probably a hundred more things I’m forgetting, it’s difficult to remember a time when this wasn’t the case*. With the exception of a few hours a week, all of

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Story and Calendar Management

/ March 20, 2012

It’s been a long few weeks, Lurkdom. I’ve reread my WIP about six times and now have 13 pages of revision notes to implement. In addition to the crazy amount of notes, I also have a 3 page long task list of things this revision must accomplish. My revision process will hit the triple digits hours-wise. The first thing on

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Behind the Zombie– Doug Jones

Ag2218/ March 9, 2012

Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. Hello! And welcome to another edition of Zombie Thursday! Today I want to profile another cool actor. He’s not especially famous for playing a zombie, but he is incredibly famous. He’s been in over 90 films and television shows, and even though you

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A Hiatus, of Sorts

/ March 6, 2012

Dear Blog, This is to let you know that you and I won’t be seeing each other as much over the next few weeks. Please know this has nothing to do with you, but everything to do with revisions. I’m five weeks behind my self-inflicted revision schedule. (My original plan was to use EdMo to revise my NaNoWriMo ’11 project.)

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Today’s Revision Angst Fueled by Diet Cherry Coke

/ March 2, 2012

If you’ve been following me on Twitter or have seen my life via Facebook, you know the following things: I’m still unemployed, I’m still revising, and I’ve developed an unhealthy addiction to several Facebook games. The first thing isn’t related to the last two things, though I’m using my unemployment-ness to my advantage. Example: A revision that would have taken

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