Alicia Gregoire

Preparing for NaNoWriMo: Character and Some Setting Detail

One week from today will be NaNoWriMo and I completed my preparation last night. My plotcards are written and organized. My characters and settings are in decent shape. By decent I mean enough has been determined to crank out a first draft. That’s the key with character and setting: you have to have enough to … Read more

Stop! Haiku Time!

Welcome to Monday, Lurkdom. The day job is busy and the interns are chatty. It’s also a week from Halloween. 13 Zombies delight me Enlightening my grave thoughts Towards death I go Stay tuned this week for some more NaNoWriMo tips and other things.  ______ Last.fm hit of the day: The Virus of Life by … Read more

Best Ages! With Pictures!

Today’s prompt from Paper Hangover is hard as hell. The 5 best ages of my life? I’m lucky if I can pick one because that’s how I roll. Yours truly can’t remember much from my single digit days, though I think I had a decent year 5*, and we’ll totally overlook the middle school years … Read more

Why I Write

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s topic: What’s your numero-uno reason for writing? This is such a great question and oddly one that … Read more

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