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Cataclysm Baby by Matt Bell
I finished reading Matt Bell’s “Cataclysm Baby,” published by Mud Luscious Press. Some of my favorite quotes (too many to list here): Only my wife cries. Only the birds caw, flap their wings. Only again a howl of spoor, cigar stutter. Hidden away in my house, my sons now celebrate their success: This is how …
A Letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald
I noticed this letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Frances Turnbull on a friend’s Facebook. “You’ve got to sell your heart, your strongest reactions, not the little minor things that only touch you lightly, the little experiences that you might tell at dinner. This is especially true when you begin to write, when you have …
Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July everyone! I like to watch “National Treasure” to celebrate. And the fireworks.
AWP
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Chicago was amazing. From Thursday to Saturday, writers, editors, literary magazines, and presses came for professional development and networking. It was my first AWP; I ran to sessions, explored the book fair, and of course, bought some books. I learned a lot from the sessions I …
Some videos to watch
A friend of mine started vblogging this year, so I watched them as a way to support him. And as someone who has not read a lot of horror, I am interested in learning more and will continue to watch. This is his second video. In the video he shared that he reads a short …
28903–NaNo
Well, I have made an improvement in my word count today. I wrote before class, at the write-in at the Union, and at the unofficial Prairie Margins write-in. And I used Dr. Wicked Write or Die (http://writeordie.com/) to write an additional 2,000 words. And I wrote two poems on top of that. Today was just …
17489–NaNo
I had a writing session tonight after my meetings. Since I worked on short sections tonight, I took mini breaks with writing emails in between. So I wrote on my computer from 10 to 11:45 p.m. I have a total of 17489 words. Doing well so far. This afternoon I started reading “Where She Went” …
Do you listen to music?
When you write, do you listen to music? I’ve found that longer writing projects (like novels) have their own soundtracks morph together. Right now I’m listening to the following playlist for my NaNo novel consisting of: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I and Part II by Alexandre Desplat, Lord of the Rings: The …
One day till NaNoWriMo…
It’s October 31st, my last day of sanity for the next thirty days. My project is on a roll. I’ve had great conversations with friends and teachers about the April Novel in the last week. I’m super excited to work through the latest developments. Every day I will post how many words I wrote and the …
Preparing for NaNoWriMo
November is only days away. I’m going to participate this year, and until Tuesday I considered working on two projects (for a total of 100,000 words? Nah. Then I would consider myself insane.) But I will continue to work on my April novel, mostly expanding scenes from her backstory and exploring her present adventure. Brian …
Suzanna and Writing 