Dec

21

Straight No Chaser

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Dec

18

The result of NaNo and what the future holds for my writing.

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Calvin and Hobbs WritingOKay I’ve taken some time off after NaNoWriMo to clear my head and refresh my creative juices. I have been concentrating on my family and getting myself straightened out, emotionally anyway. I have been thinking about the story and the way it started to go at the end. I’m not sure that I like the direction it was headed. I’m trying to figure out where the story should go and to finish the writing. Then I need to do some rewrites and some major edits and get the story in line with the direction I thought it would progress. I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I think it is all worth while in the end. I am so close to actually finishing a project that I started. When it is done, I’ll be looking for first readers. I have a couple of people lined up but if anyone else would be interested in being a first reader and taking the red pen to my work, please let me know. I think that once I’m done, and if my first readers like the story and think I should, I will podcast the story. So if anyone would like to help me out and be a first reader please let me know. Thanks!

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Dec

6

Update and Apology.

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The-Only-12-1-2-Writing-Rules-You-Ll-Ever-Need-Posters First the apology. I am sorry for not having posted here in a while. I have been quite busy, mostly with my personal life, but also with my writing ambition. As regular readers will know, I participated in NaNoWriMo 2007 this year. It was my second time doing NaNo, and I did much better this year than last. Lat year my totals were in the 28,000 word range. This year I accomplished much more, and probably could have won, if we had not planned a trip to disney on the 30th of November. I originally hoped I would only lose that day, but it turned out that I lost the last three days of November to packing and getting ready. I am proud of what I did and I really want to finish this novel. I may never do anything with it but I do want to finish it.

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On to other matters, we just got back from a five day trip to Disney world. It was fantastic and gave me some much needed bonding time with the family and especially my wife. We have been having a difficult time lately and getting away from the home and just being together really helped, me at least. I hope that my wife feels the same way. The kids really enjoyed the trip. I enjoyed being able to see them so happy and having so much fun. My son loved all the rides, except my favorite, the Haunted Mansion. Overall the trip was great, just very fast paced and busy.I have to say that I enjoyed being a family and that was something I couldn’t really say before. I am putting a lot into my family and I hope that my wife can see that and will do the same.

So that has been what has occupied my time the past several weeks. I hope to be able to update more often, especially as I start to finish my novel, the title of which is In the Shadow of the Past. Once I finish it and edit it, I’ve been think of podcasting it. We’ll see. I’m not sure if I have anything to offer the world but I would like for my novel to be heard, even if it is never read.

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