Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Turkey Day is almost here!

I'm flummoxed. Seriously. Started a couple days ago when son Guy and his Boss Lady (girlfriend) dropped by while I was smack dab in the middle of the scene where my good guy cop is about to lower the boom on the creep who done his mother wrong eleven years earlier. Thing is, they each had a latte in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Getting organized for the big write...

TAPS just asked a question about how I keep organized so I know what's going on in a story this long. BTW I'm at 45,500 and counting... First -- in this case -- I copied this photo from Corbin Dallas's blog of my cast of characters. If you don't remember it, it's a family photo from the 70s. Tall... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Things are getting interesting

The NaNoWriMo project is moving along. I'm at 43,000 words plus. This writing project is an excellent diversion from some worrisome things going on in the world around me. I'm thinking of doing a flashback where Herb has a secret of his own, something to give him a little more substance as a man, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Essence of it all.

"What do you know about this Essence thing?" June asked. It was my shift at the library and I had finished turning on the lights, stocking the pastry cabinet, getting the coffee machine ready to serve. There were no customers for me in the little used bookshop, so I had taken a minute to sit with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I work better outside the spotlight.

It's safer there than center stage. Maybe it's one more aspect of the writing personality. June, you remember her, 91, still crazy after all these years, published children's writer: she says there's a distinct writing personality, but I don't fit it. She declares all writers are neurotic, they have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Houston, we have a problem...

OK, so I'm not an astronaut hanging by a thread in outer space, but yesterday it felt like it. I couldn't get online. No email. It was like the world had erased itself overnight. I clicked my mouse, I tapped the usual keys. Nothing. The first couple times I tried, early in the morning, I thought... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Oh, I've got bad news about the bad guy...

I'm going to post a little excerpt here in a minute, and please remember it's rough draft, subject to revision. It grew among the 3000+ words I got on paper yesterday. Not quite as many as my record output of a few days ago, but enough to leave my joints crunchy and my body struggling to unbend when... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Well, I did it! The scene that made me cringe.

I got inside the mind of this sadistic creep who went after my character Louise. He enjoyed instilling fear. He ran his knife along her neck. He assaulted her on the bathroom floor while her little girls napped just down the hall and the boys were watching TV in the basement family room. He... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 13, 2009

The writing life...

When I was a kid we lived in this itsy bitsy little village -- about 50 families, 250-300 people. Most men were directly involved in the logging industry, cutting trees, trimming, hauling. There was Talbott's general store and post office, including a butcher shop, McDaniel's Telephone Exchange and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Pride goeth before a fall. Boy, does it!

My word count yesterday: 361. That's like one tenth of the previous day's. What a slacker! I edited a bit, dithering and delaying about the idea I'm cringing from. I went out for lunch, took quite a while. Watched people. It was Burger King, they have a playroom, there were at least a dozen little... Sign in to see full entry.

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