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Archive for January 2011

Why Fiction Writing is Not Easy

Today was a good day. I lifted the spirits of a couple of people I know.  I spent the afternoon writing, and will continue this evening.  Some of my best writing comes to me in the late hours. (It’s really a pain when you have to get up early the next morning, but that’s a price I’m willing to pay to see a story of my own creation unfold on […]

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1800 Words

I wrote approximately 1800 words today. What does that mean? 1800 Words = 7 1/4 pages of text So how did I do it?  Well, the cats and I hid out in my office today.  Surrounded by our fiction library, I put my earphones in and cranked up Position Music’s Orchestral Series Volume 3 by Magnus Christensen and Ryan Franks.  My iTunes says it’s classical music, but this is bold, […]

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2011, Here I Come…

Welcome to 2011. We had a quiet New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day here.  Had some good food.  Watched a movie.  Today I started working on the second of my new year’s resolutions, which I’m determined I will be successful at.  I’m not saying any more than that yet. I’ve been reading a number of blogs lately, and toward the end of the year, they characteristically take a look […]

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