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Reaching 50k words in WIP Ghostslayer
July 29, 2012
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I’m happy. Not only because I don’t have school – which is, awesome, by the way – but also because I managed to reach the big 50k on Ghostslayer, my current WIP. Ghostslayer is a bit of an odd ball. I started writing the manuscript because I had a random idea &
Continue Reading →Review Copy Drama
July 23, 2012
Last weekend was a “constructive” weekend in the llama drama hermosophere. While I usually tend to enjoy my fair share of drama every week – bring out the popcorn – these last cases of WTFery are so extreme they have me hitting my head against a wall. First, it
Continue Reading →Author Interview with MG Author Karen Pokras Toz
July 21, 2012
Hey everyone! Today I’m hosting an author interview with with MG author Karen Pokras Toz. Karen has written two MG novels, Nate Rocks The World and Nate Rocks The Boat. 1) When did you know you wanted to become a writer? It wasn’t until just a few years ago. In fact, I spent mos
Continue Reading →Monday Musings #5
July 16, 2012
Every Monday, I post a recap of last week’s events on the blog. Writing. I reached 42k in Ghostslayer, which meant I wrote roughly 7k last week. The second chapter is now with my critique partner, and I’m editing the first chapters as I work on the last ones. I haven’
Continue Reading →Monday Musings #4
July 09, 2012
Every Monday, I will post a quick recap of last week’s events. Feel free to join and/or link your own recap! Writing. I wrote 3k in The Ghosts of Dr. Weird, a chapter book I’m working on. I aim for 10k for the first draft, and then an extensive round of edits before I let
Continue Reading →Publication of my Book Delayed
July 04, 2012
This is a short post. Apologies beforehand. The publication of my book will be delayed from October 2012 to September 2013. I understand the reasoning behind it, and I hope the delay results in more promotion, more unique promotion ideas, and more sales. But, as my fellow authors prob
Continue Reading →I won Camp NaNo and July Goals
July 01, 2012
Hey everyone. Sorry I haven’t posted in about a week – between my last few exams, moving back from university to my home for the summer and writing like crazy to finish Camp NaNo in time, I didn’t have any time left to blog. But I did. For the first time in my life,
Continue Reading →I Write Like…
June 22, 2012
There’s a funny little machine on the internet called I Write Like… It’s simple to use, and fun! Just copy/paste part of your text into the analyzer, and see who you write like. I did this for a bunch of my WIP’s and was more than a little surprised by the outc
Continue Reading →Camp NaNoWriMo Updates
June 19, 2012
I’ve just reached 40,265 words on my Camp NaNo manuscript, Reflected (Mirrorland #2), which basically means…I’m nearly there. This story turned out nothing at all like I first expected though. For starters, it’s told from three different viewpoints. That means
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