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Day 15 and Brazos Valley SCBWI Conference Part 3

No writer’s block anymore! At least for now. I got up this morning, day 15 in my unofficial participation of National Novel Writing Month, and the words swam out. I’m almost done fixing the middle mess I had from the first draft, and my first and second halves are almost completely sewn together. I don’t…
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Day 14 and Brazos Valley SCBWI Conference Part 2

I was off work today, so I managed to get more writing done than usual in day 14 of my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month. Like any day that start out clear, mine quickly got filled up and I spent the morning running errands. But I was back at my computer at 1:30, feeling fresh…
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Day 13 and Brazos Valley SCBWI report part 1

I missed writing Saturday because of the Brazos Valley SCBWI conference, and Sunday I was tired and took the day off. I know, missed days in my unofficial participation of National Novel Writing Month, but as it’s UNofficial, I’ll just count this as day 13 and keep going until I get to day 30. Daily check in:…
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Day 12

Another late post. Busy day today. But it was a good writing morning for day 12 of my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month. It didn’t start out so well. I got up, planted myself in front of the computer, wrote a sentence, and thought, “I have no idea where I’m going with this…
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Day 11

Late late post today, as I worked late in my day job and almost forgot to check in. But the good news is that my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month is progressing fine. My novel revision is still going well, slowly, but well. I’m figuring out this middle part bit by bit, trying some…
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Day 10

These days seem to be flying by. I can’t believe it’s already day 10 of my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month. Another late night (they’re going to be the death of me — or my writing; no, not my writing), but I still got up at the usual time and sleepily wrote. It…
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Day 9

Yes! The writer’s block with my novel scene finally broke this morning. The absence did it good, I guess. In day 9 of my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month, I got up early and finished the revised scene I’ve been having problems with. And this version reads much better and fits with the story much…
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Day 8

It has been more than a week in my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month. Yay! Got up early and spent about two hours in front of the computer. I can’t report that I got that much done, I’m afraid, but I was there, fingers poised over keys and occasionally pressing them. Today I…
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Day 7

Slow going today. Between staying up late (or should I say early) playing Rock Band last night and getting up early to walk our dog and go to Mass, I felt tired practically all day. I didn’t get my writing in this morning, but I did get some in this evening. It’s not as much…
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Day 6

It’s day 6 in my unofficial participation in National Novel Writing Month and all is still going well. I wrote another three and a half pages today on the new story I’ve been working on. The character is still bopping around and the words are flowing. It was a little slow going when I first…
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