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SFFSat, March 17th 2012: continuing on from where we left off last week….
We have the rest of the conversation first shown in snippet form here, for last week’s SFFSat. Agate had already turned away to deal with the “I told you so” look on Damien’s face, but now she turned back. “Think hard about what you’re saying, soldier. I never make uninformed decisions.” Bethany stood her ground,…
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SFFSat, March 10th, 2012: a snippet from The Jade Star of Athering
During a break on the march to Southland, Agate takes an opportunity to tell her women about their mission — and encounters some resistance. While her women sat, scattered across the road in a rough semi-circle, chewing on their rations, she spoke clearly and quietly. No one said anything, for her women were loyal, and…
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Meanwhile in Nanaimo (where it’s still not snowing; I don’t care what everyone else says)
A while ago I lost the notebook that held several handwritten chapters of The Jade Star of Athering, sequel to Bellica. (Yes, I’ve finally given in — it’s a sequel. I’m sure those of you who have read Bellica are happy to hear that. Though, strictly speaking, it could potentially be a stand-alone. I try…
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SFFSat January 28th: Bellica Agate prays at the temple
This is an excerpt from The Jade Star of Athering, a sequel to Dead Transgressions set 10,000 years later and right after the events in Bellica. Bellica Agate has been ordered to travel to Southland to negotiate with the army of Gypsies and their Queen that have laid siege to the province. She decides to…
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of titles and word counts
It took me a while, but I finally decided on a title for my Nano-novel. Dead Transgressions. Sounds pretty detective-y, right? Anyway. I’m at 30K. My plan is to win Nano by Saturday the 12th. If I still need to finish the book, I’ll keep writing. If not, I’ll let it sit and focus on…
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2011 Writing Goals
Start Bellica rewrites. Write 4 chapters of The Jade Star of Athering. Complete Clio Muse table for parthenon. Write rituals for Imbolc, Ostara, Beltaine, Litha, Lughnasadh, Mabon, Samhain, and Yule. Flesh out some story ideas. Fix up Snowbound. Finish 30 books in 30 days blogging prompt challenge. Win NaNoWriMo.
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That’s progress, I suppose
I have not actually written any on The Jade Star of Athering since August 2nd. However, I have thought about writing on it, and even opened the notebook to the appropriate page so I can start typing up the handwritten chapters I have done so I can continue on, as I’ve reached that point where…
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Daily Heart Attack
Today I signed into Facebook and saw this: Augh! What do you mean only ninety-eight days? I haven’t finished The Jade Star of Athering, Islands of Fire and Water, OR The Man of Bronze! How the frak am I supposed to start a new novel in 98 days??? Ahh! Ahhh! AHHHHHHHHHH! *hyperventilates* *calms down*…
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Adventures with an Amsterdam Prostitute
This past weekend was a long one for Victoria Day (Canadian holiday — yes, we have those), so I decided to go to my dad’s for a few days. My dad is a farmer, and going to visit him means helping out on the farm or in the garden. WHAT I AM A WRITER I…
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Determination
It pays off. I found my notebook! As I was posting earlier it occurred to me, somewhere in that thing I call a brain, that the notebook may be in my set of plastic, clear drawers, because I remembered setting the notebook on top of the drawers while I was packing. So I toddled on…