Tag: independent writing
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What I Wrote in June

Since I missed the “what I wrote” post for May, I had to make sure I get this one up. June was an interesting month for me in writing to say the least… Before I go any further, June saw an end to the writing streak I had started when reinstituting my daily writing goal…
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It’s also what I am not doing

There was a good long time where I thought that talent and minimal effort was all that was needed to produce art. I viewed writers, artists, and others as people who lived much like I did having full, active lives while somehow managing to also produce great works, be it novels, or paintings, or music,…
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First Draft Complete!

I am finished! Done! Complete! At least the first draft. Yesterday I finally finished the first draft for the full novel for Of Earth and Ice, my sci-fi dystopia where humanity has moved underground to protect themselves from a planet that has frozen over. At 171,118 words, it took a LOT of effort to finish.…
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Random Thoughts on Writing My Next Book

I am closing in on the completion of the 1st draft of my next novel. Actually, it’s my finally completing what I had started when I pompously decided to put out Part 1: Loss of Limb… Wait, I didn’t even give you the name of the novel really. My mistake. I should preface these things…
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The Streak is Over

It happened. I missed a day of writing. After 122 days in a row since reigniting a daily writing goal, I had a day where I wasn’t able to write. I’ve been predicting that I’d get a day like I had yesterday. A day where I wasn’t able to get even a moment to write.…