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Messy Desk Report for November 2012

November was rough on the tidiness of my desk, and lo, of my whole office. I’ve lost track of how many little scraps of paper are here. Besides that I have a few pens, and a DVD about linguistics of sign language.…

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When first drafts attack

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a writer in possession of a first draft will think it sucks.

And it is true. First drafts feel like terrible writing because the ARE terrible. Look on any writer’s blog for confirmation of this.…

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Lies for fun and profit

Turns out my little brother was right, in a way. I am a liar. Fellow Viable Paradise alum Anaea Lay has been accumulating these hilarious whoppers, and now it’s my turn.

Check it out.

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Messy Desk Report for October 2012

Putting the ‘no’ into NaNoWriMo.

Lots of things going on right now, including work-related chaos that make arbitrary commitments against arbitrary timeframes less useful at the moment.

Don’t get me wrong. NaNoWriMo has helped me greatly. It’s made me better at writing-fast and recalibrated my sense of how much I can get done.…

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The Next Big Thing

The wonderful Miranda Suri tagged me in her Next Big Thing blog post, which means I get to talk about my WIP and pass the baton to other writers for their chance.

With no more than the median quantity of ado…

Ten Interview Questions for The Next Big Thing

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Messy Desk report for August 2012

August, where did you go?

The main fixture on my desk right now is a technology sandwich, my (now outdated) iPad under my (soon outdated) Kindle Fire, under my ailing 4-year-old iPhone. I actually won the iPad in a contest, but since beginning to study ASL, it’s come in handy.…

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