Monthly Archives: December 2011

Troublesome titles

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

I suck at titles. It’s not my perfectionism speaking (honestly!), I just cannot for the life of me come up with good ones… or even any. The file names of my stories, which I have to come up with to … Continue reading →

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Another breakthrough for another novel

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

I don’t know if it’s the massive amounts of books that I’ve read this year and the joy of finishing both the Goodreads reading challenge and NaNoWriMo at a time where I didn’t really have time for any of the … Continue reading →

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100k

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

It seems like my subconsciousness is determined to make up for the lack of updates earlier this year, since I’ve posted a lot these last days. But I just reached a milestone of sorts in my writing. My NaNo-story for … Continue reading →

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Rebelling characters

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

When annotating Old Norse law texts for 10 hours per day, my rule of writing for at least 15 minutes per day has turned out to be very handy. There’s just nothing like being bored out of my mind because … Continue reading →

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Un-cooperative plots

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

I’ve written a lot about my plots lately, it seems. Mostly that I’ve found a good plot and all that. Well, it’s not always very cooperative. I got stuck at a certain point, and due to my agreement with myself … Continue reading →

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Why this year’s NaNoWriMo was the best yet

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Technically I won on the 21st of November, when I got 53,167 words in total. In total I ended up at 90,575 words before November was over. Last year I got well over 100k, and the year before that I … Continue reading →

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