Category Archives: Uncategorized

Another breakthrough for another novel

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

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

NaNoWriMo day 2

Well, I have to say that NaNoWriMo isn’t going as badly as I feared. The write-in last night was super-effective, and I got 7300 words in total. 622 was from the writing at midnight and another 600 from when I … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The problem of writing about vampires

Warning: Ranting and infodumps ahead. In the world from which I write, there are vampires. In my current stories they are mostly referred to in passing, and then only as blood-suckers. But judging from pretty much every book out there, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Busy days

I feel like two thirds of the entries on this blog are completely unrelated to writing. So much for a writing blog! (or whatever it is – it shouldn’t be a “everything that’s wrong with my life” blog in any … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

In between

It’s now one and a half months to Script Frenzy. In my post-NaNoWriMo joy (“Whoo, I did it, I can do anything!”) I decided to participate in Script Frenzy too. Not only that, but I announced it to my writing … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Musing on rejections

One of my favourite things to do is reading blogs. I do not often comment, but I read them, and then I follow the links to another blog and the links in that blog. Today that led me to this … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized, Writing process | Leave a comment

They are mine!

Today I am writing up a whole bunch of challenges for my writing group, Writers Against Writer’s Block (I know, cheesy name, but it fits). The group has been neglected for quite some time, but I figured that the time … Continue reading

Posted in Life, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

50k

I *just* reached 50k, or more precisely 50,6k, and I’m now completely exhausted. I had planned on a longer and more elaborate ending, but I just couldn’t. I’ll fix it when the time comes to edit it. However, the story … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

First post!

First posts are always a little weird. It’s the first post in a blog, so you can’t be overly friendly and cheery and confident. At the same time you want to make a good impression, and hook people in, so … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment