Category Archives: Writing updates

Write-ins and 134k (and beyond, apparently)

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

I am now officially working on the longest story I have ever written. Or so I think. I could check, if the only other option didn’t only exist on a floppy, and I don’t have a floppy drive at all … Continue reading →

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I have a plot, part 2

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

As I probably have said before, my novel from NaNoWriMo 2011 is not finished yet. I have struggled with the plot, having reworked the entire thing (or whatever comes after what I have written) several times, never really deciding on … Continue reading →

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A new daily record (nearly)

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

We were supposed to have the Weekend of Madness this weekend, but due to an injury that excluded one in the group we decided to postpone it until everyone could be part of it. Instead we had a 10k write-in … Continue reading →

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I have a plot

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Just a few hours ago I was writing a too long entry on not having found a plot for my Weekend of Madness story. Eventually I moved it into the trash instead of publishing it, because it was just a … Continue reading →

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Madness approaching

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

First off, let me say that applying for a PhD position is pure madness. Not that applying in itself is stupid or pointless or somehow not good, but the process! First off, before you even start on the electronic application … Continue reading →

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110k!

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

Just midnight, and I broke the 110k barrier, writing exactly 1000 words today. Happy now As if that wasn’t enough I just a great idea for an event a little later on in the book, which is slightly out of … Continue reading →

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Finally writing

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

It’s typical that in the year where my number one promise to myself, a promise that was very easy to keep before Christmas, was to write for fifteen minutes per day, I hardly write anything at all. In fact I … Continue reading →

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First draft sentimentality

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

I had initially begun writing a rather large entry about coming back to Bergen after Christmas, being sick, and putting off my 15 minutes per day until I’m at least a little better and I’ve cleaned up this mess a … Continue reading →

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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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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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