From the monthly archives:

August 2005

Writing Goal

28 August 2005

Between now and 30 September 2005, I plan to do the following: finish editing Basement of the Universe. finish editing Honest, the Martian Ate Your Dog (Fahim’s). finish plotting Children of the Dome, New United Earth (already have a bunch written, but not even cohesive direction), and Black Light (for a rewrite). finish writing the [...]

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Progress

27 August 2005

1 page Basement of the Universe (beg. 296 pages, end 1 page) Similar Posts: Progress 10 July 2005 Progress BIW Day 1 – 12 July 2005 Progress Progress 19 July 2005 Progress 4 July 2005

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No such thing as progress today.

26 August 2005

Besides it being an errand day, got heatstroke/migraine that wiped me out the whole day. Nothing got done. Sucks. Similar Posts: Progress Hooks and Cliffhangers Progress for 19 Sep 2004 and Final Totals for BIW Sep 2004 NaNoWriMo Day 7 Reflections on writerly technology

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Planning Time

25 August 2005

Today, I spent some time planning my novels – or, at least, organizing them. I’m a structural person, meaning that I require structure in order to function well. In that vein, I created me a little spreadsheet for me to plug in all my works in process so I could keep track of the stage [...]

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Today’s Progress

25 August 2005

5 pages written, 2 chapters edited Basement of the Universe (beg: 291 end: 296 pages.) \ Read another 50 or 60 pages of Honest. Similar Posts: Progress Today, and today, and today. Progress Today’s Progress Progress

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Basement of the Universe

25 August 2005

It’s actually not entirely badly written. Or, to be really honest, it’s pretty good. Sure, it needs polishing, and I need to add a few scenes, and add a whole lot of description, and add some foreshadowing and a few other bits and pieces that I’ve missed (forgotten from the conversations Fahim and I had [...]

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Today’s Progress

24 August 2005

Added 5 pages & edited 1 chapter of Basement of the Universe (starting 286 pages, ending 291). Read another 50 or so pages of Honest. Nearly done. Did another crit for Speculative Fiction. Similar Posts: Today, and today, and today. Progress Progress Today’s Progress Progress

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Resistance

24 August 2005

I resist. I have a huge problem with resistance. And I hate that I have a huge problem with resistance. A friend loaned me a book recently – The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield. I’ve read the first twenty or thirty pages, and it’s quite good. One of my favorite bits in it goes [...]

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Today, and today, and today.

23 August 2005

3pages added to Basement of the Universe (286 pages), plus edited chapters 1 and 2. Finished a crit for the Speculative Fiction website. Have another one to finish sometime today or tomorrow. Read another 50 or 60 pages of Honest, the Martian Ate Your Dog. Similar Posts: Today’s Progress Progress Progress Today’s Progress Progress

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And another one done . . . another one done . . . another one bites the dust.

22 August 2005

Yep, did another crit today. The quality of my crits is improving, in my estimation. I’m getting a better handle on what I’m looking for in a story, and what will be useful for the author. I’m getting better at analysing and recognising what needs improvement, other than spelling, punctuation, and grammar, which I almost [...]

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