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Phantom Traveler

Phantom Traveler

The following is the first part of a short story series that will be continued on Patreon for my supporters. This may or may not be the final versi...

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2016: The Biggest Year Ever

2016: The Biggest Year Ever

David Bowie died on January 10th. Two days before, he released an amazing album that celebrated the process of his struggle with creativity and de...

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Trying to finish strong

Trying to finish strong

2016 has been a pretty amazing year for me. Enough that, even though I definitely understand where they're coming from, I prickle at seeing the "Fu...

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Life After NaNoWriMo

Life After NaNoWriMo

I've had a really hard time focusing, or at least slipping into the creative brain state while writing, since I finished draft 1 of Salvage on Nove...

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NaNoWriMo 2016, Full Recap

NaNoWriMo 2016, Full Recap

NaNoWriMo 2016 is over. Whew! Book 2 in my Peridot Shift series got almost 56 hours of my time, for a total of 88,003 words. Between trying to wri...

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NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 4 Report

NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 4 Report

Two days left to go, and one more write-in with my group! I'll recap the last two days on Thursday of this week, then the whole NaNoWriMo event for...

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NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 3 Report

NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 3 Report

Week 3 is in the books! Let's take a look at how it went... Things to celebrate I thought I barely wrote anything this week, but as I look ...

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NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 2 Report

NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 2 Report

Week Two of Book Two! Wow. So the election happened. I hate to see that it seemed to stagger so many creatives into silence. I hope it's a momenta...

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NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 1 Report

NaNoWriMo 2016, Week 1 Report

I've now spent a full week with my new draft. Book 2 in my Peridot Shift series. To get started, the first thing I did was set up my Tuesday blo...

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When is it done?

When is it done?

Recently I picked up the podcast The Story Grid as part of my subscription list (and promptly had to delete a dozen other podcasts because I ha...

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