Blog Post Category: drafting

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No Such Thing As Perfect

No Such Thing As Perfect

As I approach the end of my process on this story, I teeter on the edge of procrastinating indefinitely. I've done this before. I've written the st...

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Branches on the Tree

Branches on the Tree

I have begun the outline to book two of this series. I have also begun notes-as-outline to a separate book, with separate cast, which also takes...

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The Fear of Letting Go

The Fear of Letting Go

Starting over. I ought to be frustrated. To be fair, I am frustrated. I've been working on one manuscript for thirteen years, and I'm startin...

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Writer Dysphoria

Writer Dysphoria

2016 will be the year I move to another level with my writing. I've already developed, during 2015, far stronger writing habits than I've ever had...

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Where Is My Winged Goddess of Victory?

Where Is My Winged Goddess of Victory?

We approach November. It hurtles toward us from the future, bringing the cacophony of many fingers on keyboards. (In my case not as much as a cacop...

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So I'm Writing This Novel

So I'm Writing This Novel

At the end of April 2003, I graduated from college with a BFA in Graphic Design. I already had a job, working at the marketing firm where I'd been ...

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