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Day 859 – Sunday, Lovely Sunday
Got a lot a good work in today, getting through most of Part 3. A few tweaks here and there, but mostly I like what I have. Gearing up for the end of Part 3 and then the hardest part … Continue reading
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Tagged #NaNoWriMo, a few strong words, F. Scott Fitzgerald, self-doubt, The Great Gatsby
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Day 857 – Graham Strong, International Book Smuggler
Did I ever tell you about the time I became a book smuggler? It wasn’t Bibles into Communist Russia (or even Playboys, for that matter). In fact, I didn’t even realize I was doing it at the time. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged #MyNoFiMo, #NaNoWriMo, American Psycho, Brett Easton Ellis, Douglas Coupland, Generation X, Less Than Zero
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Day 856 – Editing Part 3
Now into Part 3, doing some minor edits here and there. Was working on one scene that I thought was funny, but doesn’t seem to be quite working. Trying to bang it out as best I can, but going to … Continue reading
Day 854 – Combat Baby
“Combat baby, come back baby. Fight off the lethargy, don’t go quietly, combat baby. Said you would never give up easy. Combat baby, come back.” Back in the main novel now, with the icky pudding middle now somewhat gelled and … Continue reading
Day 852 – Stay Tuned for More…
Another long day, some work done tonight, more to come tomorrow. ~Graham
Day 851 – Lemon
“A man makes a picture, a moving picture. From the light projected, he can see himself up close.” Great song — listening to it right now, as I write this. Took the youngest to the Thunderwolves game tonight, which resulted … Continue reading
Day 850 – Doing Some Ironing
Smoothing out the wrinkles I created over the past few days. Taking longer than I thought, though this chunk does represent 15-20% of the final word count, so it is no small thing. Should finish tomorrow, and then insert back … Continue reading
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Tagged #MyNoFiMo, #NaNoWriMo, big wet fish, secret to writing a great novel
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Day 849 – The Sticky, Icky Middle
Looks like rearranging Part 2 is going to be a bit more difficult than I thought. I did some massive cutting today, but it seems that along with sewing up the remaining chunks, I have some important bits lying on … Continue reading
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Tagged #MyNoFiMo, #NaNoWriMo, bluetooth keyboard, hockey rink, iPad, whale autopsy
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Day 848 – #NaNoWriMo? Make that #MyNoFiMo!
Did you have a nice Christmas/holidays? A nice New Year’s? Survive the End of the World? Wonderful time in our home, and I actually had some time to spend with the family without nipping down to the office too often. … Continue reading
Beware… Day 560
How was your Ides of March? Mine actually went swimmingly — much better than it did for ol’ Julius. We got a water delivery for the well, and I celebrated by having a shower and by not going to the … Continue reading
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Tagged a few strong words, BBQ, Caeser, Graham Strong, Ides of March, novel writing blog, St. Patrick's Day, well
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