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Well. That was my best week ever, by a lot: 7002. A thousand a day! (Averaged.) Whee! … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, round 2, week 2

One of the good things about being mostly immersed in the novel is that I don't have time to keep up with internet slapfights. Thus the current sexism/racism in SF donnybrook is a distant thing that occasionally gets mentioned by my LJ friends. The clueful people seem to have the … [Read more...] about Quick notes

Ladies: The middle of the night, when one is cozily tucked in one's bed with one's affectionate spouse, is NOT the appropriate time for you to announce that you have SOLVED THE PLOT OMG BBQ ELEVENTYONE. In the future, you will kindly restrict such declarations to the daylight … [Read more...] about Memo to the Girls in the Basement

The first week has gone pretty well, considering that this project is a huge reeking mess. As soon as I opened the file, I remembered why I'd abandoned it in the first place. The plot is tangled and full of holes, like a half-unraveled sweater. My protagonist's motivation seems … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, round 2, week 1

Right now I'm just posting my word counts and such over in the daily thread. Would it bore you all to tears if I post here as well, when there's commentary? … [Read more...] about Your opinion goes here

The second round of Novel in 90 starts today. This time I'm working on Marie's book, also known as "the sisters novel" to my poor writing group, who's been hearing me bitch and moan about this one for at least four years. Right now it stands somewhere between 41K and 45K. I … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, round 2

I'm declaring this novel done. It's not, really. There are missing transitions and bracketed notes to myself along the lines of [fix this later], but that's all stuff I can deal with in revisions. I'm going to go fall over now. … [Read more...] about Fork, stuck.