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Dude, Where’s My Niche?

Dude, Where's My Niche?

I had originally envisaged this post as a guest post on Problogger. Lofty much? And this evening got the rejection e-mail. Darren was of course very kind in his rejection and said he hoped I wouldn’t take it personally because of the sheer volume of emails he gets over at his monster blog. I’m grateful [...]

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I Love a Bit of Atmosphere

I Love a Bit of Atmosphere

I love the moon, with dark clouds screaming across an even darker sky. Perhaps I like the drama of it. Or perhaps it reminds me of years ago, writing on the roof with only the moon for company, pounding away on my beautiful manual typewriter. I love you macbook, but I love an antique typewriter [...]

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Not Hiding

Not Hiding

I haven’t been hiding! I’ve been temporarily distracted by an idea to start a childrens’ book review website. If someone would just get it together to get me my clone, everything would go a whole lot smoother. Stay tuned. Once it’s fit for the beginnings of public consumption, I’ll let you know. I’ve already changed [...]

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NaNoWriMo – Update

NaNoWriMo - Update

So the wordcount hasn’t been going quite as well as I would have liked but I’m still on track if I can knock over another 1,000 words tonight. But thought I’d update a bit on where we’ve gotten to so far: Somewhat hurriedly, she made her way back up the stairs. She wondered at what [...]

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Day Two – Obstacles

Day Two - Obstacles

The first day of NaNoWriMo went so well, but it was the weekend, so I was pretty sure everything was downhill from there. Day Two – up at 4:45am. In the car by 5:30am. At work by 7:45am. Home by 7:15pm. Comforting a toddler in teething agony 7:30 – 10:00pm. Somehow I don’t really feel [...]

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NaNoWriMo – The Beginning

NaNoWriMo - The Beginning

“There is sand everywhere”, her boyfriend said, lifting his feet up with disgust as he came through the door. She knew he was talking to her even if she was upstairs. “Didn’t you sweep in here?” he demanded. She thought about it. She had swept, and she thought she’d done quite a decent job of [...]

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Bad Perfectionism. Bad!

Bad Perfectionism. Bad!

Tomorrow NaNoWriMo officially begins and I have to write approximately 1,667 words every day to reach my goal of a novel by the end of the month. If I still had the remnants of a perfectionist in me, she will most definitely be curled up in the corner, in the fetal position, rocking back and [...]

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NaNoWriMo or Mission Impossible?

NaNoWriMo or Mission Impossible?

I’ve done it. I’ve committed to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For the uninitiated this means that I will be attempting to write an entire novel in November (50,000 words / 175 pages). I’ve done the math. This is 1,667 words per day or 100 words for every waking hour of November. Needless to say [...]

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