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Author Archives: Sylvie
Holy Procrastinator, Batman!
Okay, so to be fair, maybe procrastination doesn’t even begin to cover it. I haven’t posted in well over a year. That’s just… sad. Though really, it’s a reflection of my writing in general – I haven’t really written in … Continue reading
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WFC – The Highlights
Well, considering that it’s NaNo and everything, I don’t really want to write posts that are too long… However, having taken a bunch of pictures at World Fantasy Convention, I can put some of those here in lieu of the … Continue reading
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World Fantasy Convention
That’s right, I’m heading to WFC in a few short days. Roughly 36 hours, actually… I’m very excited about it. I’m looking forward to meeting more of the authors I like (as well as some that I’ve already met) and … Continue reading
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Okay, so slacking doesn’t begin to cover it…
No matter how hard I try, how good my intentions, I seem to always end up slacking on the whole blogging thing. I’ve tried to make a more reasonable/realistic posting schedule, I’ve tried making a list of future topics, I’ve … Continue reading
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Two Books Down, Fifteen-ish to Go…
I am apparently reading at a much slower rate than I’m used to… That, coupled with the fact that I seem to be reading a ridiculous amount of books simultaneously, makes for a long time between reading updates on the … Continue reading
Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo
My co-ML (Julia) and I are really buckling down and getting everything ready for NaNo. All of our events have been planned and scheduled, our swag has been ordered, and our novels are being planned. Well, my novel is already … Continue reading
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Tagged draft, finishing, NaNoWriMo, novel, outlining, short story, Siren Song, Writing
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Slacking Already…
As the title of this post suggests, I’m already slacking on the new routine. Not the blogging so much (I missed Monday, but I’m still reading the same books, so there wasn’t much of an update to make!) but on … Continue reading
The Oxford Comma
Okay, so I realize I’m a day late on this post, but here goes. The random writing-related topic I’ll be discussing today also comes from a conversation I had with Steph from the Underground Writers. (Jeez, I should really invite … Continue reading
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So Far, So Good…
I’ve been reevaluating my goals, both long and short term, as well as taking a look at accountability. At the Underground Writers meeting last week, I mentioned that I wanted to find a way to keep myself accountable. Sure, I’m … Continue reading
Fforde, Auel, and Gaiman, Oh My!
Currently Reading: One of our Thursdays is Missing – by Jasper Fforde This is the 6th book in Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, about a Jurisfiction (the policing agency that keeps tabs on the literary world) agent who goes INTO … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth's Children, Jasper Fforde, Jean Auel, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, reading, Thursday Next
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Canadian vs American Spelling
Recently, a few members of my writing group and I had a conversation about choosing between using American or Canadian spelling. As Canadians, we use British spelling. As Canadian writers, we often submit to American markets. I always use Canadian … Continue reading
Back to Blogging… Again.
Apparently I haven’t blogged in about 7 months. I fail at regular blogging. That being said, I will try again. In fact, that should say that I AM trying again. I have planned out a bunch of topics about which … Continue reading
Life Getting In the Way
I don’t have an excuse for not blogging last week, but this week, “life” happened. There have been a crapload of tragedies all around me this week (three deaths of close friends’ loved ones) and it’s all just a lot … Continue reading
Update!
I haven’t been hitting my 250 words each day, but I’m averaging about that for the last week. Yesterday I finished another scene of Siren, and today I outlined and started a new short story, currently titled The Airship Aria. … Continue reading
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Slacking Already
I still haven’t started my 250 words per day. I did get a few words down yesterday, but not nearly enough. I really need to get on that. Goals for the week: – finish the scene of Siren I started … Continue reading
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New Year, New Goals…
Clearly, even blogging three times a week was way too much for me. I keep doing that – starting strong and then tapering off or just stopping completely. I’ve decided that I’ll try for a weekly check-in this year. It’s … Continue reading
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NaNo Update: Week One
Ok so I realize this is far from being a daily update, like I wanted to do, but I’m thinking this is more realistic for me. Weekly updates it is. So, the big questions: What’s my word count? 7006. Where … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, NaNoWriMo, school, Siren Song, Underground Writers, word count, word sprints, work-in-progress, Writing
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And They’re Off!
WORD COUNT TO DATE: 1768. (I will try to update my word count daily throughout NaNo.) I got a solid start to NaNo. I had all my words for today before 9:00 this morning. This year, unlike all the others … Continue reading
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Tagged NaNoWriMo, productivity, school, Siren Song, time management, word count, work-in-progress, Writing
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NaNoWriMo Preparation
So I’ve been doing NaNo prep all month, along with my co-ML, Julia (check out her blog here: http://piscesmuse.wordpress.com/). I’ve also been getting ahead on my assignments so that November doesn’t kick my behind. There’s been a bunch of NaNo … Continue reading
NaNo Ahoy!
Well, I can’t believe it’s already October. Holy crap, where has the time gone?! And of course, October means that November is just around the corner. Which means NaNoWriMo time! (National Novel Writing Month – http://www.nanowrimo.org) I am so excited … Continue reading
Oops…
So apparently my summer sketchiness turned into a complete accidental hiatus… Although I should have blogged more (I guess I should say that I should have blogged, period…) I had a good and relatively productive summer. I didn’t write an … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, hiatus, productivity, reading, summer, work-in-progress, Writing
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Summer Sketchiness
Hello to anyone who might be reading this… lol. Just to let everyone know, my summer posting schedule is bound to be rather wonky – I’m staying at camp, with no internet access, and so I probably won’t be posting … Continue reading
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Friday Check-In
Here’s my check in for this week… What I read this week: I finished Jim Butcher’s Death Masks What I’m continuing to read in the next week: Jasper Fforde’s The Big Over Easy Bram Stoker’s Dracula Whatever else was on … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Bram Stoker, critique, Darkness Awakens, goals, Jasper Fforde, Jim Butcher, novel, outlining, Underground Writers
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The New Project
As I mentioned briefly in my goals post from last week, I have started a new project based on a writing prompt we had at the Underground Writers’ meeting last Thursday. After some pretty intense brainstorming and research, I’ve got … Continue reading
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Tagged Darkness Awakens, novel, outlining, Syren Song, Underground Writers, work-in-progress, Writing
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Short Story Frustration
So I’ve realized something of late, and it drives me a little nuts – I can’t write short stories. Well, I can, but rarely. What mostly happens is that people read it and say: “This isn’t a short story. This … Continue reading
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