The other day, it occurred to me that my flash drive was randomly deleting files. This… cannot be good. So I took everything off and vowed to invest in a new drive, seeing now everything is stored on my work PC (not that this is a problem, but there’s a reason I carried it on [...]

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As I was writing the last paragraphs of my NaNoWriMo novel, I knew it wasn’t really the end. And when the final sentence was complete I sat back, stared at the screen, and said, “well shoot, I just set myself up for a sequel.”
Hey, if it doesn’t happen between now and next November… at least [...]

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Perhaps “complete” isn’t the most accurate of words, as the novel still hasn’t reached its end. Despite this, I was able to upload my manuscript and receive this glorious 100×100 icon.

For the remainder of the month, I’ll try my best to complete the novel. I’m shooting for 60K by Monday. What’s another 10,000 words when [...]

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I am unsure why I ever claim to be “so far behind” and fear I will never catch up, for today, November 15th, I have reached the halfway point of my annual attempt at novelling. 25,000 words have been completed.
(You can sort of tell I recently closed my Word document, as I am speaking in [...]

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I have been participating in NaNoWriMo since 2005. And, FYI, have won since 2005. Granted, 50K words is not exactly a challenge for someone who was forced to write all through college. But it at least gives me a reason to continue writing, even if what I produce is crap.
Let’s face it, it’s fun writing [...]

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This is my favorite double negative. (You know the saying: don’t use no double negatives. Well forget that.) Most double negatives are unnecessary and irritating. But in most cases, replacing “like” with “not unlike” is much more poetic. As seen:
Her skin was not unlike ice.
His eating habits are not unlike that of a bird.
This food [...]

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