Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Father and Son
Currently reading: the new Richard Bachman/Stephen King novel “Blaze”. Even though Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, I hesitated to buy this one since it involves the kidnapping of a small baby, and having a small baby at home makes me not want to read about bad things happening to small babies. But, [...]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007
Daily Goal Revisited
So, that whole daily goal thing? Um . . . yeah. Not really happening. I reached it twice last week and the rest of the days, well, no. Hubby went on a business trip, kids required extra attention, two new Netflix movies arrived . . . you get the idea. So, do I change the daily goal? [...]
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
Daily Goal
I’ve decided to set myself a writing goal of 1,000 new words a day. The key is that my 1,000 words are just that – new. Fresh words down on paper. Not a reworking of something I wrote yesterday or the day before. Not research. Not notes. All the other stuff can happen too, but the [...]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Ghost Story
I’m currently working on a novel that I’ll just describe as a ghost story. I’ve found that my ideas change as I get them down on paper, and so it’s better not to describe them to people in too much detail at an early stage, because then I feel locked in. I know other writers who [...]