Alas, November 2011 is not the month I’ll write 50,000 words on a project. I made it a little over halfway, and I proved to myself that I could do it if I wanted to. But, unfortunately, I have to recognize that I have too many other things that require my attention for the remainder of this month. I have… Read More
NaNoWriMo: Not a "winner"
Alas, November 2011 is not the month I’ll write 50,000 words on a project. I made it a little over halfway, and I proved to myself that I could do it if I wanted to. But, unfortunately, I have to recognize that I have too many other things that require my attention for the remainder of this month. I have… Read More
Film Review: The Awakening: Haunted Ghosts
“Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean that you forget about them.” The Awakening is my favourite type of “scary” movie because it’s not that terrifying and things don’t jump out at you too often, but it’s a psychological character study and deeply atmospheric. Florence Cathcart is a Cambridge-educated ghost debunker in post WWI-era England, where spiritualism has taken… Read More
Nostalgia: How I wrote at 15
Alas, now I’m a little behind on NaNo. Hoping to catch up this weekend, but we’ll see. I have so much on my plate that realistically it’ll be a miracle if I “win” but even if I wrote 30,000, that’ll probably still be the most I’ve written in a month. Out of curiosity, I read a bit of the novel… Read More
NaNoWriMo Day 7: The Beginning
Still a little bit ahead. I like to stay about 1000 words ahead, so that if I fall behind one day, I’m not automatically feeling like I’m scrabbling to play catch up. I’m finding I quite enjoy getting up early and watching the dawn through my window as I tap away and drink coffee. I’m hoping this can be a… Read More
NaNoWriMo Day 5: Mother-Daughter Bonding and Tikki Tikki Tembo
I’m still on-target, though I haven’t written nearly as much this weekend as I’d hoped I would. But my excitement of my project is only growing since I decided to make it a story-within-a-story. I’ve set the frame story in 1960s Los Angeles, which was when and where my mother went to high school. My mom and I have been… Read More
