NaNoWriMo Collective

Simple is GOOD

2008-07-12T14:15:03Z

Life is so simple here in Iowa City. I write, go to class, hang out with my friends, workout, read comic books, critique other people’s work. It’s awesome. No stress. No complications. No responsibilities. No logistics. No money issues (...

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Writers Mecca

2008-07-04T16:15:38Z

The 4 emotional stages of the Iowa Writers Workshop, summer session: EXCITEMENT - there's always so much excitement to joining a new group, especially when I go to an exotic place like Iowa City! HAPPINESS - downtown Iowa City is awesome. Lots ...

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WG Foundation Screenwriting Craft Day

2008-06-26T13:48:31Z

The Writers Guild Foundation is having their annual Screenwriting Craft Seminar in LA. I went to one a couple of years ago and it was pretty good as far as panels go since they were crammed full of working and accomplished screenwriters. It's no...

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Flood delays Iowa trip

2008-06-14T02:59:35Z

Iowa is flooded. The airlines are still sending people there but I found out that once you get there, you're stuck at the airport indefinitely. I was supposed to fly out there tomorrow to start my summer writing program but no such luck. Unive...

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Kindle update

2008-06-10T17:21:12Z

Went to the DMV yesterday. The line was out the door and zigzagged 4 times in the building. Time to whip out the Kindle. I now have the NY Times, LA Times "The Biz" section, BBC, WSJ and The SJ Mercury bookmarked so I can read the news anywhere...

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The Amazing Kindle

2008-06-06T20:00:15Z

I bought an Amazon Kindle a couple of days ago for my trip. OMG, that's the greatest thing ever! I bought it for ebooks but books are the least of the cool features. I have my entire novel manuscript on it. I converted my Word doc to .txt usi...

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Wiscon and friends in the writing community

2008-06-03T18:49:44Z

Due to a move and being on the move, I've been in a virtual brownout lately. I got back from Wiscon last week. It's a feminist fantasy convention that people LOVE. The description and program sounded totally whacked out to me but enough people...

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Ah, NaNoWriMo!

2007-11-29T08:23:02Z

I won't make the 50,000 mark, but I'm still happy to have a decent word count for an unfinished novel that will need a lot of editing even though I thoroughly had fun writing it. It was a great outlet for what I've been going through this year. B...

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One More...

2007-11-02T18:57:37Z

You're a Duck! Incredibly versatile and capable of carrying yourself over almost any surface of the Earth, you are a born traveler. As you journey far and wide, you tend to try to follow the climate to keep things mild and temperate. While y...

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Procrastinating on my nanovel...

2007-11-02T17:56:29Z

You're The Hobbit! by J.R.R. Tolkien All you wanted was a nice cup of tea when some haggard crazy old man came into your life and told you it was time to do something with yourself. Now you're all conflicted about whether to stick with your...

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