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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Where, Oh Where, Have I Been?
See, I Haven’t been posting because I haven’t been writing. Why? Personal reasons. Sorry, but it’s been a heck of a year. I Know, I know. Last year, I started “Teddy Roosevelt and The Lost World” right around NaNoWriMo, and it seemed like every month I was getting closer to finishing it. But around March, Everything came crashing down. Economic issues? Check. Wife lost her salary two years before, was working almost full time but was finally laid off. Health …
Posted in Random Blogginess
Tagged National Novel Writing Month, Word count, Writer, Writing
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Kill Your Babies: Should I Cut this Prologue Out?
Here’s a little scene-setting prologue I’ve been waffling on. Obviously it needs some work ( Ugh. Passive tense. It’s.) but I think it’s just going out the window. It doesn’t do anything in the book at all. If it gets cut, that’s the three out of the first five chapters I’ve cut as throat clearing. The Bull Torosaur trotted along the creek bank and up over the edge to the plains. The wind stung his eyes. He lifted its snout to sniff the …
Posted in Working My Book, Writing
Tagged Dinosaurs, First draft, Prologue., Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt
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