Tag: writing

Any Writing is Good Writing – Right?

Any writing is good – even if it’s for D&D, right?


Random thought of today – Any writing is good writing, right? (write?)

I’m joining a D&D campaign later this month, and after being provided a hefty dose of world building (Thanks DM!) I ended up writing about 4-5 paragraphs about my character. Pretty fun, and I realized how much I actually missed writing. I don’t suppose anyone would like to read my tentative background here, but if you are, leave a comment below and I’ll be glad to post it.

Today’s Message: Socks are incredibly warm and necessary.

Project 27 – Snapshot

Check out my latest poem.


Today’s Poem.

Snapshot

I take the photo.

Click.

Whir

Buzz.

Out slides the instant film.

A curiosity, attention grabbing, new-fangled thing

“Take my picture!”

Contrasting reds and blues, hues of green

Deep looks into eyes

that you never

quite

unsee.

What do these snapshots reveal?

What do these brief windows show?

Childhood ebbing

Drawing close to the end

but holding on perhaps

for one more summer day.

Project 27 – Eight Dollars

Another poem for Project 27 – Eight Dollars


Salve! Happy snow day to all of you on the American Eastern Seaboard discovering that spring does not yet equal warm weather, as Mother Nature decides “I haven’t really thrown a good snowball this season.”

Regardless, I found some time to do a ton of spring cleaning (Oh hi, dining room table, haven’t seen you in ages!), and this poem struck me mid clean. Another one to add to Project 27, so hope you enjoy.

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Disconnecting for More Writing

Where I remind myself that turning the internet off can be incredibly beneficial!


Salve! Greetings from these, the bittersweet dog-days of summer, the last gasp of freedom before school, the final combustion of happiness and carefree family time, the… you get the point.

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Today’s Writing: Something’s Afoot in Thrace…

Enjoy the first episode of “Today’s Writing!” with me, your friendly Roman Steampunk Author!


Salve! Our gallant heroes (or antiheroes, depending on your preference) are laying plans and enacting schemes, but this time around, they’re chasing their dreams.

Dreams of a unified Rome once again. (46k and counting!)

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Trouble always comes around… 44k and counting!

44k and counting! Read a snippet from today’s writing!


It’s going! Slow but steady – We’re making progress and nearly halfway there!

Enjoy the snippet after the break!

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How To – Using Google Documents to Plan Your Novel

Learn more about how I use Google Docs to outline my novels!


Hi everyone!

I briefly wanted to tell you about how I’ve been planning my last two novels. Ever since I started writing, I’ve been planning my novels out. Given the fact that I have to juggle story lines that evolve over several books, plus characters and technologies that don’t exist, one would except the need to have an outline or story map.

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What’s this? Actual Progress on Laurel Emperor!

We’ve hit the 39k word mark – and growing! Read a snippet from today’s 4th of July writing and take advantage of our July Smashword Sale!


Thirty Nine Thousand Words and Counting! It’s a Fourth of July Miracle (Here in the United States of America). As a reminder ALL Steam Empire Chronicle novels are 25% off this July at Smashwords, and Roma Aeronautica is free! Tell your friends! Tell your family!

Here’s today’s snippet after the break.

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Editing Adds some Words

Minimal Progress, but lots of Editing happening!


Not much to report today, other than the fact that editing has so far netted me about 250 more words – one of the challenges with picking up a novel after leaving it for so long has been to actually remember where I was when I typed the first part! No worries, it will get there!

Camp NaNoWriMo2017 Laurel Emperor Project

Camp NaNoWriMo for 2017? Yes, Please! Follow allow with my progress here!


Hi everyone!

To be more accountable, I’ve rejoined Camp NaNoWriMo 2017 for their summer writing project. Here’s the page count where you can check in with me. I’ll update this blog daily (A tough goal!) with how I’m doing, leaving you some tasty tidbits of my writing! End of Laurel Emperor, here I come!

Want to know more? Leave me a comment/question below!

http://campnanowrimo.org/campers/blockade23/projects/laurel-emperor/stats

 

 

 

 

Let’s aim to get this again this year!