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amiegibbons15
Nov 19, 20163 min read
Nano Is Not For Editing
Sorry inner editor Illisa, you’re going back in the drawer. Oh man, I hate to admit defeat, but here I have to. No! Not on Nano...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 16, 20161 min read
THE ‘I HATE MY NOVEL!’ PHASE, RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
Yep, we’re halfway through Nanowrimo and I hit the ‘I hate my f#%^ing novel phase right on schedule. And based on the threads on the Nano...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 12, 20163 min read
Fiction Teaches Us How To Feel Without Freaking
I’m reading a book on “outlining” a novel, and the emotional beats you want to hit. In it he talks about why people read and how a...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 5, 20164 min read
I’M BAAAAAAAACK AND DOING NANO!
Okay, I have abandoned my poor blog and I am sorry, the last few months have been horrible but I’m back, I swear. And trying to do...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 18, 20152 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Let the Bodies Hit the Floor.
We’re there, smack dab in the middle of the third week of Nanowrimo, and if you’re anything like me, you’re climbing the walls either...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 15, 201516 min read
The Law School Themed Word Crawl I Wrote For Nanowrimo
We have things called word sprints, wars and crawls on the Nanowrimo forums. The wars are where you race with buddies for a set amount...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 11, 20152 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Crack the Whip and Focus!
*Wacha* (Sound of whip cracking) It’s that time of year again, no not tax season, different whip. Nanowrimo! This whip is one you got...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 4, 20152 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Everybody Has Them and They All Stink
You’ve all heard the expression, right? They’re like armpits (or a different part of the anatomy) and they all stink. Excuses! We’ve all...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 21, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Plotting so you aren’t just Plodding Along
“There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.” ~ Terry Pratchett. What do you...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 14, 201511 min read
Gremu Risk Day 4
Day 4 and still funny. We’re going to have to turn this into a wacky, fantasy short story because Daydream has got the gift of crazy...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 10, 201512 min read
Writers’ Game of Risk, Day 3 – The Lawyers’ Revenge.
It’s been 3 rounds and the lawyers in the blood red heels are drinking champagne in a throne on their very own continent! In non-dork...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 1, 20152 min read
Trying to Break Up the Writer’s Block? Try a Round Robin.
Over on the Nanowrimo website we’ve started a Round Robin. That’s when someone starts the story and sets the main characters and main...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 29, 20152 min read
It’s My Birthday!
It’s my birthday!!! I love my birthday, it’s the day everything is about me. I think I feel this way because technically it’s not just...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 24, 20154 min read
The Gods Appeal Excerpt
This is an excerpt from the second book in my Gods series, The Gods Appeal. In it, Cassandra’s thrust into a vision walk to test her...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 20, 20153 min read
Evie Jones and the Magic Meltdown – Excerpt 2
The rain twirled up behind Chet in another weird whirlpool and I grabbed my necklace. No way… nuh uh. It was the wind, it happened,...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 19, 20151 min read
Celebrate the Small Accomplishments
I hit 30K words for July tonight AND I wrote 11K words this weekend! 11K words in about 50 hours, along with normal weekend chores and...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 18, 20151 min read
Happy Caterday from Gremlin
I’m doing a big writing marathon day to catch up on my CampNano word goal (at 4250/6600 now, so going strong!) so don’t have time to do a...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 15, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Nanowrimo Pep Talk from Tamora Pierce
This is one of the pep talks from Nano in November (and is applicable for those of us doing CampNano now), but is pretty good for writers...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 10, 20154 min read
Evie Jones and the Magic Meltdown Excerpt
Don’t mess with Kung Fu Kitty. Photo by Oleg Volk. “Evie! Get your skinny ass out here,” Chet yelled and pounded on the door, making...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 5, 20152 min read
Put Your Inner Editor Away, Literally
This is my inner editor, her name’s Illisa, The Corrector Kitty. Along with her friends, Flights of Fancy, Plot Bunny, Grammar Monkey,...
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