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Once more NaNoWriMo rolls around and I return to this blog. Hmm. Getting pretty bad at posting here. I've had a lot going on, but this sort of keeps me writing and thinking about my writing. The fact I haven't posted here probably explains some things. Anyway, NaNo. This year's plan is to tackle my EpicWIP. Finally. It needs a complete rewrite from top to bottom so this seemed to be a good

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By which I mean editing.Long time since I wrote here, mostly because I haven't been writing so much story-wise and so I have less cause to procrastinate. And, of course, I've been trying to edit. Still. I was thinking of attempting Script Frenzy this month since my last NaNo project would lend itself quite nicely to radio, but then I spotted the gigantic flaw in my plan. Three characters, and

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NaNoWriMo is over. I managed 50,666 words so I've just printed out my shiny winners certificate. It gets to replace the 2006 one on the fridge.I wasn't expecting this year to be that difficult. I don't remember finding last year difficult. I knew what I wanted to write, it was mostly just a matter of finding the time. There were occasional moments when I knew I needed something to happen before

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So... Writer's Guild of America strike. It's an easy opt out to say it doesn't involve me, it's not even in my country, why bother about it?But the fact is that Hollywood and LA remain the centre of the entertainment world, at least for the US and Europe. Many of the films and TV shows I watch originate there. And besides that, if people can get away with not paying thier writers in Hollywood,

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This is my story so far. I'm more or less on target as far as the word count goes.But I hate it. I keep trying to make myself like it, and there are bits that are ok, but... no. I'm bored of it. I don't feel there's anything exciting to look forward to, so I can't even make myself just get through the next bit because... there's only a lot more like it to come. Argh.Anyway, I am going to keep

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National Novel Writing Month is nearly upon us. This year I bought a T-shirt because I liked the colour (also because I still have a lingering belief from childhood that the more stuff I have around me associated with something will somehow make me better at it... I know, I know.) and I have been playing on the forums, answering questions and generally being sociable. Should anyone like to friend

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My little trip to the Criterion yesterday was very enjoyable. Neil was charming as always and does a rather good Jonathan Ross impersonation. I queued to get books signed afterwards. And it was a loooong queue, but I had a nice time talking to new people. I also got a notebook I've had for a while scribbled in, because it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.I made the mistake of

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Well, not a holiday as such, but I've just had a very nice week off work. I didn't do anything much, but it was good to be out of there for a bit. I'm now doing a small amount of writing most days. We'll see how long it lasts this time round.Last Tuesday I went to the Bloomsbury Theatre to hear the lovely Susanna Clarke (I want her to be my adoptive grandmother or something. She's just a darling.

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Things I have discovered this week:I can't write lyrics. I just can't. The whole 'Gemma's going to write some music' idea that I had on monday was just a complete failure because I had forgotten that yes, music I could do. Lyrics no. No. Just no. That one's on the back burner now. I suspect the only way that song will see the light of day is a brief mention in a story sometime. Haha. Probably for

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This weekend I realised it's been nearly a year since I finished A Measure of Life and still haven't finished reading it through and editing. In my defense, I couldn't bear to look at it until about April, so really I've only been editing for six months.That doesn't sound much better.It's not that I don't like editing. It can be quite pleasing once I get motivated to do it. It's just... I'm never

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Yes, I really did need a third blog (Rule of Threes, you know how it goes). My blogs now wear different hats. Or rather, I wear different hats depending on which one I type in.I already have a writing one (not for writing about my writing in, but to let me do some writing while I'm at work. Yes, this is very bad and I shouldn't do it, but you can only play KOL for so many hours of the day.).I

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