True to my word, I started today on the second draft of Aquae, my NaNoWriMo novel. I thought I’d share the first page, and I’d love to get some feedback on it. Does it draw you in as an opening? Perhaps most importantly, how old would you say the narrator is, judging from this scene? […]
Browsing the archives for the NaNoWriMo category
23 Nov 12
Hear ye, hear ye!
First, apologies for the radio silence lately! I’ve been devoting all my writing time over the past three weeks to NaNoWriMo, which leaves no time at all for blogging. I’m happy to say that I’m nearing 44,000 words on my NaNo manuscript, a Roman-Britain-set fairy-tale retelling, and I’m still very much in love with the […]
3 Oct 12
NaNo 2012 blurb
This post is a testimony to my failed willpower. Because I had been determined to keep my NaNoWriMo project firmly on the back burner until I was done editing The Sword Unsheathed, but over the past few days it’s started furiously bubbling over, and finally today I couldn’t ignore it anymore. I gave in and […]
24 Sep 12
Once more unto the breach
We’re now two days past Hobbit Day, and so officially two days into autumn, and for once Georgia weather seems to be with the program. It’s crisp and clear and cool outside—perfect weather for writing, and hoodie-wearing, and cappuccino-drinking (see image right). Perfect weather, too, for NaNoWriMo-planning. It’s hard to believe it’s already that time […]
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I'm an amateur military historian, a drinker of coffee and dry red wine, a cinephile, a hockey fan, a cat lady, and an all-around nerd. I like to travel. I also like books, philosophy, and political theory. I write historical fiction and fantasy, most of which deals with combat and conflict in the individual experience. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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