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NaNoWriMo: Goal Reached, First Draft Done

The month isn’t quite done yet, but I reached the 50k minimum for National Novel Writing Month yesterday. It happened just before Thanksgiving dinner, so I didn’t have to battle a turkey coma to write more in the afternoon. This is the first NaNoWriMo...

Big Fish

I thought the film version of Big Fish was fairly mediocre. It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t as great as I wanted it to be either. I was interested in the stage musical because I’m a huge fan of both Norbert Leo Butz and Bobby Steggert. Combine them...

A “Hat Trick” Thanksgiving

Since Hat Trick takes place during a high school hockey season, one of the chapters happens during Thanksgiving Weekend. It’s a crucial chapter for many reasons, not the least of which that it’s the weekend for the all-important rivalry game between the...

NaNoWriMo Update: Record Writing Pace

I rolled past the one week mark for National Novel Writing Month on Thursday with some higher-than-usual daily word counts. As of the end of day eight, which was yesterday, I had a total of 17,325 words, all of which were part of Untitled Hat Trick Sequel #1....