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200 Pages, 107,000 Words

I started working on Neutral Zone in November 2006 for National Novel Writing Month. During that month I churned out a bit more than 50,000 words and had the foundation for the story. During 2007 I consistently wrote a couple mornings a week and by the time 2008 started I was on to draft number [...]

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Neutral Zone update

I haven’t blogged about the novel in a while, but I am cranking on that third draft. I managed to write a fair amount this past weekend, about 2 to 3 hours each day Friday through Sunday. I’d day I’m about half done.
I like what I’ve done to give the story a linear timeline that [...]

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When Your Novel Comes to Life…

It’s been a while since I’ve written about it, but I am still working on Neutral Zone, my novel about two high school hockey players who fall in love and come out during their senior year. It’s still in second draft and coming along pretty well. I did get distracted from it while I did [...]

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Meg Cabot - My new favorite Diva!

As some of you may (or may not) have noticed, I’ve been particularly quiet about the whole NaNoWriMo experience. The reason I haven’t mentioned it is that I totally bailed on it around day 10. People, I’m a realist, I know when there’s no way in hell I’m gonna finish something. I don’t feel bad [...]

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Wintry Saturday

Brrrr… We’ve gone from near 70 on Thanksgiving day (which, of course, was great weather for the parade) to the current temperature of 26 with a wind chill of 19. I like the cold just fine, but I’m not a fan of the harsh wind chill. At least the sun is out though. It’s been [...]

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Friday Geek Out: On Vacation

As I work diligently on NaNoWriMo (so far I’m a bit ahead of word count, and the plot keeps forming in my head at a good rate), Geek Out is going on hiatus for the rest of the month with the exception of the Friday after Thanksgiving. Geek Out will return full time December 7 [...]

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This Writer’s Life - The B-Day Edition

Thanks to everyone who sent Birthday wishes. The big day was relatively low-key, Jeff did surprise me though with some books from Oscar Wilde. He’s such a sweetie.
I just started reading Suzanne Brockman’s All Through the Night. I’ve never read any of her stuff before, but I picked up her recent Christmas novella because her [...]

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National Novel Writing Month, Here I Go Again

I officially signed up this morning to do the National Novel Writing Month challenge for this year. So, during the month of November, I’m going to churn out a 50,000 word (minimum) novel.
Last year I succeeded and created the first draft of Neutral Zone, a story about two high school hockey players who fall in [...]

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This Writer’s Life - We’re Hip

According to the latest issue of Writer’s Digest, LGBT literature has finally “arrived”. Um, okay. The article mainly focuses on the mainstreaming of the genre and how it has slowly begun to reach a wider (i.e. hetero) audience. It’s nice that the piece takes a “half full” view of the future of LGBT books [...]

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This Writer’s Life - Updates

Okay, it’s been forever since I’ve talked about what’s going on with my writing. Truthfully, there hasn’t been a whole lot going on, but here are a few updates anyway. My story Partners, which was to appear in the anthology Superqueeroes, has been put on hold indefinitely. The publisher was sold and the fate of [...]

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