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 [...]
Old Year, New Year
Category: Life in General | tagged fitness, Neutral Zone, volunteering
Ten days in the new year and I’ve finally gotten around to writing about the goals for the year. I did pretty good on the ones I wrote about last year. Here’s a brief recap:
Better fitness: This was a mixed to good result. I was more consistent with working out, and some of that involved [...]
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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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Friday Geek Out: Bare, a pop opera
This week’s Geek Out is a bit odd because it’s extremely rare to for me to Geek Out over a show I’ve never seen. This week, which keeps with our Pride Month theme, is about Bare, a pop opera, a musical set at St. Cecilia’s, a Catholic boarding school and focuses on a group of [...]
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What’s Going on With My Writing
A few days ago, Will wrote about what was going on with his writing, so I thought I’d give an update of my own…
I read on the Superqueeroes blog that the manuscript is off to the publishers. I’m guessing that probably lowers my chance a bit more on getting into this edition. So, “Mindgames” is [...]
Superqueeroes… and Other Writing News
I’ve just completed my first short story in about four years! It’s a superhero story for an anthology with the tentative title of Superqueeroes. Will found the call for submissions a couple weeks ago and I wrote most of the story last Thursday and Friday. I just put the finishing touches on it this morning. [...]
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Writing, Fitness and More in 2007
Category: Hockey, Life in General, Writing | tagged fitness, Neutral Zone, volunteering
With just a few days before the new year, I’ve been thinking about my goals for 2007. I use the word “goal” because a resolution seems to always be something that gets broken, whereas a goal seems more concrete and less likely to be cast off. Here’s a look at what 2007 holds for me:
Better [...]
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NaNoWriMo: GOAL!
It is a momentous morning, I just crossed the 50,000 word mark, 50,072 to be exact. I wrote a little overtime this morning because when I hit 7am, which is when I usually finish, I was sitting around 49,300 and I was so close that I just kept writing for a few more minutes. So, [...]
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NaNoWriMo Heads into Week 4
Well, the hockey players in love have been accidentally outed to their teammates during the last week of writing, and there is family strife for one of them to as their older brother also found out that he has a gay sibling. I’m a little under 1,000 words away from crossing the 40,000 word mark [...]
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