Why Do You Write?

January 26, 2012
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I write because of this man. Recognize him? That would be J. R. R. Tolkien. I still have this memorized: “In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an ozzy smell. Nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing [...]

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The Brave and the Bold

November 10, 2011
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So guess what I learned this week? That I could attend and work at two comic book conventions (all for the lovely Celine Chapus of PurpleTopHat.com), write from 1700-4000 words a day, and realize my mind is already made up about The Sundered. So what is The Sundered? It’s about a young, bitter man who [...]

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Writing Full-Time – EEK ZOMG WTF BBQ

October 18, 2011
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So this week was an interesting one for me. The web design business is going well, and I love my clients. But you see, something important is happening. My husband’s job is finally bringing in enough to pull us out of the black hole of foreclosure. All by itself. We actually have a little savings, and [...]

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Notte Snippet

October 7, 2011
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I haven’t done a snippet in a while. Here you go – a brief section of frustration from Notte.   One kind of man is comfortable around weeping women, and the other kind is not. I, being unaware of both, simply wanted her to regain happiness. I knelt and wrapped my arms around her, vaguely [...]

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