Friday, February 01, 2008
The Standwood Station GA Chronicles Blog
For frequent insight into the progress of my Writing Life-
and to learn what's going on in that locked virtual vault where I keep the all-new poetry, short stories, and novels-in-progress sent in the Spooky Supernatural milieu of Standwood Station, Georgia-
pop on over to my Other Blog at-
http://www.Writing.Com/authors/fantasywrider/blog
-and delve into Another Dimension.
National Wear Red Day: Women's Heart Disease Awareness
Celebrate Women's Awareness of Heart Disease with the Red Dress Symbol
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/wrd/
Women and Heart Disease:
"It's Different for Women"
http://heartdisease.about.com/od/womenheartdisease/a/heartdisease_wm.htm
Heart Disease Newsletter/About.com:
http://heartdisease.about.com/gi/pages/stay.htm
Friday, January 25, 2008
Stephen King, Duma Key (2008)
"I know that when it comes to art, it's perfectly okay to paraphrase Nietzsche: If you keep your focus, eventually your focus will keep you. Sometimes without parole."
http://www.stephenking.com/
Flannery O'Connor
"People are always asking me if the Universe stifles writers. I reply that it hasn't stifled enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good writing teacher."
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
"An Afternoon at the Exposition" wins 1st Place in Historical Short Story Contest at Writing.com
On Dec. 10, I was awarded a History Merit Badge with my first-place win in a Historical Short Story Challenge held over the weekend at the Writing.com Angel Army, of which I am a proud member.
My story is "An Afternoon at the Exposition," set in the Columbian World Exposition in Chicago in 1893, the Chicago World's Fair which honoured the sisters from Louisville who penned the tune and lyrics that were soon adapted as "Happy Birthday to you."
The song was written by the two, principal and teacher, as "Good Morning to You," for the classes to sing.
My story is "An Afternoon at the Exposition," set in the Columbian World Exposition in Chicago in 1893, the Chicago World's Fair which honoured the sisters from Louisville who penned the tune and lyrics that were soon adapted as "Happy Birthday to you."
The song was written by the two, principal and teacher, as "Good Morning to You," for the classes to sing.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Nov. 28: Post-NANO
Well, having ushered Mary at the Old Railroad Trestle into the stable (lacking only a few scenes of dialogue and a final ending) it's time to shift gears a few years into the future (from Mary's standpoint) and across the Big Pond: from 1911 in South Alabama to 1914 Edinburgh/Dover/France, and from YA quality to sweet romance but with an 18+ level concept. This new one is a short story of my conception; I've been asked to author one for an upcoming (Spring 08) charity anthology. How utterly cool is that? I'm truly honoured. This new story came to me fully plotted in only two sleepless nights, so it's ready for dictation through my tapping fingers and into the PC.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Nov. 22: Happy Thanksgiving
40,254 wc, 8 days to go!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Nov. 20-21
WC 37,885
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Nov. 17: 30,160 WC!!
The noose of circumstances is tightening around my stalwart heroine, who is about to discover yet more new information. She has about 3.5 more days of life
Looks like there will be some more backdrop added, unless those are a very Event-filled 3.5 days :)
Nov. 16
Still keeping the pace and scheduled to completion on November 30.
Mary continues to develop as a character, as does Spiritualist Minister Termather, the trouble-stirring new event in her life.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
MADE THE MIDPOINT! NOV. 15
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Nov. 14
Tomorrow as midnight turns to Friday, Nanowrimo for 2007 will meet its midpoint. I'm pounding away on Mary at the Old Railroad Trestle, trying my durndest to reach 25 K by the time I stop writing on it tomorrow. Right now (while breaking to work on an Assignment) I'm at 21,581.
I say I'm stopping to do the coursework, but I think it's also because Mary has yet again surprised me; make that "freaked me out.
Nov. 13: wc 21,581 and counting
Nov. 13
Despite a late start, the writing went well; I only worry now I've over-foreshadowed the end!
WC: 1550.
I'm feeling good about this again!
Nov. 12
Missed out on writing on Sat. Nov. 11 and Sun. Nov. 12 because of preparations for the three courses I'm teaching and one of the student courses. Also had Content segments to work up and upload. Accomplished no other writing at all (though a good deal of writing on Sat. for the Lesson prep.)
Nov. 12, Monday: word count 17,784
I now know not only the Final Death (which I knew from the moment of the story unspooling on Oct. 30) but two penultimate deaths--which I now (Nov. 13) think may become three; and I'm seeing how to drive my heroine further and further into the close trap of circumstances which embed her in conflict with herself as well as her social group.
Nov. 12, Monday: word count 17,784
I now know not only the Final Death (which I knew from the moment of the story unspooling on Oct. 30) but two penultimate deaths--which I now (Nov. 13) think may become three; and I'm seeing how to drive my heroine further and further into the close trap of circumstances which embed her in conflict with herself as well as her social group.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Nov. 9
Completely out of the blue, Little Miss Mary blindsides me and it's my own durn fault.
Thinking at the commencement of today's session, what could I think of to write about now?
Could it be even that I'd said all Miss Mary needed me to say, only 14K in?
Did I have a novella on my hands instead of a Nano Novel?
Well, Miss Mary showed me..that little 14-year-0ld girl first gave me a totally unexpected and significant passage..
and then sledgehammered me emotionally as she dropped into a Long Dark Night of the Soul..
Shades of St. John of the Cross.....
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Nov. 8: Success to Success!
BUT: adding in the 443 words of introduction to the NEW novel, a historical which has been plaguing me since May 2002, I've actually written 2570 (including the 183 of backdrop on the new).
I am pleasedDelight: I am WRITING, I am CREATING, I am INSPIRED.
November 2007 is truly being wonderful to me.
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