Monthly Archives: October 2013

Icky-Poo

Posted on October 30, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

The only upside I can fathom to being sick is that I hope to get over it BEFORE NaNoWriMo. I’ve given up on one story I wanted to finish this month. The deadline’s just a couple days away, and even … Continue reading →

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Planning

Posted on October 28, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

How do you strike a balance between preparing and doing? One good thing about NaNoWriMo is that it gives the writer a defined time when they need to be writing. No longer plotting. No longer outlining. No longer cruising the … Continue reading →

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This Is It!

Posted on October 26, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

During my first year of NaNoWriMo, I didn’t have a blog yet. My second year, I did all kinds of preparation, including finishing interviews and SciFi Q of the Day posts in advance. (By the way, I succeeded both those … Continue reading →

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This, That, and a Million Other Things

Posted on October 23, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Goals! I haz them. I’m barely keeping up, but I’ll make it. This round my goals are NaNo-centric. October is for NaNo prep, and there’s only one week left. I’m not sure I’m going to get the submissions finished that … Continue reading →

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The Kessel Run

Posted on October 19, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

SciFi Question of the Day: Could You Make the Kessel Run in Less Than Twelve Parecs? Facebook Answers:   MissKat Orta I went around the Maw black hole cluster to save distance.     Melissa Conway No, I could not because a true parsec … Continue reading →

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ROWing to NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 16, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

My ROW80 goals for this round are to prepare for NaNoWriMo in October, win NaNoWriMo in November, then recover from NaNoWriMo in December. Last year I failed NaNoWriMo. Part of this was because I had a submission deadline for something else I wanted to work on … Continue reading →

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Earth-Shattering Kaboom

Posted on October 11, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Where’s the Kaboom? There Was Supposed to Be An Earth-Shattering Kaboom! Facebook Answers:   Linda A. Garvey Marvin the …..when he is trying to blow up the Earth…   Booboo Wilde It was actually an boson-shattering kaboom, and the chain reaction is taking a … Continue reading →

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Advance Warning of Chaos

Posted on October 9, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Life would be so much easier if I could get advance warning of chaos. If I could just plan for it… …well, it would be less chaotic. Now for my ROW80 Goals post! The last round (AKA the NaNo round) … Continue reading →

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