Category Archives: Commentary & Musing

ROW80 Pre-Thanksgiving Update

Posted on November 23, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’ve been home for a week, and I am creeping closer to that diagonal line in NaNoWriMo. I have hit a bit of that “Oh, this is all crap…” but I know enough now to just ignore that voice and … Continue reading →

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I Wanna Write

Posted on November 21, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’ve topped 30,000 words in NaNoWriMo, and although the words are flowing fairly well at this point, I still have the problem of other stories roaming free in my head, wanting me to write them. I’m going to dump them … Continue reading →

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Let’s Give ’em Somthing to Blog About

Posted on November 16, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

ROW80 Update: I’m barely chasing that diagonal line on the NaNoWriMo statistics page. I’m at 23,000 words, and I wanted to be at 30,000 by now. But I’m finally back home in Vermont after spending two unexpected weeks in North … Continue reading →

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Tower Building

Posted on November 14, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I find myself with an odd surplus of blog ideas at the moment. I was musing this morning about how good erotica is a story about a person’s (or several) sex life. This can be just as important and interesting … Continue reading →

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Unrealistic Dialogue

Posted on November 11, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I hope I write good, unrealistic dialogue. Because the real dialogues that take place in my life just aren’t the kind of thing that any editor worth their salt would ever allow an author to keep on the page. Take … Continue reading →

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ROW80NaNoWriMoTMA

Posted on November 9, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

AKA… A Round of Words in 80 Days Update and… National Novel Writing Month Update… and Too Many Acronyms! Anywho… How it’s going: I’m actually getting at least a moderate amount of writing done between sitting at the waiting room … Continue reading →

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Love is… 20 Years Later

Posted on November 6, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

Prologue: Last Thursday my hubby delivered me to the train station so I could go down to North Carolina to be with my parents as my father underwent double bypass surgery (AKA Open Heart Surgery.) Fortunately, he came through it … Continue reading →

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Up in the Air

Posted on November 1, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

Overall, I’m feeling pretty good, even though there are major things going on in the family life. My father has a heart condition, and he’s in the hospital for the six thousand and eighty fifth time in his life. His … Continue reading →

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Pre-NaNoWriMo ROW80 Update

Posted on October 26, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I finished Synaesthesia, which was a major goal. I’m debating regarding my Steampunk Mermaid story… I’d love to finish it before November, but it might be better to concentrate on planning ahead for my blog posts instead. I already have … Continue reading →

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Getting My Brain Back to Where It Belongs

Posted on October 19, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

My brain might be part of my body, but it doesn’t always do my bidding. I want to finish Synaesthesia. I actually got pretty far along today; just two chapters and an epilogue left. It’s the hardest stage for me… … Continue reading →

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