Category Archives: Writing

Generic posts about writing.

Boom Shaka Laka Baby

Posted on January 1, 2014 by AmyBeth Inverness

I wrote more than 156,000 words over November and December. During NaNoWriMo I wrote about 60,000 which was almost all of Part I of my novel. I kept writing, diving into Part II. It turned out to be more than … Continue reading →

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About Damn Time

Posted on December 27, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

One of my Kingdom Come novels has the working title About Damn Time because the theme is that a visitor to Earth from Kingdom Come has trouble adjusting to Earth’s shorter days. This is not about that novel, but it … Continue reading →

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All a-Twitter

Posted on December 14, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

I think I’ve decided to reform my blogging to twice a week. On Wednesdays I’ll do my regular ROW80 Updates. Then, any other time in the week (probably the weekend) I will do another post. It might be some random … Continue reading →

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Late Update

Posted on December 12, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

I admit I’m a bit lost. But things are good. In fact, the reason I’m a bit lost is because things are good! I’m well over 80k in my WIP. I’m expecting it will top 100k, and if it’s a … Continue reading →

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Just Thinking Out Loud

Posted on December 7, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

For NaNoWriMo this year, I returned to Kingdom Come. This is a planetary colony where happily committed polyamory is a normal way of life. I’ve succeeded at NaNo twice with KC stories, and last year when I used a different … Continue reading →

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Decisions, Decisions…

Posted on December 3, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

I totally rocked NaNoWriMo. I passed 50k on November 30, technically winning, I had 60k by the end of the month, and 72k by the end of the weekend. It’s only about 2/3 done, I think… I call what I’ve … Continue reading →

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Na-No a Go-Go

Posted on November 26, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Here’s the quick and dirty update! The graph says it all… I learned something this week. Or, rather, something I already knew was confirmed. Posting a story on the blog and putting up a generic call for beta readers and … Continue reading →

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Halfway! Wait…what… halfway was LAST week?

Posted on November 20, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

I’ll let the chart speak for itself. I’m still chasing the goal line, not quite reaching it. The plateau you see reflects that yesterday was a zero count day and I haven’t added much yet today.

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This One. This Time. This One Time…period.

Posted on November 12, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Skip down for the ROW80 and NaNoWriMo update… One great lesson I eventually learned from all those Highland Dancing competitions growing up was that I was being judged each time on that one performance of that one dance. If I … Continue reading →

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On the First Day of NaNoWriMo, My True Love Gave to Me…

Posted on November 5, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

It’s the first week of NaNoWriMo and I’m OK. Just OK. Not great, not even comfortable, but OK. At the dawn of day 5, my word count is a nice even 7k. I was above the line until yesterday, then … Continue reading →

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