Current Project
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The “Side Characters”
Do you ever write a side character, but there’s something about them that you can’t let go of? There are two characters towards the end of Rini & Butler that I think I will return to the sequel, but I’m… Continue reading
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40 Pages Left to Edit
I only have forty pages left in the fourth edit of Rini & Butler! Woohoo! Granted, they are the pages where I need to do the most work, but I’m now so close to finishing the edit that I’m really… Continue reading
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Rini & Butler
Irene Boggan hated her name and hated her life, much of which she had spent on the streets. She had developed a thick skin, quick hands, and a sense for the inner workings of the human mind, rarely being tricked… Continue reading
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Rini & Butler: Butler through Rini
He’s kind of a weirdo. I can’t tell if he has any interest in the plants or if he seriously only cares for them because it’s for me. But he touches them so gently. His fingers moving over their leaves… Continue reading
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Rini & Butler: Take Aim
Rini & Butler hit 100 pages. I think this is the fastest and longest that I’ve committed to an extended piece without taking a break. It’s sitting at 129 pages at the moment. 22 August is its birthdate. In the… Continue reading
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Irene Boggan and AB34918S5
These are the two central characters of my new project Rini & Butler. The piece really only focuses on the interactions between these two and their development and so there will probably only be brief character sketching of side characters.… Continue reading
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Starting ‘Rini & Butler’
Today. I’m going to start setting up my notebook and writing Rini & Butler (that’s the name I’ve chosen for now). With this piece, I have a few professional/personal development aims that I want to achieve that are outside submitting… Continue reading
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The First Step after the Edit
I forgot the most important thing that comes with a full manuscript. The cover page. The dreaded cover page. I know a lot more about cover pages now than I did when they were fifteen, but when I think about… Continue reading
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Two Chapters Left
Two chapters left and about thirty pages. You can really see the issue in that sentence. The last two chapters should probably be a little more than thirty pages, but this is the final massive edit for X and the… Continue reading
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Last week … was a week
My second dose of Pfizer really threw me. It wasn’t until I was asleep that it crept in and hit me with a “remember flu season”. I’m still feeling it, but definitely don’t feel as bad as I had when… Continue reading
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