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Well it is 2011 and I hope you all had a wonderful and safe holiday. Mine was filled with a lot of laughter, great food, great people (thanks Val and Bri), and (I will admit) a little bit of alcohol. So everyone makes resolutions for the new year… and few stick to them. As for me I make goals. Sometimes I reach them and sometimes I don’t. Last year my goal was to finish the novella “Prisoners of the Alliance” with my partner in crime, David Sobkowiak. We succeeded and I also finished the first draft of another novel, which was pretty damn cool. It makes me think that a lot more things are possible having made those goals and I am very grateful for the people who supported me and challenged me all the way. I always did love a good competition (thanks Brand). Read the rest of this entry »

I am looking at the top searches of that bring people to my site and have found that by far my most popular post has been the one about King Richard’s Faire. I have people searching for “Jacques the Whipper”, “The Lady of the Glen”, “Ren Faire Woman” and so on. I have to wonder if people are using my image or costume as inspiration for their stories or costumes. If you are, please let me know. That would be pretty cool to hear about.

Last night I had my first bout of nano-insomnia. I had been trying to sleep for 2 hours, and still just couldn’t get there even after taking my pain medication. Ugh. So there was nothing left for it. I surrendered to the muses and come downstairs to the freezing cold basement and began to write out the scene that I have been trying to build up to for the past two days. Read the rest of this entry »

First of all I would like to take a moment to thank SVAllie of www.getfoundconsulting.com for assisting me with updating my side for NaNoWriMo. She really stepped up when I needed help, because while I am comfortable putting up posts, I am still a novice when it comes to websites.

I have made my playlists for writing particular scenes. The reason I do this is that when I am driving I get certain scenes of my story in my head and I am trying to harness that imaginative power for when I am putting my thoughts down into my new Windows version of Scrivener. I am loving it! It is definately very helpful, though I still have my research books and what not for the information that I need.

If you happen to be in the NH area… well let’s not make this exclusive… If you happen to be online and want to see what I am up to as far as NaNo or any other project I am doing goes, follow me on Twitter @LN_DragonSong (Which is also my NaNo name).

Now then, the house is cleaned, I have done my yoga, laundry is done and put away. I’m going to bed early so that I can get started, bright and early tomorrow. I wish luck to all of my fellow participants. And remember, if you get stuck in a plot, it’s time for a fight/sex scene, the legions of hell to arrive, or a velociraptor. 

PS Happy Halloween

Surgery:

The countdown is on for my surgery on September 16th. Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry for the delay folks this month has been a whirlwind of activity for me. So let’s start off with the holiday, Independence Day, or for everyone else… July 4th.  I got the oppurtunity to actually get away and go for a long walk to Cedar Swamp a few miles away from where I live. It was a good workout. I got to meet one of the local firemen who let me re-fill my water bottle at the station on the say back home. Here is my blog from that day. Read the rest of this entry »

I am not ignoring all my wonderful people who are checking out my sites and my Twitter feed, just attempting to catch up on sleep after Balticon (unsuccessfully I might add). Read the rest of this entry »

Isn’t it interesting how little things can make you excited? Read the rest of this entry »

Walking – By Laura Frechette

I wandered through a monument of conventional learning. Walls of stone, colored with warmth held none, save for where the sun shone brightly through the windows. I followed the light out to the parking lot where dozens of cars baked in the midday sun and wandered some more. Read the rest of this entry »

Hiya people, I know this is a late entry but it is Monday and that means that there is a new episode of Prisoners of the Alliance. We are down to the last couple of introductions before we totally envelope you in how all these people come together.
Head on over to www.ScrivenersCircle.com and listen. You know you want to.