…was for Blue Fire: Amlinn gestured at her grandfather and the departing messenger. “They’re not coming.” Words today: 1,697 Total thus far: 36,799 Made some good progress today, and what was particularly exciting about it had little to do with what I wrote, which was mostly of the people talking variety (though there’s a big …
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The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
…was for Blue Fire, as usual: “Follow the Freefolk,” Morran had told Illinen, and since the Freefolk moved every day, that meant he had to leave the Warren the very next night. Words yesterday: 1,886 Total thus far: 35,102 People kept asking me what I did for my birthday. Well, I wrote, of course, what …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
…or, if you want to get really picky about it, the day before yesterday, since I’m blogging this after midnight, was for Magebane: But when he glanced over his shoulder, the light reflected in diamond points from the tossing wavelets, until it ended in utter blackness where the shore met the water. Words Saturday: 1,238 …
Festival of Words wrap-up
So, on Saturday I returned to Moose Jaw, this time with my lovely wife and daughter, for the final two days of the Festival of Words. My big event was at 4 p.m. in the Mae Wilson Theatre of the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, a beautifully restored 430-s eatVaudeville-era theatre. There I conducted an on-stage …
The first sentences I wrote yesterday…
From Blue Fire: “You think he might still be alive?” Words yesterday: 2,052 Total thus far: 33,214 From Magebane (yes! I’m moving forward again!): The mysterious figures still waited there in the dark. Words yesterday: 873 Total thus far: 33,638
Festival of Words: the first day
Yesterday at the Festival of Words went well, though I was late to the party, which, after all, began on Thursday. In fact, I showed up for my reading without passing by whatever registration desk there must have been somewhere and so proceeded without a name tag. Fortunately, no one threw me out for not …
My Festival of Words schedule
Going to the Festival of Words in Moose Jaw this weekend (or there already)? I’m one of the presenters! Here are my events: Today, 2:40 p.m., I’m reading with Linda Bailey in the South Room of the Moose Jaw Public Library. Today at 5 p.m., I plan to attend the Saskatchewan Writers Guild Reception upstairs …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
…was, again, for Blue Fire: Amlinn slept through the night without waking and only found out about the Nightdweller patrol when she went to breakfast in the morning. Words yesterday: 1,252 Total thus far: 31,162 Not sure they were very successful words: my writing session, at the Atlantis coffee shop (see yesterday’s view-while-I-wrote photo, above) was …
Two days of writing! Photos! More excitement than you can shake a stick at!
I failed to post yesterday’s First Sentence I Wrote Today, which means now I have two, two, two sentences to post! Most of the new verbiage (also some nounage, and a bit of adjectivage–I try to be sparing with the adverbiage) was on Blue Fire. Yesterday’s first sentence was: Illinen crouched in the darkness outside …
The first sentence I wrote today…
…was for Blue Fire: It wore a scrap of green cloth as a shift and had yellow yarn for its hair. Words today: 2,234 Total thus far: 25,390 I didn’t do any writing over the weekend of the sitting-at-the-keyboard variety, but after I woke up on Saturday morning but before I actually got out of …
The first sentences I rewrote today…and another photo!
I finished rewriting the bit of Blue Fire that needed it and will be pressing on to greener writing pastures. In fact, I made a start, so today from Blue Fire I have both a first sentence I rewrote and I first sentence I wrote. Will the excitement never end? First, the first sentence I …
The first sentences I rewrote today…now with bonus photo!
…will appear momentarily, but first, a picture. This is where I worked on Magebane this afternoon–if you look close, you can see some of it on the computer screen. It’s the Spike Lounge at the Wascana Country Club. Not as odd a choice as you might think: it’s usually quieter than a coffee shop, the …
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