NaNoWriMo Update: Week 2
Ugh. I only wrote nine new pages in fifteen hours. But…that’s better than no new pages and no hours worked. I’m waaaaaay behind my goals, but I am slowly moving forward. I’ve discovered that working...
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Doing a little flip…
Something fantastic is going to happen on March 3rd of 2012: Cheryl Klein is coming to Spokane to teach an intensive writing workshop on plotting! I am so excited. Early registration opened for...
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Spring Cleaning…the Kind that Doesn’t Involve Carpet Shampooers
For the last three years or so, at the moment when Spring peeks her pretty little head through the clouds, I have gotten it into my head to overhaul a novel. This year is no different (though the...
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Spring Cleaning Update #1
The revision is going great! I can’t believe how giving a jobless character a job has changed my story. He has transformed from one of the least interesting characters in the book to one who threatens...
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Minnetonka Cave, Bear Lake, & a Milk Can Supper
The last month has been a whirlwind of fun for the Thacker family. After we moved into a new place (with a yard!), my hubby went to the coast for two weeks for a writers’ conference. That was a major...
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Wordsmithery
The protagonist in my novel carries around what she currently refers to as her “writing book.” It’s full of short stories and rhymed verses. Friends, I despise calling her writing book her “writing...
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Word Order Matters
I should have, perhaps, given the title of this post a subtitle: Word Order Matters: A Brief Explanation of Why Kim is Such a Slow Writer I really am very slow. I accept it, and I work with it (and...
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Happy New Year, everyone! And what a year it has been! I read some terrific books (THE SCORPIO RACES was my favorite read of 2012, followed closely by THE RAVEN BOYS–both books are by Maggie...
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Popping in to Say…
Hello, friends! I haven’t been on here since January 1, so here’s a quick update on what’s been happening: I’ve been working on my novel, and my nose has been to the proverbial grindstone to the point...
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What’s the Next Big Thing?
My dear friend, talented writer Sharon Himsl, tagged me in The Next Big Thing Blog Hop, and I am so excited to talk about one of my works-in-progress! Thanks for tagging me, Sharon! What is the working...
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Writers Unite! And Commiserate!
Would-be writers of the world (and published ones, too), ya’ll need to read this fabulous post by fabulous author Shannon Hale. That’s all I have to say, today, since nothing I could say is as...
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Flash Fiction: Hungry
Before I post my little story snippet, I’d better explain what it is that I’m up to! I’ve been rewriting the same novel for about two years, now, and while it’s definitely improving, I find that I’m...
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Flash Fiction: Scrimshaw
I don’t know that my “short short stories” actually qualify as flash fiction, because they’re just one scene, really (so far), but I’m enjoying writing them. It stretches my brain a bit. This next...
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Doing a little flip…
Something fantastic is going to happen on March 3rd of 2012: Cheryl Klein is coming to Spokane to teach an intensive writing workshop on plotting! I am so excited. Early registration opened for...
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Spring Cleaning…the Kind that Doesn’t Involve Carpet Shampooers
For the last three years or so, at the moment when Spring peeks her pretty little head through the clouds, I have gotten it into my head to overhaul a novel. This year is no different (though the...
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A Learning Process
Summer is definitely my Sporadic Blogging Season, for many reasons. This summer, those reasons include the facts that… I’ve been playing hard with my kids, every chance I’ve gotten. My husband has been...
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Much Ado About WRITING
My husband and I watched an amazing filmed production of Hamlet the other night (David Tennant and Patrick Stewart = ART), and I’ve had Shakespeare on the brain ever since. Wasn’t he an incredible...
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Bystander Magazine’s December Writing Prompt
(image courtesy of NPR) Bystander Magazine sent out a call for short-short stories that have something to do with the prompt, “All I Want for Christmas.” I wrote a fun, goofy story, called “Gallant,”...
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