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Things I’ve done: – worked quite a bit on Vega revision (although the real value of this is still unknown; ie I have very little idea whether I will be able to put that thing in shape and how long it will take), – worked a bit on Newil planning, – worked a bit on [...]

Today, I started planning NaNoWriMo. It seems that I’m going with Newil after all–a decision that surprised me both because it came so easily and because it seems WAY too hard to pull off. I started with a sentence for the plot, and three sentences for the three sons of God. (Yes, capital G, since [...]

So I’ve done 130 pages right now and it’s clear that instead of 5 chapters (150 pages) as I planned, this will take 6 chapters (180 pages). And yes, I’m back in my productive mood, sort of. I am, as always, dissatisfied with how little I actually do, and I’m quite sure I could be [...]

Today, I finally put the end to the chapter 4 of Flowers. All the main players are in the key location (except for the dark horse, Daniel, who’s about to make his move very, very soon). And it’s fun. I don’t know at what point had I decided that everything I write has to be [...]

So I’ve had a weekend that really reset my stress-counter to zero (not that I feel obliged to run myself down again). And I’ve added a couple of pages to the Flowers. This is good. I’ll be going by tram to work again, starting tomorrow–but my son will come with me, so I don’t know [...]

I managed to create three more pages for Flowers today, and thus the morning has started brilliantly. All in all, it seems that in those days when I can find some time for writing, I feel much better in the mornings. On the other hand, I’ve got my old anxiety back, and can’t figure out [...]

I added several pages on All Flowers Must Live today, perking up a little sagging plot twist today. I am profoundly surprised at how easy it is to write comixes when I definitely don’t have enough in me to write something even a bit more substantial. The short dialogues and sketchy description is what I’m [...]

It seems that all I need to start writing is: 1. a couple of good, productive days at work to boost my confidence, 2. a morning tram to work, 3. a constant notice in the blog that I am writing, yes, I am. So here I go. It’s nothing much, just two pages on that [...]

So apart from being busy at work, busy with (good) personal life changes and stuff, I have finally found my way back to actual writing. Not the scribbles I sometimes do or an occasional poem (gah!), but something that could be, umm, of some value. It’s nothing big yet, not even grown to a zygotic [...]

So. The Final Turn is once again bravely headed to markets unknown. I love that story and I am not ready to give up on it (even though for a long while, I thought I might). Also, I’ve been catching up on critiquing, wondering where could (or should) I send Demonhunter that needs only a [...]