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Writers Under The Arch

I want a t-shirt that says: "I read my story at WUTA and survived." Tuesday night was our first Writers Under The Arch (WUTA) meeting. There were three NaNoWriMo veterans besides me and Hubby, and a whole bunch of people who have had stories published. You reads your

Discoveries

Made an astonishing discovery this week: spinning when I get a little spare time makes it go a lot faster than saving it up for bi-monthly sessions. I started the project that's been taking up all the space in my fibre box, 8oz of Crown Mountain Farms superwash

Novelling alone

BBC News article about novel writing: Your Name Here. Even in the age of MySpace and blogging - where innermost thoughts can be made public without the help of an agent or publishing house - every year thousands of people in the UK start writing a novel. It is a

Eight Rules for Writing Fiction

Found on Merinda's blog: 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even

Write-a-go-go

Joined Rachel's Write-a-go-go challenge, 36,000 words in 3 months. My goal is to get my latest NaNoWriMo novel edited, and do a couple of decent short stories. Once the novel is in good shape, a printed copy will be heading to Mr. Bristow. This week's

Snapshot - March 2007

Reading: Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. Writing: A mystery short story, and editing my 2006 NaNoWriMo novel for Bristow. Listening to: Witching Hour by Ladytron. Knitting: Chiral socks (my own design) with Sweet Georgia Superwash Sock in Slayer from The Loopy Ewe. Spinning: 2oz hand-dyed tussah silk from Spunky Eclectic.

Projects in all directions

The second Elfine lace sock is coming along nicely (though you can't see the pattern on sock #1 in the photo), and I'm planning something different for the next pair: Sweet Georgia yarn in Slayer red from The Loopy Ewe. I'll be putting slow

Second Annual Brigid in Cyberspace Poetry Reading

I missed this last year. More info here. A Martian Sends A Postcard Home by Craig Raine Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings and some are treasured for their markings - they cause the eyes to melt or the body to shriek without pain. I have never seen one

Project plans 2007

Knit: I've assembled enough leftover sock yarn to do another strip of the Leftovers blanket. Lorna's Laces, Twisted, Opal Rainforest Owl, and Fortissima Mexico, I think there's enough for a full strip. Half a sleeve remains for the Eternal Sweater, I want to finish

You talk, I'll write

Wow. I met my Tapestries guy today, a gentleman called Vincenz from Germany. I was vaguely worried that we would have a hard time talking, and boy was I ever wrong! He talked for an hour straight, fascinating stories about life as a prisoner of war in French and American

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