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Pile of Sand: June 2009
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Saturday, June 6, 2009. I've decided the 1st draft of KIT will be done on 7/31/09! That was the date I set for LURE I last year, and I finished within a week of that, so I may as well make the end of July my deadline date again. So far the story is going through the usual "what the hell happens next" stage. Sooo, Let's see what KIT turns out to be. Monday, June 1, 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). LURE: by C. Sonberg Larson- First Place Middle Grade Fiction-SCBWI 2009 Spring Retreat. I am a middle grade/...
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Pile of Sand: November 2010
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Monday, November 29, 2010. With a little over two days to spare I passed the 50,000 word mark yesterday. Still have the ending scenes to flesh out, but I'm almost there. Wow, Others is almost done and it's a month sooner than my original deadline. Cool beans! Labels: Keeping the dream alive. Thursday, November 11, 2010. Ten days 20,000 words. After ten days I've written 20, 047 words. Awesome! This has turned out to be a good move. So glad I signed up. Just hope I can keep up the pace. Dogs are the best!
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Pile of Sand: This morning posed a question
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Friday, March 11, 2011. This morning posed a question. I have the day off and was sitting on the patio sipping a cup of coffee when my eight-month-old kitten, Charlie, hunted down and snatched his first bird. It was freakin' brutal! Speaking of brutal, I just found out that the introductory sommelier class and exam I am taking next weekend requires professional attire! So I have to sit on my duff from 7:45 until 5:00pm in stuffy clothes. Sweet. So I pose the question to you. Which is more brutal? LURE: b...
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Pile of Sand: September 2010
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Saturday, September 11, 2010. To say this is totally rad is an understatement. I now have two stories that will be used for the Riverside Ghost Walk! They're entitled SILK and HOLCOTT. I read them to two members of the committee last week and they want me to perform SILK. I wasn't sure about it at first. I'd imagined sitting in the back and watching my story be acted out with the sound and visuals, but I decided to go for it. Now the research begins for a costume that resonates 1927. No, WAY COOL! Myster...
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Pile of Sand: July 2010
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Monday, July 26, 2010. Just entered a contest. Contests are great because they sharpen the writing tools. This particular contest is for short fiction (250 words or less) and it's hosted by a writer/photographer who seems to have garnered quite a following. Here's the link if you want to check it out. Clarity of Night Writing Contest. Sunday, July 25, 2010. So LURE 1850 is done.again. Hahaha. How many times have I said that? Enough to double the size of the book. No rest for the writer. I am a middle gra...
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Pile of Sand: Edits and Rewrites and World-building Oh my
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Saturday, July 23, 2011. Edits and Rewrites and World-building Oh my. I'm going over OTHERS and I have the second draft blues. You know, when you look at your first draft and think, This needs soooo much work! Is it even worth it to comb through it? What if it still sucks after the rewrite? But that's fear talking, and I don't want to listen. So I'll make my maps, think of new terms for ordinary things like coffee, and imagine what a cool kid would look like hundreds of years from now. Dogs are the best!
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Pile of Sand: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. I attended a conference this past weekend where four editors from big houses talked about books and what they're looking for. Two of the four are not interested in gritty YA. That leaves two editors who are willing to read a query for the type of books I write. I'm seriously considering taking control of my own writing career more aggressively rather than waiting for someone to pick me. Labels: Keeping the dream alive. Friday, March 5, 2010. Another project I have yet to mention,...
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Pile of Sand: March 2011
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Friday, March 11, 2011. This morning posed a question. I have the day off and was sitting on the patio sipping a cup of coffee when my eight-month-old kitten, Charlie, hunted down and snatched his first bird. It was freakin' brutal! Speaking of brutal, I just found out that the introductory sommelier class and exam I am taking next weekend requires professional attire! So I have to sit on my duff from 7:45 until 5:00pm in stuffy clothes. Sweet. So I pose the question to you. Which is more brutal? LURE: b...
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Pile of Sand: February 2011
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Monday, February 21, 2011. Ahhh, revision. OTHERS is coming along. Some chapters I approach with confidence, some chapters I'm scared to look at for fear that it will be nothing more than a hunk of crap that I have to shred and rewrite completely. That's the down side of blazing through a draft at lightening speed, but having a draft to work with in the first place is priceless! Took the dogs for a run before printing this week's chapter to take to critique. It's freaking cold! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
