http://eliza-bee.com/blog Fri, 16 May 2008 17:57:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been having trouble writing lately--oh, sure, I'll do 300-500 words here and there and to be completely honest, that's fine. Really, what's wrong with that? Nothing. But I miss being able to sit down and hammer out 2000 words in a sitting. Maybe it's how busy everything is lately--I'm ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=34 I love memes that have to do with writing--anything for an excuse to babble about what you're working on, right? I stole this one from reoune on LJ. What's the last thing you wrote? The beginning of chapter... (I have to check) 13 of Circle of Many Faces. Was it any good? Maybe? ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=33 The month of April was a crazy month for me--I began a new job that required from me an intensive training schedule, and I opened a website that's been keeping me very busy. Even so, I carried my laptop around in order to do some writing on my lunches. I ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=32 I have trouble with names--especially for minor characters that only show up for a few scenes, but who still need to be named. I've used many resources to come up with these generic names, but today I found one that I've long ignored: My spam folder. Here are some of the gems ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=31 Time to check in. Well, my (personally) bad news is that I didn't hit 20k words for February. I'm using my "I blame the injury" card. Not that that wins me a free pass, but I'm using the excuse now. Which means no using it for March. My good news is that ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=30 I was supposed to keep this blog up much better than I have. I kept telling myself I would update this site early into February, and now February's almost over. Though, I don't think I have too many readers not on the LiveJournal feed anyhow. Partially, I blame my Sprained Ankle ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=29 Having just received some more great crit from a crit buddy *waves* there's a word on my mind. I do tend to say people "jump" in surprise a lot. I think it's a valid word, but I probably do need to vary it. The problem is I'm not exactly sure what ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=28 I'm feeling pretty productive lately, though when I look, I see I'm really only a little bit ahead of par for the goal of 20,000 words, so I need to step things up a little bit. I accidentally forgot to save my draft of Circle of Many Faces back onto ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=27 A few nights ago, during a discussion about the 20,000-words-per-month goal, we brought up the subject of the need to edit, instead of write. At my normal pace--and by that I mean not rushed, not blocked, but constant, reasonably inspired writing--I do about 1000 words an hour, at which page 20 ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=26 I've been slaving away at the site for the past week to redo the layout (I am never quite satisfied with a layout, but I think this one is pretty clean; hopefully I'll stick with it for awhile). I'm behind on new writing goals, but this happens every year--after Nanowrimo, I ... http://eliza-bee.com/blog/?p=25