http://www.jennawaterford.com and Vicious Rumours Thu, 29 May 2008 04:30:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en *blows cobwebs off of blog* My latest theory is that maybe writing is like sculpture: You just chip away everything that doesn't look like the story you're trying to tell. http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/05/28/still-no-word-counts/ I wrote this about a year ago with an entirely different starting intent -- I keep trying to write a librarian story, and the idea in my head keeps morphing into something else the moment I start typing.  This time it turned into an insane fantasy/chick lit/Arthurian pastiche that was ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/04/23/the-faire-ophelia-and-ranulf/ I've cleared 10K tonight on SanClare Scarlet, take 2.03. I'd write more but I have company coming tomorrow, and I'm already up two hours later than I'd planned.  This is good. I think this is good. I think I've found the threads that will weave this story together at last. I hate ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/04/05/this-is-not-a-wordcount/ Inspired by the wondrous news from the Splendiferous and Most Deserving Lisa Mantchev, I went through my short stories and resubbed a couple that had been sitting (pouting) since their last rejections. So all my very few short stories are OUT again. *dusts hands and returns to fully outlining La Cause* http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/02/08/once-more-unto-the-breach/ I'm finessing the beginning of La Cause.  I had an idea on the treadmill and began to hear narration in Sophie's voice which I believe is the first time that's happened with La Cause.  I wish I had a more traditional approach to plotting. I often feel like my plotting resembles ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/01/15/bumbling-along/ I've been blogging away on non-writing things over at BlogNoir, but poor little Complete Fabrications has been neglected for almost two months!  I haven't had too much to report. Transitions do really cause me lots of problems no matter how well I plot out things in advance or outline.  I ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2008/01/06/breaking-silence/ I'm at 16,795 words on La Cause. So catching up and making the 50K target might be a bit of a job, but I'm not despairing yet. I'm still really pleased with how things are going. In the grand tradition of Being Me, I started the novel too far into the story.  I ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/11/18/still-lagging/ I am behind.  Simple math says I should be at 18350 words, but I'm only at 12750.  No biggie.  I'm very happy with my progress on La Cause, and I can should be able to catch up for the NaNo goal if all goes well.  I'm just pleased that it's moving ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/11/12/nano-progress/ And now, the long-promised World Fantasy Convention Report! Flight confusion did not result in my being abandoned at the airport in Albany, thankfully.  The driver had sorted out the details and waited for me patiently.  This worked out well for another, too, and the driver was able to offer the extra space ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/11/06/48/ This is instead the, "Yes, I'm doing NaNoWriMo!" and "Yes, I will post a Con Report soon!" post. I'm averaging about 1000 words a day so far for my Nano book; not on target for the Recommended Daily Average, but as I was a bit busy during those first few days, I'm doing pretty ... http://www.jennawaterford.com/2007/11/06/not-the-world-fantasy-con-report/