Month: September 2024
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Meet Kaz
Happy Banned Books Week! As a writer, I clearly have opinions on banning books. (It’s BAD. Duh.) Another profession that generally comes with opinions on book bans is that of librarian. Which takes me to the first of a series on introducing my characters. This is not my character. This is an image I yanked…
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9/25/2024 Meeting Transcript
Me: Hey, Shadow Kiss Act 1! How are you feeling? Act 1: Different. But in a good way. I really like parts of me. Me: Ideally, you’d like all of you, but it’s okay not to yet. Act 1: I’m not a rough draft anymore, though. Shouldn’t I be… Better? Me: Second drafts are nowhere…
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Let’s Default to Ethcial
Let’s talk about the concept of ethical nonmonogamy. I spend a lot of time thinking about words. When I’m creating a rough draft, the goal is to tell the story as quickly as possible, and consequently I don’t spend too much time on any single word. But prior to publication, every word included in my…
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Meeting Transcript 9/18/2024
Shadow Kiss: Wait. You’re not done with me yet! Have you not seen my list of things to change in me? Me: I’m aware of the list. You may note that the graphic only claims to have completed the ROUGH DRAFT, not to have completed the novel. Also, if you examine yourself, you’ll see I…
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Meeting Transcript 9/11/2024
Shadow Kiss: Hey, Andy! I’m still feeling incomplete. Am I imagining that? Me: You are, in fact, two chapters away from being done. Shadow Kiss: Why are you taking so long? Me: I’m actually still on schedule. Shadow Kiss: Oh. Why was your schedule so lazy? Me: It involves 3-6 hours of work on you…