tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post2669600218114471651..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Book EnvySarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-44583888355694966162008-11-11T04:41:00.000-08:002008-11-11T04:41:00.000-08:00(Adrienne: What?! You thought I could keep somethi...(Adrienne: What?! You thought I could keep something called Geektastic a secret!?!? If it helps, I'm suffering too!)<BR/><BR/>Oh, man. "Beginning, muddle and end" sounds WAY TOO MUCH LIKE REALITY. *sigh*tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-15652820192368621482008-11-10T19:57:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:57:00.000-08:00I am a NaNo lover. We are soul mates. It was by no...I am a NaNo lover. We are soul mates. <BR/><BR/>It was by no means intentional, but I am currently writing backward from the middle. (Or "muddle" based on my new "Beginning, Muddle, and End" NaNo theory.) I've never done that before. They say you should start your story in the middle, right? <BR/><BR/>I'm eager to get my hands on Geektastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-65242455682879169562008-11-10T15:48:00.000-08:002008-11-10T15:48:00.000-08:00I say this with love in my heart, but it was kind ...I say this with love in my heart, but it was kind of wrong of you to tell us about <EM>Geektastic</EM> when we cannot read it for ALMOST A YEAR. Not that I don't have a big ol' pile of books on my dining room table just waiting to be read, but it's the principle of the thing. Now I want to read <EM>Geektastic</EM> MORE than those other books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-14439635404608540912008-11-10T14:56:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:56:00.000-08:00One Million Things is the best holiday gift idea e...<I>One Million Things</I> is the best holiday gift idea ever! I've been reading a few pages a night to my 7 year old son and he loves it! (I'm simplifying some of the topics, obviously.) Curious 12 year olds will consume this thing; it is just gorgeous.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to get a nonfic feature together for next month at Bookslut - more "books for curious minds" for MG - YA age. I would have loved these kinds of books when I was 13.<BR/><BR/>As for writing - I'm still figuring out the order of the chapters for my AK flying novel...I guess that basically means that the ending is ever changing, eh?Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380722344521975869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-92220530881365770912008-11-10T12:36:00.000-08:002008-11-10T12:36:00.000-08:00Hooray for the Nerd Herd, and for anyone who's eve...Hooray for the Nerd Herd, and for anyone who's ever been part of a Nerd Herd (who, me? naaaah.).<BR/><BR/>I don't think I'd be able to write backwards from the end, either. I often don't know what's going to happen at the end until at least a third of the way through...even if I think I know, it changes substantially as the characters change.<BR/><BR/>I think it's because I haven't gotten to know my characters (uh...or my plot) enough until I've reached a certain point in the writing process--a point that I can only get to by <I>writing the story</I> and not by outlining.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-23204386208755649172008-11-10T08:44:00.000-08:002008-11-10T08:44:00.000-08:00**YES!** I admire NaNo people too. I think the wor...**YES!** I admire NaNo people too. I think the word is "envy."tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-58336725938584404212008-11-10T08:11:00.000-08:002008-11-10T08:11:00.000-08:00Can I just say how much I admire the NaNo particip...Can I just say how much I admire the NaNo participants? I wrote a post a day for National Poetry Month and it just about killed me. I can't imagine writing a novel!Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-15259377532841302222008-11-10T06:55:00.000-08:002008-11-10T06:55:00.000-08:00Oohhh, good. Someone else writes like I do!!! It d...Oohhh, good. Someone else writes like I do!!! It drives people crazy to read a WIP of mine because it... well, it progresses, but it goes two steps forward, and a step back... constantly editing. I tried NaNo: ONCE. It was an utter disaster, and I hated it thoroughly. Thanks, Caro, you make me feel so <I>normal</I>...tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-8642566874809638812008-11-10T05:28:00.000-08:002008-11-10T05:28:00.000-08:00"I'd have to rewrite it anyway, because my charact..."I'd have to rewrite it anyway, because my characters generally change too much from the beginning of the novel 'til the end."<BR/><BR/>I feel exactly the same way. Not to mention the fact that I edit as I go (can't get past a paragraph if I don't think it's doing exactly what I think it should be) so at the end of the month I think I'd have about 29 pages, if I was lucky. Alas NaNo and I are incompatible. <BR/><BR/>I loved Skim - so nice to see it getting the publicity it deserves. Emiko and Token sound like they're right up my alley!C. K. Kelly Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152997234365905131noreply@blogger.com