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Where did the time go?

Holy crap, NaNoWriMo is a month away. I guess I’m officially announcing my intention to cheat this year. Yes, I am continuing The Afflicted instead of moving on to the shiny new gay romantic steampunk road novel. This makes me sad, because the new novel would be incredibly fun to write (All world- and character-building, [...]

How much information will fit in my brain at once?

These are all things I’m trying to learn/do/accomplish this winter:

Finish The Afflicted, my SF novel. (Mostly head-writing at the moment, rather than real writing, but it’s moving forward.)
Learn Spanish. (Using Rosetta Stone, going through 1 lesson a day. Also listening to at least two Coffee Break Spanish episodes a week.)
Learn to knit. [...]

Better Writing Through Knitting?

I’m learning to knit in order to improve my writing. Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
The problem the knitting is meant to fix is that I get most of my ideas while doing things that let my mind wander. I used to get most of my ideas while driving, when I lived an hour [...]

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