You know those little aha! moments when a problem you've been struggling with suddenly becomes clear? And then you can't understand why it was such a problem originally? I received a passing comment on my writing while I was querying TIC that at first frustrated me. I'd mentioned my word count to another writing friend… Continue reading On Wordcounts and Madness
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Quiet. Too Quiet.
I've been much quieter these past few weeks for a number of reasons, the first and foremost being that our lives have been completely turned upside down. But in a good way! It's just made for some chaotic and non-writing times. And they're not going to be over any time in the immediate future. I… Continue reading Quiet. Too Quiet.
Everything is (finally) so Gay
And it's kind of amazing. I went for a hike yesterday morning, so I was away for many hours of the initial celebration. A friend texted me when they released the decision, so I wasn't completely taken by surprise when I returned to the internet where everything, literally everything, was covered in rainbows. My wife… Continue reading Everything is (finally) so Gay
Camp NaNoWriMo or How I (Re)Learned to Love NaNo
I first hopped onto the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) bandwagon over ten years ago, during my final year of high school. It was a wild experience that taught me both the perils and benefits of writing so much, so quickly. I loved it so much that I did it again a year later in… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo or How I (Re)Learned to Love NaNo
What’s to Come
Ever since committing whole-heartedly to being a writer, I've taken the time every six months or so to sit down and plan out what I'm going to do next. This keeps me committed, keeps me on schedule, helps me practice hitting deadlines, and reminds me that new projects should always be just around the corner. As… Continue reading What’s to Come
On Wearing Black in the Desert
One of my beta readers recently asked about the black tents one of the cultures in The Impossible Contract use in the middle of a Sahara-like desert. The question reminded me about the wholly counterintuitive use of black fabric in extreme heat and how, paradoxically, black fabric is actually superior to white in a handful of… Continue reading On Wearing Black in the Desert
#Pitmad Coming Up on June 4th!
Although I have been around the internet since modems made that awful dialing noise while they connected - or rather, tried to connect - and I have been on Facebook and Livejournal and now WordPress since forever, I have had a hard time with Twitter. It's such a fleeting, ephemeral platform, where there is no… Continue reading #Pitmad Coming Up on June 4th!
Research
In gearing up for my next project, I've been brainstorming what I'm going to research, how I'm going to research it, and in what format I want to share that research here. Because it's going to be all magical girls, all the time, it'll be a lot of fun - I'm planning to binge watch… Continue reading Research
Stasis
I.E.: the brief reprieve that comes between large projects. It's an interesting time when you've just finished one big project, but you can't quite start the next one. Part of this is because I've come to learn that when I need to query, I can't be focused on another story. I've tried that before and… Continue reading Stasis
WIP Check-in: DONE DONE DONE
Is the final draft done yet?: YES Current page count: 209/209 Shots of whiskey: 1 Current problems with the manuscript: there's probably something left to fix in the beginning or middle or what have you but it's small and inconsequential and what I'm trying to say is THIS IS DONE AAAH *FLAILING INTENSIFIES* It's… Continue reading WIP Check-in: DONE DONE DONE
K. A. Doore 