Didn’t post yesterday. Got to 13,043 words on Day 4.

Today was my long day at school. I usually get onto campus about 8 a.m., and I don’t leave campus ’til about 8, 8:30. Was lucky enough to have a class canceled and managed to get in about 1,500 words, and then just before midnight, I knocked out close to 900 words.

SO, today’s total was 2,324 words. My overall total right now is 15,367.

Hope to get to 17,500 words tomorrow.

The cool thing right now is I came up with a rather exciting (for me anyway, lol) way to develop the story, so now there is no worrying about writing in order or fingering out the whole story. Right now, I’m writing pieces as they come.

Thinking about making the story interactive, so my creativity is “webbing out” right now, and whatever it links up to in reference to this story, I’m tagging it, writing it, and syncing up to the next thread of the story.

Exciting times, I say. Exciting times.

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Well, today, I wrote about 2,100 words, and my total NaNoWriMo word count is 10,050.

Proud of self. Have written and not let it get in the way of ALL the other things I have to get done.

In the midst of writing today, I got a bit stressed; this is why I need an outline, LOL

I didn’t think I would hit the 10k, but then I had a bit of inspiration, something to add to the story…and thus the beginning was changed, too.

Instead of just showing you some words on the screen, I decided to create a podcast of me reading the first pages of my NaNoWriMo ‘09 project, Educating Sophia.

I hope you enjoy it.

Leave comments!

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Well, I jumped into whatever it is that I’m writing. Still don’t have a firm grasp of plot or anything; I’m just going where the words take me.

On day one, I wrote about 5,200 words.

This morning, I woke up and went to Starbucks, got me a white chocolate mocha and a slice of pumpkin bread and wrote before doing anything else. Got about 2,800 words in.

Sitting at 8,015 words for the first two days.

My goal for myself is to get to at least 30,000 words during NaNo because with school and all, I’m not sure I can hit the 50k. If I can cross the 15k mark by Sunday evening, I will be happy.

And proud of myself,

How are you guys doing on NaNo thus far?

Hope to put up an excerpt soon!

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It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve been over here.

And school is the time-sucking culprit!

I’ve been busy with school and reading and research…and now am about to get into the part of the semester where papers have to be written, so it will get even more crazy.

HOWEVER, I do plan to work on a NaNoWriMo project for November. I’ve participated for the last four years and have “won” each year, and it felt wrong to at least not try to write something this month.

This is a challenge for me on several fronts:

1. Usually, I outline my NaNoWriMo projects. I’m going into this completely cold with a title, a character name, and fuzzy thoughts on what the story is about.
2. I’m in school, and school is like a full-time job plus double-overtime. It’s going to be rough.
3. I haven’t written anything creatively in nearly three months. A record for me, so I’m very rusty.

Because of this, my goal is to do a NaNo-Lite. No, this doesn’t actually exist. As we all know, NaNo has people attempting to write 50,000 words in 30 days. I’m going for 30,000 words in 30 days. Still a lot of words for a woman with barely enough time to do everything else in her life, but I think I really do need this so that I can feel – at least mentally – that I’m still creative.

I’ll be posting throughout the month, giving you guys updates on my writing challenges, of which I’m sure there will be at least ONE.

For now, I’ll leave you with my title: Educating Sophia.

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Death at the Double Inkwell is my debut solo project set to be released in June 2010 by Lady Leo Publishing, but of course, you can head to LLP and PRE-ORDER NOW for 15% off the $6.99 cover price!

Here’s the book descrip:

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From now until December, every podcast of the Once Upon a Time series will showcase the first five to ten pages of a novel I’ve written.

Up FIRST is To Catch a Cheat.

Cheater Investigator Carter Devlin, co-owner of F.A.C.E. (Finding All Cheaters Enterprises) lives by two rules: 1) all cheaters must be exposed and punished, and 2) never, ever fall in love. Playing patsy to her mother’s numerous infidelities as a child helps Carter keep #1 in check. Being assigned to Cheater Number 5302, Kenneth Stevenson, a man with George Clooney looks may lead Carter to break #2.

Carter finds herself falling in heat with Kenneth despite the facts that he’s a possible cheater and his wife, a vocal client during the investigation, happens to look eerily like her. When the investigation leads Carter to believe the wife is the actual cheater, she lets her inhibitions with Kenneth go, only to learn that her best friend and F.A.C.E. co-owner Vince Clark may be in love with her. As she battles her newfound heart over Vince and Kenneth, Carter has to keep one eye on Kenneth’s wife for as the saying goes, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Head to CLG-E’s podcast site now to enjoy a taste of Carter!

CLG Entertainment Podcast Site ~ [LINK]

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And thought I would remind you of that, LOL

I’m in the crazy process of moving from Louisiana to Texas to begin Ph.D. studies, so I haven’t been as creative as I would like to be, but once I get settled in Texas, things will change.

Have news and other things to showcase in the upcoming months – a novel being released next June, more screenplay ideas, more podcasts, more a lot of great things coming my way, and I want to share them all with you guys…SOON.

In the meantime, if you haven’t already, definitely check out the podcast site to my company CLG Entertainment:  CLG-E Podcasts.  Every first of the month, I do a The Write Life for You podcast that features advice on writing, and every 15th of the month, I do the Once Upon a Time… podcast that features poetry, essays, short stories, novel excerpts, and more.  Six episodes are already live, so listen in and leave comments.

If you’re a writer looking for even more advice, look to the right in the My Columns box where you will find links to places where I write articles.  Anything and everything from memoir writing to screenwriting, from developing scenes to capitalization can be found!

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A few months ago, I learned my novel, Death at the Double Inkwell, would be published in 2010 by Lady Leo Publishing.  Today, was asked to submit some material like my bio and dedications and learned that I’ll begin edits in September.

This is my solo debut project, so I am STOKED,

More to come as I get more to share!

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July marks the second installment of CLG-E’s Once Upon a Time… podcast series.

This month, I’m showcasing three faith poems: “On Soft, Tender Knees,” “I’m Sorry,” and “Loose”!

You can listen below and also take the time to check out my podcast site (CLG-E Podcasts) for future podcasts on writing and storytelling!

Please leave comments – let me know your thoughts!

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Recently, a girlfriend of mine presented a writing challenge: The ABC Poem. Basically, the poem consists of 26 lines, each line starting with a letter of the alphabet, from A to Z.

I had been so busy lately that I couldn’t do it, but after I read my girl’s (Jennifer Coissiere) poem, I was inspired to do my own.

Don’t have a title for it…but here it is!

As a young girl, I thought about the boy that would
Break through my walls and
Call my name in such a tender way that all my
Defenses would crumble around me.
Every day, every day, I would look around, hoping to
Find him, and sometimes, I thought I did though he would vanish like a
Ghost, leaving me
Haunted, hollow, and alone.
I decided not to think of the boy, the man, but to focus on my
Job, my education, my career, hence
Killing the wishful thinking, the WHAT IFs of love, of relationships. I
Lived quietly, in my box, focusing on my
Mind but
Never the heart because that would hurt, that would
Open up the truth that I was alone and wanting to be a
Part of a union with a man who would make my heart, mind, and body
Quake with a joy that’s only second to the
Redeeming love of Jesus. Just as I got used to the
Same quiet nothing of my life, he came to me,
Tantalized by the God in me, and the inner beauty that
Usurped my outer beauty. Quickly, he took up
Vacancy in my heart, wanting to love me – flaws and all as I
Willingly sought to do the same, and the feelings, the joy I feel cannot be
Xeroxed; it can only be experienced when you openly give of
Yourself and allow yourself to move beyond the
Zero of One mentality and learn to love yourself and allow others to love you back.

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