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Posted on November 28, 2008 at 11:08 am

And Now, Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming…

Real posts should begin again shortly. Thank you for your support and patience.
-Nate

Posted on November 26, 2008 at 10:23 am

Sneak Peak at “The Center”

You know how, when they release movie trailers, sometimes they put all the best parts of the movie into the trailer?  This isn’t one of those kinds.  This is a scene that wasn’t working out at all, draft after draft, and  I needed to move on.  The version you see here is nothing like what [...]

Posted on November 22, 2008 at 12:50 am

Crazy Apple Words

While I was writing my little book I came across this site that makes a pretty cloud out of the words or RSS feeds you give it. So I fed it this site and this is what I got back…er, It’s a java thing, so I’m not going to imbed it.  But here’s the link. [...]

Posted on November 18, 2008 at 6:49 am

NaNoWriMo Week 2 (and a bit): Who’s that guy?

So, the basic plot for this novel is one that has been bouncing around in my skull for, oh, about ten years now.  I’ve always had a pretty good idea who the main cast would be, what they would be like, and how the plot would go.  On November 1st I sat down to finally [...]

Posted on November 9, 2008 at 12:47 am

NaNoWriMo Week 1: Beginnings

October 30: I shanghaied a good friend of mine into writing a novel this month as well.  My method was roughly as follows:
“C’mon! Write a book. You’d write a good book! You should write a book!”
Eventually he agreed. I’m sure his book will be better than mine.  That accomplished, I next set out to perform [...]