NaNoWriMo
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Sixth Time Lucky
This year I finished my NaNoWriMo on 28 November. My final word-count was 50,336 words. The working title of my new book is ‘The Discovery of the Franklin’. I mocked-up this cover while procrastinating doing my words one day. The story is contemporary fiction with romantic elements. The main characters are sisters, Sarah and Katie…
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Get the coffee pot ready
It’s that time again, the lead up to NaNoWriMo. Each November hundreds of thousands of writers around the world commit to writing, the goal is to write a 50k word novel over the month, but writers can approach it however it suits them. I’ve done this month long writing sprint five times already (and I…
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Productivity Hacks – What are yours?
Yesterday I was at the monthly Melbourne Romance Writers’ Guild meeting. We had special guest Anna Campbell come to speak to us about writing through the fear. Anna is a full time writer and she had a lot of great tips for making the most of your writing time. One of the things which really…
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Welcome to 2017
Firstly, can I just say that 2017 seems like an absurd number for a year. I finished school in 2002 and that felt quite strange but now I’m even older and it’s 2017. It’s not a real number, it’s not a real year. I feel very old. But back to what I was really going…
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
I realised today that I hadn’t done a blog post to brag about my NaNoWriMo win this year! So here it is! I finished my 50,027 word draft on 29 November. I took the next day off. I have not written any more since, it’s been nearly a week. I think I’m a bit over…
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Why do I do it?
I’m in Sydney for a few days giving myself a little holiday, visiting a couple of cool people. I told my friend, a poet, that I was feeling a little anxious about starting NaNoWriMo without a plot, or any characters. She laughed, and asked “why do you do it?” This year will be my fifth time. I…
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Continuous Improvement
The day job that I have at the moment is working in Quality. That means that I spend all day reviewing, rewording and proof reading policies, and doing what’s referred to as continuous improvement. It’s my first job in Quality and I don’t have a strong background in it, but I think continuous improvement comes from…
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Back to Reality
My fringe show is finished. We finished packing up the venue today. Now I have to deal with the flatness that comes with having finished a project. Something that I’ve poured so much energy and emotion and time into is all over. I don’t think we’ll revive the show, which is a little weird in itself. We have…
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Write, edit, write – now what?
Since my last post I’ve done a fair bit of stuff you guys! It’s been great! I’ve finished the first edit of my Choose Your Own Adventure. I’m pleased to say that. mostly, it was consistent and made sense. I’ve done small scale edits mostly, not big structural ones, and sent it out to a few…
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Welcome 2016!
So, I went out last night with some beautiful people and had a bloody fabulous time, but now I’m feeling a little bit delicate around the eyeballs*. You might know that I don’t drink alcohol, but it turns out staying up late, jumping up and down, and then sleeping fitfully coz it’s really hot feel…
Fleur Blüm 