- Today
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
My 30 Year Search For One of the world's rarest books continues - PLEASE notify me if you know where I can find a copy of this extrodinaily rare book!!!!!Anyone remember The Tailypo A Ghost Story by t…
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- Yesterday
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
I hit 50k!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And on Friday the 13th no less!My last paragraph written is:Vampire chickens don't look like ordinary chickens. Their faces are pale and grey instead of bright and red. Their…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
My word processor tells me how many times I have used each word. Here are my top 10 most used words:the = 1886to = 1124and = 1113a = 992I = 938of = 854in = 634it = 632they = 547that = 516I was surpr…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
An interesting thing happened today. At 3AM this morning I found my self being yelled at by one of the local LDS/Mormon church members, who for whatever reason saw fit to wake me up at 3AM to scream t…
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- November 12th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Canada vs. America[quote=Clockwork Smith]One of my main characters is a 14 year old Canadian (probably lived around the Toronto area) who just moved to America. I am trying to think of things that he…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
[quote=crazy_sane_person]This year I decided to try out a different genre than I normally do, but I have hit a bit of a slump because I am busy pining for Fantasy (my writing first love). My nano this…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
how the hell did some of you people get to the word count you're at?My history with NaNo has been somewhat dramatic and for years I have been known as one of the site's yearly returning over achievers…
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- November 11th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
~~~FORWARD~~~I'm making this book about Amphibious Aliens/Water Faeries because . . . I saw one, meet one, made contact, had an encounter with one, or whatever you want to say it is that happened. It…
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- November 10th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
A question and my answer to it:[quote=writelikeamadthing] I just overheard my family complaining about me...Ouch.Excuse me for having a goal and a deadline.Excuse me for wanting to do something fun an…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
I don't really have an end point goal. I figure I'll end some where between 100k and 500k depending on where my book(s) decide to end themselves. With that goal in mind, I figure, as long as I write a…
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- November 9th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Day 1: Today's word count: 3183First word: WhereLast word: batsTotal Words: 3183==================== Day 2:Today's word count: 2134First word: ILast word: DraculaTotal Words: 5317====================…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Well, what started out as one big novel, than became a series of 4 children's chapter books, and now seems to be evolving into a series of short horror stories inspired by one sentence prompts. Here a…
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- November 7th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
(1) What are the five BEST or most important qualities you look for in a compelling YA novel? #1: Dialog: Lots of it! A few phrases of flowery descriptions scattered in here and there between dialo…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
On NaNoWriMo I found a thread that asked: A question for TEENS... what do YOU want? I had to answer this because all I read is teen fiction. (1) What are the five BEST or most important qualities yo…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Was reading Top 25 Clichés in YA novels and had to respond to her list.Lets see how many of these thing I did/do in real life, shall we?#25 – Vegetarian teens with unsympathetic meat-eating parents…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
Was reading Top 25 Clichés in YA novels and had to respond to her list. Lets see how many of these thing I did/do in real life, shall we? #25 – Vegetarian teens with unsympathetic meat-eating paren…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
Was reading Top 25 Clichés in YA novels and had to respond to her list. Lets see how many of these thing I did/do in real life, shall we? #25 – Vegetarian teens with unsympathetic meat-eating pare…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Just me answering some NaNoWriMo questions again.So, apparently my MC is a Mormon. Help![quote=LulaAndTheUnicorn]It turns out my MC is a Mormon and so is all of her family. The problem is, i'm an athe…
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- November 6th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
So, I've been reading all the Vampire Threads on NaNoWriMo, when I found this one on: Vampire discussion: the technical aspects and this one Vampire Guidlines...?, and they inspired me to spend the l…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
So, I’ve been reading all the Vampire Threads on NaNoWriMo, when I found this one on: Vampire discussion: the technical aspects and this one Vampire Guidlines…?, and they inspired me to s…
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- November 5th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
So, I've been reading all the Vampire Threads on NaNoWriMo, when I found this one on: Vampire discussion: the technical aspects, and it inspired me to spend the last 3 hours figuring out who and what…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
So, I’ve been reading all the Vampire Threads on NaNoWriMo, when I found this one on: Vampire discussion: the technical aspects and this one Vampire Guidlines…?, and they inspired me to s…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
So, I’ve been reading all the Vampire Threads on NaNoWriMo, when I found this one on: Vampire discussion: the technical aspects, and it inspired me to spend the last 3 hours figuring out who and…
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- November 4th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
LOL! I was reading this thread http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3311308 and all it’s sparkely glittering vampire talk every one was talking about instead of having sparkely shinned Twilight vam…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
LOL! I was reading this thread http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3311308 and all it's sparkely glittering vampire talk every one was talking about instead of having sparkely shinned Twilight vampires…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
A few days ago, on my blog and on NaNoWriMo, I asked How To Scare a Vampire . . .? This is my farther thoughts on the matter.I've decided I want to base my vampires heavily on Dracula (the book & the…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
A few days ago, on my blog and on NaNoWriMo, I asked How To Scare a Vampire . . .? This is my farther thoughts on the matter. I’ve decided I want to base my vampires heavily on Dracula (the book…
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- November 3rd, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Well, now that I've started writing, I know where my story is going, and surprisingly it's heading in a way I did not expect at all! It has become a series of Grade School Chapter Books! (70 page book…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Real Name vs. Pen NamePoll: What name do you use when writing your Nano novels?1. My Real Name2. A Pen Name (and what is it?)3. I've never written anything yet. (but what do you think you will use?)I…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
Real Name vs. Pen Name Poll: What name do you use when writing your Nano novels? 1. My Real Name 2. A Pen Name (and what is it?) 3. I’ve never written anything yet. (but what do you think you wi…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
Tons of detail: love it or hate it? I used to like stories with a lot of flowery purple prose (ie details bleeding out my ears), when I was a teenager I used to read loads of giant 200 – 300 pag…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Tons of detail: love it or hate it?I used to like stories with a lot of flowery purple prose (ie details bleeding out my ears), when I was a teenager I used to read loads of giant 200 - 300 page books…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
I’m coming up with my idea as I write it. In August my plot was a ghost circus comes to town. . . my town of course. By September it was Jack Frost moved into (my) town and took over. By Octob…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
I'm coming up with my idea as I write it.In August my plot was a ghost circus comes to town. . . my town of course. ;)By September it was Jack Frost moved into (my) town and took over.By October it wa…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
What is my title and how did I find it? I haven't decided on mine yet. I haven't even decided on my novel's title yet, let alone the chapter titles! yet. Right now all I've got is "NaNoWriMo Day One"…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
What is my title and how did I find it? I haven’t decided on mine yet. I haven’t even decided on my novel’s title yet, let alone the chapter titles! yet. Right now all I’ve go…
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- November 2nd, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Day One = 3183; Day Two = 2134; End of Second day total = 5317 ; it's 8 past midnight - time to start Day Three of #NaNoWriMoAll Hail Bela Lugosi!http://twitter.com/EelKathttp://www.facebook.com/EelKa…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
just hit 4713 words – trying to hit 5k before midnight I bet I would have hit 5k hours ago if I didn’t stop every 5 minutes to rush back here and update my word count! LOL! I’ve been…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
just hit 4713 words - trying to hit 5k before midnightI bet I would have hit 5k hours ago if I didn't stop every 5 minutes to rush back here and update my word count! LOL! I've been updating my word c…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
Well, now that I’ve started writing, I know where my story is going, and surprisingly it’s heading in a way I did not expect at all! It has become a series of Grade School Chapter Books! (…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
I have just run up against a problem that I could use some help on. One of my characters, just said this:"What a minute. Okay, let's think about this situation we have here. So, this guy is a vampire,…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
I have just run up against a problem that I could use some help on. One of my characters, just said this: “What a minute. Okay, let’s think about this situation we have here. So, this guy…
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- November 1st, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
The Dares return every year. The Shovel of Death Returns every year. Death by Plastic Spork returns every year. Jello in the White House is back for a second year. I’ll bet Dolphin Cheese comes…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
The Dares return every year. The Shovel of Death Returns every year. Death by Plastic Spork returns every year. Jello in the White House is back for a second year. I'll bet Dolphin Cheese comes back n…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
It's the attack of the NaNoDare thread - I'm doing a NaNovel heavy on the Dares this year, and I know lots of you guys are doing the same, so here's a thread to crash on and shout out each time you co…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
I logged in at 7PM and than went on Twitter and did a count down all over the world - It was like New Years Eve - watching folks in New Zealand shout out that midnight hit; than Australia folks start…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
I logged in at 7PM and than went on Twitter and did a count down all over the world – It was like New Years Eve – watching folks in New Zealand shout out that midnight hit; than Australia…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
It’s the attack of the NaNoDare thread – I’m doing a NaNovel heavy on the Dares this year, and I know lots of you guys are doing the same, so here’s a thread to crash on and sh…
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- October 30th, 2009
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: EK's Writing Blog
Well, I've been planning an adult story since August, but the past couple of days, it just seems that my plot is going towards a younger reader group. Just this morning it hit me, that maybe my focus…
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EelKat has posted a new entry on: Star Log White
Well, I’ve been planning an adult story since August, but the past couple of days, it just seems that my plot is going towards a younger reader group. Just this morning it hit me, that maybe my…
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