by KimBoo York | Nov 28, 2016 | Fiction
It’s always embarrassing to admit failure, but I’m not really embarrassed because I can’t say I even tried. I had grand ideas about doing NaNoWriMo this year, and managed to claw up a good plot and characters for Wolves of Boston, but between the...
by KimBoo York | Nov 5, 2016 | Fiction
When characters have some wear on their tread it can automatically complicate the plot. “Older” characters, by which I mean “over thirty years old” are not uncommon, really. I think a lot depends on the genre — suspense/thrillers often...
by KimBoo York | Nov 4, 2016 | Fiction
Flailing out the gate for NaNoWriMo! Woo hoo! *flops over* I’m honestly good about writing a lot, every day. Because, well, I do that every day. Rare is the day that goes by where I don’t clock at least 1,000 words between working on stories and writing...
by KimBoo York | Nov 2, 2016 | Fiction
This is going to be short post, because I did not schedule well, and that’s what you get when you try to do NaNoWriMo along with finishing up two other writing projects while totally forgetting that you need to write a blog post too. I’m a creature of...
by KimBoo York | Nov 1, 2016 | Fiction
Today is Day 1 for National Novel Writing Month, and I’m not crying, you’re crying!!! My word count for today was heaved out the door in desperation, but I made it to 1,805 words. My daily goal is 1,670, which is padding the requirements by a few words but...
by KimBoo York | Oct 31, 2016 | Fiction
Mary-Sue: an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character, a young or low-rank person who saves the day through unrealistic abilities. Often this character is recognized as an author insert or wish-fulfillment. [wikipedia] The term mary-sue has a very long...
