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Tag: navel gazing

How to revise your manuscript without losing your mind

May 12, 2016 Demetria 1 Comment

Seriously, does anyone know how to do this? If you do, please tell me, because my mind done got lost…

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Posted in: Blog, Writing About Writing Filed under: learning to write more good, my writing, navel gazing

Crispy fried

September 9, 2014 Demetria Leave a comment

I have written 100,000 words of fiction since January 1st. Don’t start with the congratulations yet, though. They’re not great words. They’re first…

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Posted in: Blog, Personal updates Filed under: navel gazing

Victory Lap

June 26, 2014 Demetria 2 Comments

Well, I just finished another text-based product of novel length.* It’s still rough, but it’s the closest thing I’ve ever…

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Posted in: Blog, Writing About Writing, Yearly wrap-up Filed under: navel gazing, word count

Hey baby, what’s your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?

May 16, 2014 Demetria 1 Comment

I have seen many personality-type fads come and go in my time. Astrology was already on its way out when…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: navel gazing

How I spent 2013

December 19, 2013 Demetria 2 Comments

2013 marks my second year of completing a novel-length textual product.* I didn’t technically finish a novel, in the sense…

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Posted in: Blog, Writing About Writing, Yearly wrap-up Filed under: learning to write more good, my writing, navel gazing, word count

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Astra Nullius is a collection of free science fiction stories following the crew of the starship Benevolence. While it’s technically a piece of serial fiction with events unfolding in chronological order, each story stands alone as an episode, so you can start reading anywhere in the series.

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