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How You Write a Synopsis
May 16, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
First you spend an entire day writing (and rewriting) three hundred words. Then, just at the point where you’re going crazy and starting to see things in the text that aren’t there you ask someone else to read it. Hopefully they will say something nice like, I’d read that. Hopefully they won’t say things like, […]
TV Taught Me How to Feel Now Real Life Has No Appeal
May 10, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Cause I feel like I’m the worst So I always act like I’m the best I’m gonna live, I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fail, I’m gonna die. Alternate visuals courtesy of multiKitten and Sherlock this time. Link to playlist here.
These Are the Things a Second Draft is Made of…
May 7, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Sometimes the second draft is where I go back in and make the intention of it clear from the mess of words I threw at the page the first time. Sometimes I write things and I have no idea what I’m doing and the second draft is me finding something in the text I had […]
Sometimes You Gotta Have a Little Faith. Sometimes it’s Better to Just Stay Home.
April 22, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
This is for my mother. Because of reasons. (This is also how I imagine wizards playing with the limits of their power.)
You Can’t Get Scurvy if You Drink This Much Juice
April 18, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
I hate being interrupted when I’m writing. And okay, I’m writing all the time at the moment. And I do enjoy spending time with my friends. But I was halfway through punching someone when I was dragged away from my laptop last night so I was stuck in this weird sort of limbo place where […]
Who Needs a Reason to Watch a Watermelon Explode?
April 16, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Arkem: I just explained your pun to a colleague. His head exploded. Me: Did his head really explode? And if so, would you be willing to give a graphic account of the event? I just wrote that happening to someone and am conducting research. Seriously. Rick looked over my shoulder the other day and demanded […]
I Wonder What Happens Next
April 10, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Me: Tomorrow’s Monday! Rick: (flatly) I love you, bear. Me: I shouldn’t say that with so much glee? Rick: Yeah. It’s possible that I was a little more than reasonably excited about getting back to work this week. But come on, I knew it was going to be fun. I’ve been running through the last […]
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Paul McLaughlan
May 20, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
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