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Why a Support Network is Crucial to a Writer
Perspective! Writers tend to work on their own, in the dark, which can be at times crazy and lonely making. At these times it is particularly helpful to have caring and supportive people around you who will encourage and reassure and… you know what? I don’t know. I don’t have those people. I have these […]
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I Did Not Blow Up or Drown Anyone. Today.
February 12, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
Me: Wrote another chapter today. Rick: Yay. More explosions? Me: This is like… the aftermath of the explosion. Rick: Hmmm. Explosion wasn’t big enough then. Me: It was a very little one, in point of fact. The idea is to not blow up my main characters. Rick: I suppose you might need bounds on things […]
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Neil Gaiman’s Calendar of Tales
February 7, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
For a longer explanation of why and what this is about, look here.
What’s in a Writer’s Notebook?
February 5, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
So this one time? In undergrad? …this sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. It’s not. I swear. It’s the answer to a question several people asked after my last post. I mentioned a class where I asked if I could hand in the final assignment on the first day. I had more than […]
Is There Any Point in Studying Writing?
February 1, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
People keep asking me this. So. Short answer? Depends. Longer one? Depends on what you’re hoping to get out of it. I mean, it’s remotely possible that the course will hook you up with a lecturer who is the perfect editor for your work, who will nurture and encourage you until you burst forth from […]
How to Cure a Cold if You’re a Writer
January 30, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
My dialogue has been uncharacteristically violent today. My cold is making me frustrated. But at least it’s not stopping me working. I’m not sure where my head’s at exactly but I’m writing. I guess I’ll just have to look at this stuff on a clear day and make sure I’m making sense. I did have […]
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Finishing the First Draft
January 25, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
Me: It’s the second day in a row I’ve only been able to squeeze a couple of good writing hours around ow ow my head ow ow. It’s pretty fucking annoying. Rick: Snorts. Me: Are you laughing at me? Rick: You don’t swear often. Me: Well it’s really unfortunate. I’m getting pretty close to finished […]
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Retired: Extremely Dangerous (Take Two)
January 22, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
As I understand it, this one isn’t so much based on the Warren Ellis’ graphic novel as made up out of whole cloth, but the trailer looks entertaining…
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Does This Mean Pre-Adolescents Are Melodramatic?
January 17, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
There’s a… well, I’m going with thing rather than ‘problem’ that arises in my plan rewrite Path. As it stands the first book moves very slowly, which is a product of the fact that when I was writing it I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t know my story, I hadn’t had any […]
Posted in: Kandace, Path of the Monster
Head —> Wall, Repeat.
January 15, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
So lately I’ve been suffering from this urge to rewrite Path. I mean, really, I’ve been thinking about it on and off since last August when I met Lovely Agent Jen and talked with her about the book. Partly this is because I always find talking things out with a new person to be a […]
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Paul McLaughlan
platform thing 
February 14, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
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