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NaNoWriMo 2021 Week One Wrap-up

Well, we won’t be breaking any National Novel Writing Month speed writing records but we did manage to work on our manuscripts every day this week. After such a long, dry spell of no writing at all, we’re going to … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo Kick-Off Day 1

https://nanowrimo.org/ It wasn’t the smoothest of starts on this first day of November and the start of National Novel Writing Month 2021. That seems to be endemic of the entire pandemic, why change now? Anne’s day started with both her … Continue reading

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Time for a Challenge

We’re back! Fall is in full force with its typical crazy rainy weather and November is coming up fast. And with the advent of November, that writer’s nemesis, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), is set to arrive. https://nanowrimo.org/what-is-nanowrimo Two of … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

Yay, we made it to 2021! Happy new year, everyone. We took time off over the holidays to give ourselves some breathing room. While our workload is self-imposed, we still feel guilty when we don’t spend our time productively. It … Continue reading

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Ugh! Back to the Beginning!

Exiles of Gaia was written in the Fall of 2013 and published in March 2014. We came to a big decision this week about our science fiction New Mother Earth series and the trilogy as a whole. We’ve been struggling … Continue reading

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Finally, Forward Progress!

We know you’re dying to find out! Were we finally able to break through our writer’s block and get some writing done last week? The answer is yes! Less than a lot but more than none, that’s something, right? Anne … Continue reading

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Preparations Begin…

If only it were always this organized. This last week, we spent time getting reacquainted with our neglected projects from last year. It’s been so long since we last looked at them, it felt like starting from scratch. We had … Continue reading

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Break’s over! Back on your heads!

As you might have guessed from the title of this blog post, we’ve been on a writing break for the last several months. Unfortunately, it lasted a lot longer than we anticipated but since this year has pretty much been … Continue reading

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June 2020 Wrap-up

Whew, what happened to June? Not a whole heck of a lot, apparently. We wrapped up the end of the school year while social distancing and Anne had foot surgery. Nancy worked on her garden and yard. We talked a … Continue reading

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2020, Can I Quit You?

Like most people, we are currently reeling from the events unfolding around us and in the world at large: pandemic, mass protests, economic freefall, you name it, we got it. It hasn’t been the most productive of quarantines as far … Continue reading

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