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Category Archives: Joanne Huspek
NaNoWriMo Week Four and the End
Posted by Joanne Huspek
Hope everyone had a gorge-ous Thanksgiving! (Okay, that was lame.) I’m happy to announce that this year’s NaNoWriMo was completed last Friday. Can I get some applause here? Champagne, maybe? Yes, despite my life, my work, the election, Thanksgiving, an … Continue reading →
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Week Three of NaNoWriMo and I am pleased to announce that my word count is 40,008. That leaves just 9,992 words to goal. With Thanksgiving coming up (besides cooking the turkey, I’ll also be peddling my jewelry at Leon & … Continue reading →
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NaNoWriMo 2016 Update: Week 1
Posted by Joanne Huspek
Wow, not even a full week of writing and I’m up to over 12K in this year’s NaNoWriMo! This is the most productive NaNo I’ve had since I started. (So far. I don’t want to jinx myself by crowing too … Continue reading →
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This year’s installment of NaNoWriMo marks the first time in ten years where I haven’t had a clue as to what to write. No. Really. It’s not that I don’t have plenty of things to write about or to work … Continue reading →
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Yesterday, I spent the day at Leon & Lulu, a hip shop that once a year features local books and authors. This is my third year of attending. I have to say that I love this store. It features furniture, … Continue reading →
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Anatomy of A Writer’s Block…
Posted by Joanne Huspek
…or Why I Don’t Write The blank page, dammit. If there is anything more distressing to a writer, it’s the occasional so-called ‘writers block.’ After all, we as artists are hard-wired to create. Some of us create using physical materials; … Continue reading →
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Finding Character Voice
Posted by Joanne Huspek
I’m armpit deep into writing a story I’ve been toying around with for the last two years. After much research (it takes place in the fairly-distant past so I’ve been beefing up on books from the period), some writing (short … Continue reading →
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