2014 All Wrapped Up
It’s a good thing I keep a journal. In looking back on the year, it felt like I’d done nothing but write fiction. That was not altogether true. While 2014 was by far my most productive fiction-writing year yet, I …
Author: Christina
I have arrived at the dreaded middle . . .
It was bound to happen. I was having so much fun, was so filled with hubris, it was only natural that the gods of something would strike me down. Okay, I haven’t exactly been stricken completely. It’s more that things …
Book Review- Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier by Charles Spencer
It has been a while since I enjoyed a book and its subject so thoroughly. I found myself dawdling through the last chapters, sorry that it was nearly over. I picked it up on a whim, since it was available …
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Liebster Award: Acceptance and Nominations
It seems I’ve been nominated for a Liebster Award by the awesome Kate M. Colby. This is a great way to get to know some of your fellow bloggers a bit better and give some attention to ones you particularly enjoy. …
Book Review: History of the Thirty Years War- Friedrich von Schiller
This book was pure joy for me to read. I’ve been a fan of Schiller since reading some of his plays in college and I wish i had read this years ago. I’ll probably hunt down a German version soon, …
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Belated NaNoWriMo Wrap-Up
The past week flew by and I somehow missed the end of the month. I was so motivated, I kept writing during Thanksgiving break. I really wasn’t expecting that and had planned on just taking the time off. It turned …
NaNoWriMo Update: I Finished My Book!!!!
I’m still pinching myself- though not literally, because that would hurt. It’s a grand total of 162,563 words. Right now, I have no idea how many will go or stay, or if there might be more. *gulp* I’ve decided to …
NaNoWriMo Update: 50,000 . . . and Beyond!
I‘m still on a roll! And I even got sick in between. I missed two days of writing due to flu-like crud that I always seem to get in November, but once I recovered, I was back at it. My …
NaNoWriMo Check-in
I think I was going to do this weekly, but ten days have already gone by. It’s been going well! I just passed 34K and hit the 75 percent point in my book. I have never made it that far …