http://alden.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ . . . Into the Anduiuar en Vox Fri, 29 May 2009 17:17:57 -0400 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/almost-there-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/almost-there-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/almost-there-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 May 2009 17:17:57 -0400 These latter chapters of A.C. are proving to be difficult because I'm having to make huge cuts and rewrites, so they're going slow. I've already cut it down by a chapter, and may end up cutting it down by another. Right now, I have 3 chapters le... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/almost-there-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb011016532fd6860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wips assassin's choice (heroes) work & writing 2009 goals http://alden.vox.com/library/post/good-weeks-rock.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/good-weeks-rock.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/good-weeks-rock.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:59:42 -0400 I know all this up energy I've gotten since freeing myself to focus on my writing will eventually be interrupted bad a bad day or two, but right now? Totally enjoying this energized, motivated, "this is what I should be doing" feeling. And it sh... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/good-weeks-rock.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb0110163c5ed7860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing thoughts assassin's choice (heroes) phoenix rising (the phoenix cycle) life & writing blood charms (randi kayde) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/new-focus-writing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/new-focus-writing.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/new-focus-writing.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:37:07 -0400 I've made a major change in my life recently: I left my editing position to focus on my writing for the next few years. My son requires me to be home for at least the next 4, and the editing position was eating up all my time, so resigning and sp... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/new-focus-writing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb0110163a8583860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> the obstacles work & writing life & writing http://alden.vox.com/library/post/and-three-weeks-later.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/and-three-weeks-later.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/and-three-weeks-later.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:18:03 -0500 It's just been crazy of late, a lot of it good crazy, but crazy none the less. The editing job has become very busy. We're getting a new manuscript every day, and a lot of them are very good and so go on the to the reader panel (which I'm also s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/and-three-weeks-later.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb011017a7c104860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life stuff life & writing 2009 goals http://alden.vox.com/library/post/forward-progress-at-last.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/forward-progress-at-last.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/forward-progress-at-last.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:36:21 -0500 There's just something about deciding that you WILL do something. No hedging, no "if I can", but a definite "I WILL do this." 2009 started with a little bit of a stumble—I was still struggling with chapter 30 of A.C., but I've since kicked mysel... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/forward-progress-at-last.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb0109d0fe3121000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> process & craft the obstacles assassin's choice (heroes) phoenix rising (the phoenix cycle) 2009 goals http://alden.vox.com/library/post/looking-ahead.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/looking-ahead.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/looking-ahead.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:41:00 -0500 Let's face it, 2008 sucked. I was sick for 6 months, had surgery, the husband was unemployed, my oldest's marriage disintegrated in record time, we went through 2 cars before getting anything reliable, and, really, need I go on? As of today, I'm... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/looking-ahead.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb0109d0f97d0e000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2009 goals http://alden.vox.com/library/post/i-need-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/i-need-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/i-need-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:43:50 -0400 We writers all have different reasons for writing, but the one reason I think that puzzles non-writers the most is the need to write. They do not understand how writing can be a need. Even though I am a writer, that particular reason to write us... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/i-need-to-write.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb00fad6b6dca50005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life & writing http://alden.vox.com/library/post/progress-not-so-much.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/progress-not-so-much.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/progress-not-so-much.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:01:00 -0400 Yes, it's been a month since i last posted. No, the progress hasn't been so good of late. Seems I have a touch of SAD, plus some life stress stuff going on, and I'm struggling to make a schedule that works in the sense that I actually get things... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/progress-not-so-much.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb00fa96a23c7b0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> in progress the obstacles assassin's choice (heroes) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/challenged.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/challenged.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/challenged.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:36:21 -0400 My progress on A.C. and Phoenix has been slower than I would like it to be. Granted, a lot of that was the physical problems that literally slowed me down and forced me to bed. Without a laptop, doing any kind of writing was particularly hard. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/challenged.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb00fa969711300003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> process & craft assassin's choice (heroes) phoenix rising (the phoenix cycle) 2008 goals http://alden.vox.com/library/post/build-me-a-world.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Domy) http://alden.vox.com/library/post/build-me-a-world.html?_c=feed-rss http://alden.vox.com/library/post/build-me-a-world.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:24:17 -0400 One of the things I've been neglecting as I work on Assassin's is the world building. I put a lot of thought and effort into world building early in the novel's creation (or, actually, it's fourth incarnation), but I ended up burning out on it an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://alden.vox.com/library/post/build-me-a-world.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f31d98fdb00fa9693e5db0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> process & craft assassin's choice (heroes)