by Allyson Lindt | Oct 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
In 1996 I discovered something called NaNoWriMo, and decided it was the most absolute brilliant idea ever. I had written one novel (okay, technically two, but I’m only just starting to own up to that first one) before that point, I was pretty sure I had written...
by Allyson Lindt | Oct 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Someone once told me that there were three kinds of stories. What I think they meant was that stories are driven by three different core elements. That’s not quite right either. But closer…maybe:Character DrivenPlot DrivenSetting DrivenAt the time this...
by Allyson Lindt | Oct 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve been an epic pendulum of highs and lows this week (wow, was that redundant?) And not able to blog about much of anything. I got some good writing done…I went and read some of my old writing and almost cried at the first chapter and how much work it...
by Allyson Lindt | Sep 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
I wrote my fist-fight scene yesterday. In response to Dawn’s repsonse, two guys, straight, best friends since high school. I think I ended it well. It was a pretty one-sided fight to begin with, one of the competetors being a recently discharged Marine and the...
by Allyson Lindt | Sep 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last night as I fell asleep, I was picturing story scenes in my head. I’m just starting to write a fight scene in my novella, and I’ve never done one like this before. I’ve written fight scenes, mostly gun fights, a sword fight or two, never anything...
by Allyson Lindt | Sep 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
I work with software develpment. Technically (no pun intended), right now I work for a marketing company, but the department I’m in does a lot of…software development. Same for my last company, the one before, and two before that. Basically, I’ve...
by Allyson Lindt | Sep 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
My gaming computer crashed this weekend. Not the tragic event that it would be for most people because I don’t keep much on that computer. I keep most of it on my laptop, which is still all healthy and well. My gaming machine is too, now. The sucky thing is that...
by Allyson Lindt | Sep 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I was in seventh grade, we started disecting things in biology. As I look back I think it’s because my biology teacher was a boy. He also made us do a bug collection for one of our quarterly projects. Icky. My friend and I didn’t want to dissect...
by Allyson Lindt | Sep 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
I had a revelation on the way to work this morning. This is something I’ve been sitting on for a while and not wanting to admit, but the more I think about it, the more it seems it may be true. This is one of those things that probably only matters to me, but...
by Allyson Lindt | Sep 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I stumbled on a great post this morning. Well, stumbled isn’t quite the right word, the blog showed up in my newsfeed like it was supposed to, but still…The Tripod of Publishing: Know Your Priorities.Combine that with this Why, Oh Why, Did I Get Rejected?,...
