The Murverse Mothership

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Sometimes editors are right when they suggest edits. But sometimes you’re left wondering if they’re wrong, or if you just got your writer underwear into a bunch. They’re often very smart, but not infallible.

And I was wrong about the name, but K. Tempest Bradford is doing an October warmup of writing prompts, only I don’t think you can join anymore. Poop. But you can check her out and sign up for a future class!

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Kevin asked how you can work out a more complex plot when you’re used to discovery writing. So I talk antagonists’ motivation and trusting yourself.

(Apologies- this podcasting professional used the wrong mic and the sound isn’t as clear as usual)

Today’s wordcount for NaNoWriMo conditioning: 53

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It’s the question of how to keep going in the face of rejection.

Rejection sucks. That’s the facts.

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I have a plan to train for NaNoWriMo! The goal is to start small but be in shape to write 1500+ words a day in November!

Go to pacemaker.press and work on a project with these (or similar) parameters:

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I talk about writing that really stupid idea you have, plus the role of agents if you decide to self publish something.

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How do you open a book? I talk about Beginnings, Middles, and Ends by Nancy Kress and Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O’Keefe.

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How many agents do you need for different genres?

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I talk about characters and conflict and tragedy and killing characters. It’s super cheery!

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I talk allll the opinions that you hear as a writer, and then I remind you not to run off and spend a six figure advance. I tried Freedom this weekend and it annoyed the crap out of me.

I recorded this while walking so there’s ambient noise, as well as a sometimes buzzing sound that I blame on my wrist brace rubbing on the recorder. Getting the hang of this on-the-walk recording. At least there’s no wind.

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This one took me three tries, so it’s a little shorter than I intended, but dangit, I had everything going against me today!