annemarie’s blog
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devious plots
The part of starting a novel that comes between the ideas/vibes and the word vomit/terrible first draft is the part where I need to take the vibes and mash them into some sort of shape. There are many ways to approach the plotting of a novel, and mine is a hybrid. Sometimes people categorize novel-writers…
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hooray i am a terrible writer
Good news! I have written some words. They are terrible. Right now my goal is terrible words, so this is excellent progress. What I have found in my previous novel writing attempts is that I have to get over my need for speed. What I want is to crank out a perfect draft in a…
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just vibes
how my story babies begin
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novel 3, here we go
in which the author begins again
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September 2022
As I once again resuscitate my website, I decided to make a list of my current favourite things and/or hyperfixations. Some of these are things about which I could easily write many words, and some are just my personal trends. Food-wise, I’m in a bit of a rut, but it is September so I am…
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whatever occurs to me
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old and new beginnings
September: sweater weather and sharpened pencils. I think I’ve written everywhere I write about the magic of early fall and the back to school feeling that goes with it, the vibrance of the changing leaves that signify the coming chill, the relief that comes with routine. This year is the same as ever. The leaves…
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a new start
I was working on another YA fantasy novel, my third. I like it a lot. I like the characters, I like the setting, I like the plot. It’s fun. But I got an itch to try something else, something different, because I was having a tough time actually getting words out. Then I saw the…
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stuff i like
A non-exhaustive list of things I’ve enjoyed lately. Books: Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu – a graphic (as in, novel, not as in content, although a little) non fiction book about rad women. I didn’t know a lot of them. I got it for Bookmas and loved it. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin – four siblings…
Got any book recommendations?