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When Did My Summer Fill Up?
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When Did My Summer Fill Up?

Posted on June 8, 2019 by ecn • Leave a comment

It’s been over two months since I posted last. For awhile I did well being weekly on posting, but then the last two months of school happened. Everything goes into hyperdrive and now that it’s over, maybe I can get back to this. Because the summer is chill time, right? What did I do to … Continue reading →

Writers’ Groups and You Should Have One (or be a part of one).
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Writers’ Groups and You Should Have One (or be a part of one).

Posted on March 4, 2019 by ecn • Leave a comment

Is it writers group, or writer’s group, or writers’ group? Does anyone know? Just this past Tuesday, I closed a Facebook group by removing all those who were members, and then myself at the end. That’s how you delete a Facebook group if you wanted to know. This Facebook group represented a writers’ group I’d … Continue reading →

The Exciting Weekend Plans of Me
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The Exciting Weekend Plans of Me

Posted on December 15, 2018 by ecn • Leave a comment

So, i just finished my first edits of the new Shift (to coincide with the new Phase). I have some more to do; bigger stuff with order of scenes, and some questions that need answers threaded through, but the more tedious stuff is done. And school’s not even out for break yet. Two more days … Continue reading →

Waiting and working
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Waiting and working

Posted on July 28, 2018 by ecn • 2 Comments

(the photo is just because I haven’t used a lot of my Universal Studios pictures yet)   I’ve finished redoing Phase, so that now it is in the hands of several reader/writer friends to make sure I haven’t lost anything important with the changes. I hope to get feedback next week, so August will come … Continue reading →

Change in plans
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Change in plans

Posted on June 1, 2018 by ecn • Leave a comment

So, I’m still in North Carolina, but about two hours closer to home. Staying with my godparents for the evening, then on to Asheville tomorrow to see some friends who just happen to be in one of my favorite cities. Then back to Mom and Dad on Sunday, then Georgia on Monday. At least I’m … Continue reading →

My own writing retreat
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My own writing retreat

Posted on May 29, 2018 by ecn • Leave a comment

This year (2018) has not been the easiest of five months (is it only that much?). I didn’t realize it until I randomly started listing the things that have happened specifically in my life this year, and mostly it’s not positive. The biggest sorrow is that I have a lot of local friends who are … Continue reading →

So I said that not that much would change…
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So I said that not that much would change…

Posted on March 17, 2018 by ecn • Leave a comment

I finished my hand editing of Phase last night. 24 hours before my deadline (my own and enforced by my friend, Haley). The final sixty pages or so was a lot of cutting out scenes, moments because in the process of editing, a lot of things have changed. A lot. And I’m okay with that. I’m choosing … Continue reading →

Summer is ending
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Summer is ending

Posted on July 28, 2017 by ecn • Leave a comment

I have a mere ten days left of summer break and I’m completely on the other side of the country. Knowing that my family and I will be crossing a good 3000 miles in a mere week is daunting, but it’s been a good trip. We’ve seen friends and family (my extended family, but cousins … Continue reading →

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Summer Plans

Posted on May 14, 2017 by ecn • Leave a comment

Writing: Finish a very VERY solid draft of the third book in the Phase Trilogy. Good enough to send to my agent for feedback. Finish something else (whether its a crappy first draft or not, something non-phase related). Reading: Rereads: The Road by Cormac McCarthy A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Henry V by … Continue reading →

Why I Love My Book – Shift
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Why I Love My Book – Shift

Posted on November 18, 2016 by ecn • Leave a comment

So maybe this is a bit self-indulgent, but I hope I’ve earned the right (first spelled that as ‘write’ lol) to talk about my book that took pretty much four years to write and bring to readers. I’m not sure many other people spend four years on a book unless they are aiming for the … Continue reading →

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