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The trouble with writing out of your element

Posted by Mo on Jan 2, 2010 in Novels, Writing, reading

“They” say that one of the best things a writer can do to hone his/her craft is to read. I read. Quite a bit, in fact. I read non-fiction, contemporary fiction, classical fiction, cookbooks, how-to books… I read it all.
I don’t read sci-fi/fantasy. There are a few notable exceptions, but for the most part, I [...]

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State of the WriMo

Posted by Mo on Dec 1, 2009 in Chatter

Yesterday marked the end of NaNoWriMo and – genius me – I didn’t get around to my word validator until too late. So, I have no official word count, only what my little MS Word spits out. I’m going with that…
Coming in at 47,225 words is UNTITLED!!!!! I fell short, but I’m counting this as [...]

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NaNoWriMo 2009

Posted by Mo on Nov 2, 2009 in Novels, Updates, Writing

November 1st rolled around with a bang this year… at least for me. Fresh off the writer’s high of my out-of-genre experience, I have been writing up a little storm here at Frog Central. Perfect timing for NaNoWriMo!
If you’re unfamiliar, check it out. Sure, it’s a few days late, but don’t let that stop you. [...]

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13 TweetStories and TweetHaikus

Posted by Mo on May 14, 2009 in TweetWritings

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a short series of TweetStories and TweetHaikus. Thus, I’ve decided to create a bit of a log for all of my Tweet writings here on the blog. Granted, I know they are not literary masterpieces, but often times I find that one short sentence (or even part of a sentence) [...]

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Magical Thinking

Posted by Mo on May 3, 2009 in Short Stories, Writing

I originally wrote this in my journal. It’s something of a cross between a short story, essay and poem – and yet not really any of those things at all.
Magical Thinking
When I was a child, my friends and I would play a game that we called Superman (or Supergirl, depending on who’s turn it was). [...]

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