Celestial Chicken Blog

There have been several interesting threads on the Nano forums, in several different areas, about the proliferating use of vampires and were-characters in Nano-novels. I realize that this type of fiction is very popular right now, and sells well, but is there a limit to how much the public will take? My 15 year [...]

A fan-fiction writer in England is being prosecuted on obscenity charges based on a fan-fiction piece he wrote. The same piece, written by a U.S. author, would probably not result in the same prosecution. Fan-fiction has always confused me. I have never written any, or desired to write any. Back in the [...]

I uploaded my 2007 Nano to Lulu today, and am just waiting for the cover art from my Graphics Goddess to be completed before I can make it public. My deadline was to have the book up on Lulu before Nano2008 started. I’m just about there! I hope you’ll check it out, Fairest of [...]

Another “practical view” post regarding Nano. When our lives are full of activities, work, friends, spouses, children, etc., it is hard to figure out where you’d find even MORE time to add an additional activity to your schedule. But the truth is, we waste a lot of time, and it’s pretty easy to get [...]

This is my sixth year of Nano-ing. Every year I hear the same worries from people. “How will I make my word count if I can’t write every day or can’t do 1667 words a day?” Well, I rarely write every day, but when I do write, I can produce, because I don’t [...]

Almost every week, I participate in a scheduled chat session with a few ladies from a sewing forum I hang out on. Sewing is a hobby of mine, but I’m by no means an expert, and by no means do I see it as my only form of entertainment. I’m one of several [...]

When I was a teenager, my mother started telling me stories about her father, my grandfather. He died in a horrible truck crash when I was just an infant, so I have no memories of him. My grandfather was a bit of a character. Actually, he was more than a bit. Frank [...]

I have been spending way too much time over on the NaNoWriMo forums. Probably close to an hour a day at this point. Time I could/should be writing. Not that I’m not writing. I’ve been keeping up with my blogs. And editing my 2007 Nano Novel, The Fairest of the Faire. [...]

Today is October 1st. That means it’s only one more month until Nano begins! Yes, it’s a long month, with 31 days, but stilll, it’s one month away! I have a sort of a plot. Actually, I have a beginning, and an end. I don’t have much in the middle. [...]