Updates from BOC

I’ve read somewhere November is the month all your writing friends fall into radio silence, occasionally broken by cryptic messages of wanting to die.  I think I’ve added myself to that group without meaning to. In short: NaNoWriMo again! I’m using the time to finish up writing A Study in Magic Read more

Postmortem: A Study In Magic, Chapter Thirteen

phew. writing is hard when time is at a premium

A Study In Magic chapter thirteen, Secrets Unsaid, is up! 

I challenged myself to finish writing the whole chapter in a week. I managed … barely. 1250-1300 words a day, in a span of an hour, but not writing on weekends seems to be my sweet spot. I tend not to write on weekends as they are my reading days. I get depressed when I don’t read at least a book or two per week.  It also lets me distance myself from the ugly first draft(s), and construct a cleaner chapter.

Characterization and Plot

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