"Everyone has a story to tell. I love helping people put their vision into words." -- Ami Hendrickson
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Ami Hendrickson NaNo novel is at 36,000 words. Spent the entire day writing a chapter I didn't know needed to be written. Ha not intended to put it in the book -- but it INSISTED. Who am I to say "no?"
Ami Hendrickson NaNo stats: 29,500 words and 8 chapters finished. Facing a conundrum: should I continue writing the novel ('cause I'm on a roll and want to see what happens next)? Or should I review the publisher's proposed changes to Ryan's manuscript? Hmm... Decisions, decisions.
Ami Hendrickson NaNo stats: 25,000. A bit shy of where I wanted to be. But warm fuzzies from the editor of Ryan's book saying ::blush:: such nice things really made my day.
Ami Hendrickson NaNo stats: 21,500 words. Taking a break to entertain our houseguest this weekend. Will hit the ground running on Sunday, with a goal of 25,000 by day's end.
Ami Hendrickson NaNo stats: 18,800 words, and all done with the first 5 chapters. Part I is put to bed. Part II (six years later) begins tonight... Aiming at 20,000 before I put my head on the pillow. But first: gonna go have some quality time playing with my horse. :)
Ami Hendrickson Writers who are angered about PW's shut-out of women writers in this year's Best Books of 2009 list are encouraged to do something about it. Take part in SheWrites.com's "Day of Action" tomorrow (Friday the 13th).
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First of all, thank you for your comments, support, questions and thoughts responding to my post about the ZERO women (and almost total absence of people of color) on Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2009 list. ...
Ami Hendrickson NaNo stats: 17,400 words. On a writing roll. Found myself actually liking my villains today. Really enjoyed mucking around in their sad and selfish minds. One is turning out to be a really tragic anti-hero. Who knew...?
Ami Hendrickson NaNo stats: 13,660 words. Had a wonderful Writing Practicum meeting. Taking a break from the NaNo novel to watch a movie with Robert tonight. Tomorrow -- pushing for 16,000!
Ami Hendrickson NaNo stats: 11,500 words. Today -- write a chapter that I did not realize needed to be included until after 11 p.m. last night, when it was too late for coherent creative thought.
Ami Hendrickson I am so proud of Geri, one of the members of the Tuesday night Writing Practicum -- she just got her first byline. Yay! :P
Ami Hendrickson I ::love:: OneLook Dictionary -- especially the Reverse Dictionary feature. Better than a thesaurus!
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Advanced help with wildcards and the reverse dictionary is available.13,587,880 words in 1024 dictionaries indexed Today'swordisdearth
Ami Hendrickson NaNo beckons, but I had to share some musings from my friend Jim Mercurio on the merits of contests in a writer's career.
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Ami Hendrickson NaNo update: Chapter 1 is done -- all characters who needed to die have finally quit fighting the inevitable and acquiesced to my authorial mandate. On to Chapter 2...
Ami Hendrickson has re-discovered the joy that comes with taking a story from one art form (be it book, screenplay, stage-play) and re-imagining it in another.
