Category Archives: Writing

Sunday Coffee – NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Thistle

National Novel Writing Month. November. Fifty thousand words in thirty days. A tradition for me now since 2009, an event I love to pieces. And yet, I debated whether or not to participate this year. Moving across the country has … Continue reading →

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On My Skin, These Words I Write

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Thistle

Note: Originally posted on Boston Blooming. I got my first tattoo on 7/12/13. It’s an infinity sign on my wrist, modeled after the halo on the STRENGTH card in the Rider-Waite tarot deck. The tattoo was triply significant to me. First, I’d … Continue reading →

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A Playlist for Maldralith

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Thistle

Note: Originally posted on Boston Blooming. For a lot of writers, music and words are pretty closely entangled, and I’m no different. Each novel I write comes with an accompanying soundtrack of songs that have become associated with some portion … Continue reading →

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Summer Rain – DONE!

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Thistle

Note: Originally posted on Boston Blooming. Back on the last day of April, I announced on Facebook that, four drafts and eight years to the day, I’d completed the final version of Phantom, the first novel I’d ever written. I was … Continue reading →

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Phantom – DONE!

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Thistle

Note: Originally posted on Facebook. Formatting added on repost. Done. Eight years to the date, four drafts, hundreds of thousands of words in notes and manuscripts combined, and I have a final version of the very first novel I ever … Continue reading →

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