July 19, 2008 at 7:14 am (Writing)
Tags: 50ks in 30 days, Hold the Anchovies
My winner's certificate from the challenge.
I finished the 50ks in 30 days challenge with over 65ks, so I was very happy with that effort. It’s the most I have written in a 30 day period, and shows me how much more can be achieved when you have a great support network, including the amazing
Rhian Cahill, who lapped us all, and
Sandie Hudson, who came in 2nd.
But Hold the Anchovies is still not finished. I know there will be some pieces of the story that will be scrapped (but in June, I just kept writing forward, I tried not to look back) - now I have a cumulative total (from the Nano 2004 challenge and the 50ks in 30 days challenge) of 80,107 words. I’m hoping at this point that I can finish by 85k, but sometimes these stories just keep going. And because much of it is based on real life, I can’t decide exactly on where I should end it. But I guess I have to make an authorial decision on that one!
I do have to say that the story is not strictly memoir. I’ve taken liberty with the gaps in my memory, filled in plot holes, added stuff that could’ve or should’ve happened, and exacted literary revenge.
But most of all I had fun! And hopefully will have this first draft completed soon. Right after I decide where it’s supposed to end. Did I mention I have Venus in Libra? Which means I don’t like making decisions. Just deciding what to eat in a restaurant can take a long time…
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May 18, 2008 at 12:49 pm (Writing, collage poetry)
Tags: chickollage, collage poetry
A sample of my collage poetry - ‘I said no’
I collected the ‘no’s’ for quite some time before they emerged on paper in the shape of a tree.
I’m aiming to put together an anthology of collage poetry by the end of the year.
Visit Chickollage for more collage poems.
Copyright 2007 Diane Curran
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May 17, 2008 at 7:13 am (Writing)
Tags: author, Beyond Happily Ever After, Cinderella, Diary of the Future, I'm with the Band, publication, Writing
Rhian Cahill told me I needed to get out there and create a cyber presence. Although I already have three blogs on Blogger, they are limited and do not allow me the ability to add extra pages as WordPress does, so blog posts get lost to the archives.
So this is my new writing blog, a place where I can give a sneak peek of my writing to the cyber world.
Watch this space for regular excerpts from my (so-far) five complete first drafts of novels, along with the occasional collage poetry, and featured products from my Cafepress store Chickollage.
In June I will be participating in our own version of Nanowrimo, which we have dubbed 50ks in 30 days. ’We’ are a bunch of writers from Romance Writers Australia. The chicken in me keeps wanting to type 30ks in 50 days, but I know that’s wrong - it’s just my inner critic stamping her heels in and making me think I’m not going to reach the goal this time.
But why not?
I’ve ‘won’ Nanowrimo for the last three years, of course I can write 50ks in 30days. I just need a good idea. Rather than starting from scratch, I am going to pick up a piece that stands at 25k, ‘Hold the Anchovies’ which is based on my adventures as a young naive pizza delivery girl. A bit of fact, a bit of fiction and a lot of mozarella.
Meanwhile I am editing ‘Diary of the Future’ for submission. This is a young adult novel about a 16 year old girl who finds a diary that creates the future. Very cool! Imagine what you could do with that! I will put an excerpt on the site shortly.
And so I don’t feel I have any time to spare before June, I am working the first 3 chapters of ’I'm with the Band’ and ‘Beyond Happily Ever After’ (the alternative Cinderella story) for a competition.
So it’s busy busy busy….but that’s the life of a writer seriously aiming for publication.
You may watch the journey here.
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