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Tag Archives: NaNoWriMo 2007
Writing life: Politics short-term & long-term
There are several cool things I could do tonight of a (contemporary) political nature, but instead I’m going to work on my story involves a different kind of politics, in a society that governs itself by consent. Continue reading
Posted in About writing, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Asura (Long Dark), consensus, Consensus (Cold), NaNoWriMo 2007, NaNoWriMo 2009, sociocracy, writing
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Building Consensus
How editing Wikipedia & a fictional Martian constitutional convention influenced the Consensus government in my novel(s)-to-be. Yep, & consensus would be a better way to run our own world too, yep. Continue reading
Posted in About writing, Cold
Tagged Battle of Washita River, civility, Cold notes, collaborative decisionmaking, collective intelligence, consensus, Consensus (Cold), Dena'ina, good government bad government, Harming none do as you will, integrity, Kim Stanley Robinson, Margaret Turnbull, Mars, Mars Trilogy, NaNoWriMo 2007, Pavonis Mons, Peter Kalifornsky, science fiction, selfhood, sociocracy, storymind, terraforming, Turnbull (Cold), Ursula K. Leguin, Wikipedia, worldbuilding, writing
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Shark (a story for Haiti)
“Shark” is an excerpt from the novel-in-progress Cold, posted online for free as part of Crossed Genres’ Post a Story for Haiti project. Please donate to Haiti earthquake relief. Continue reading
It’s all just an act… or maybe not
My last trip into the pit — my name for the worst form of depression/despair I sometimes go into — was in November & December 2007. Want to know what it feels like? I’ll try to explain. And also how I get out of it. Continue reading
Posted in depression
Tagged 5-HTP, Christopher Erin Rogers, Flickr, Melz history, NaNoWriMo 2007, the pit
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Despite distance
Chris & Rozz & Jesse & Mel (with Jesse’s dog Sweetheart) on a Kenai Peninsula hike in 2006 — & now, all over the place. But still good friends. Continue reading
Posted in Journal, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Chris, Green-Lieght family, Jesse, NaNoWriMo 2007, Ptery, Rozz, writing
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Now I REALLY feel like a writer again
The short story “Cold,” which originated with my writing for NaNoWriMo 2007, will be published in the November 2009 issued of Crossed Genres. It’s about two young women, Boleyn & Bai, on a planet in the late stages of terraformation. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, Journal, NaNoWriMo, Short fiction
Tagged accepted for publication, Crossed Genres, NaNoWriMo 2007, science fiction, writing
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Terraforming notes
A few notes about what terraforming is. A terraforming project on an extrasolar planet is the context of my SF novel-in-progress “Cold.” Continue reading
Posted in Cold, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Cold notes, NaNoWriMo 2007, research for writing, science fiction, terraforming, writing
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Cold, the blog
In which I set up the private membership-only blog cold-brrr.blogspot.com for the writing of my 2007 NaNoWriMo SF novel “Cold.” Continue reading
About "Cold"
“Cold,” my NaNoWriMo project for 2007, will be a science fiction novel featuring two young women who live on a planet in the late stages of terraformation. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Cold notes, NaNoWriMo 2007, science fiction, terraforming, writing
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NaNoWrimoLesbo
NaNoWrimoLesboOriginally uploaded by yksin I did this icon, based on the main NaNoWriMo icon, for a Facebook group for lesbians/dykes who are writing novels during NaNoWriMo this November, and/or who have lesbian/dyke characters in the novel they’re going to be … Continue reading
Posted in About writing, LGBTQA writers, NaNoWriMo
Tagged lesbian, lgbtq, NaNoWriMo 2007, writing
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