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End of Year Update « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/end-of-year-update
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. End of Year Update. December 13, 2016. December 13, 2016. I’ve putzed around and adopted a new theme for myself that I can relatively tolerate for now. It’s what stinks about being something of a former designer: you’re never 100% satisfied with an artistic decision. Or maybe that’s just me. Anyway, keeping this blog formal is a struggle, but I digress. So what’s on.
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9 Reasons Why I Don’t Use Scrivener « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/9-reasons-why-i-dont-use-scrivener
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. 9 Reasons Why I Don’t Use Scrivener. September 16, 2015. September 16, 2015. Getting the Same Results Without Scrivener. But back to my point. I’m sure the program’s great for some people. They love it, they live in it, awesome. But isn’t writing about writing? Not about the software you use? Than every other program out there, and all this mumbo jumbo hype, I offer my ow...
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Current Works in Progress « ellDimensional
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Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. Current Works in Progress. Parallax (to be renamed). When a novitiate leaves his monastery to determine his spiritual calling, he discovers a prophecy that has chosen him as the Harbinger of good or evil. A daemon from the depths of the netherworld is sent to the human world to sway the events of humankind. Who will determine the future of the world? Totally Needs a Title.
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2016 Year in Review « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/2016-year-in-review
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. 2016 Year in Review. December 29, 2016. It’s that time of year where we assess what this year has composed for us, and how we’d like to improve on this year’s failings. For me, I feel I’ve improved on life and maturity, outside circumstance notwithstanding. I’ll refer to my Want-to-Read list back from January. The Source of Magic. To Light a Candle. 2), by Mercedes Lackey.
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When Life Throws you a Curveball « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/when-life-throws-you-a-curveball
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. When Life Throws you a Curveball. September 8, 2016. Warning: this isn’t a short post. I’m currently in a writing low as of now. I won’t converse about the causes of my distress here other than using it as a springboard to lead into how the emotional state of mind affects the creative process. Do you have the option to skip work or school if you’re not feeling the muse?
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New Year, Same Old « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/new-year-same-old
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. New Year, Same Old. January 5, 2017. It’s a bullet sort of post, because I like that sort of thing. The Grace of Kings. By Ken Liu (currently reading). The Way of Kings. And the whole of the Stormlight Archives series, by Brandon Sanderson,. And catch up on the rest of the the Vampire Chronicles, by Anne Rice. And the rest of the Witcher series, by Andrej Sapkowski. Being...
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Reading List for 2016 « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/reading-list-for-2016
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. Reading List for 2016. January 6, 2016. If you’re friends with me on Goodreads. You’ll see that my to-read list is rather extensive. And I’m endeavoring to read at least 20 books this year (which. Narrows down to about 2 a month). 20 books was my goal last year, and I made it to 23. The Source of Magic. Vlad Taltos #2) I read the first book of this series, by Steven Brust...
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Limyaael’s Compendium « ellDimensional
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Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. If and when the original blog post advert. Gets buried into the abyss of Ell’s Dimension, here is the epub file I’ve compiled of the greatly haled rantings of Limyaael on fantasy and writing. There are over 400 topics she covers. It was a hell of a fill-in-the-blank to put together! Please respect the efforts of Limyaael. ToC of what’s inside the Compendium. Putting Chara...
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Modern Colloquialisms in the Fantasy Genre « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/modern-colloquialisms-in-the-fantasy-genre
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. Modern Colloquialisms in the Fantasy Genre. May 24, 2016. May 24, 2016. Please don’t do it. I won’t directly quote, but to paraphrase: the MC banged his armor and then to seal the deal, he shouts. And the crowd rahs. I pictured a viking…… but then he sealed the deal. 8230;This is not as cool as taking an arrow to the knee. Or call his comrade “buddy? People, why, why?
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Liebstered, Take Two! « ellDimensional
https://elldimensional.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/liebstered-take-two
Collection of random thoughts on the craft of writing, with a spattering of resources and personal touches. Current Works in Progress. Liebstered, Take Two! October 19, 2016. October 18, 2016. A month and a half later, I finally feel sprite enough to blog here. I was Liebstered. By the lovable and talented Nicole from ThoughtsStainedWithInk. She is undoubtedly one of the most charming and warm-hearted people I’ve ever “met” online! So here we go with the Liebster! Here are the rules:. Pierogies and mashe...
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