Archive for the 'writing' Category

Apr 19 2010

Genre, Save the Cat! style

Published by Chelsea Campbell under Daily Life, writing

So this probably won’t surprise anyone else out there, but it surprised me. Today I learned that I write Superhero novels. (Yeah, I’ll pause for you to say, “Um, no duh.” Except people probably don’t say no duh anymore.) But the reason you might not be surprised is that you ONLY [...]

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Mar 25 2010

Ideas

Published by Chelsea Campbell under writing

I keep meaning to have more non-writerly posts (or, you know, just more posts in general), but then I think no one wants to hear about my mild-yet-mysterious foot pain, or how everyone at the grocery store smells and stands in front of the milk right when I need it, or what a success it [...]

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Feb 19 2010

I wrote a book and other updates

Published by Chelsea Campbell under Daily Life, writing

I suppose since this is my blog and since finishing a book is a big deal, that maybe I should, you know, mention it on here. I *did* mention what I was doing after finishing–i.e. wandering aimlessly and having no purpose in life–but I haven’t talked *about* the book. Did I even mention [...]

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Feb 09 2010

Le sigh – a.k.a. book aftermath

Published by Chelsea Campbell under Daily Life, writing

So, I finished the novel I was working on. The last three months blew by in a blur of frantic research and worry and pounding out word counts and now that it’s done I get to wake up for a while and be a real person who showers on a regular basis and changes [...]

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Dec 31 2009

New Year’s Post

Published by Chelsea Campbell under Daily Life, writing

So 2009 was a pretty good year. I got a good agent, sold a novel, and made tons of new friends. A year ago I wasn’t sure if The Rise of Renegade X would ever find a publisher, and since then I’ve held it in my hands as a real book. Crazy sauce!
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Oct 27 2009

Has it been a week already?

Gah, apparently it’s been a week since I posted. The days just slip by!
So what have I been doing the past week? What breaking news is there to report from Chelsea Land?
Er, not a whole lot. Mostly I’ve been writing. And freaking out and deleting scenes and then deciding [...]

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