Grimby’s Grat – March 2019
Grimby’s Gratitude – Multiple Mutable Me the E-Newsletter of Goldeen Ogawa • Issue 16, March 2019 Originally posted for Patrons on March 1 on Patreon What have I done? Cleanups for “The Last Voyage of the Odyssean” (Odd 3.6) Edits for “Free Man Running” and “Follow the Dark” (Arcana 2.6 and 2.7). Read-through of Lucena in the House …
Grimby’s Grat – January 2019
Grimby’s Gratitude – How I Write the E-Newsletter of Goldeen Ogawa • Issue 14, January 2019 Originally posted for Patrons on January 4 on Patreon What have I done? Written: Driving Arcana 30/4.3: “White Noise” Art: Personal art! Published: Driving Arcana: Rotation Four (eBook) What am I doing? Cleanup on Professor Odd #17: Eyes in the Deep, edits for Driving Arcana: …
The Larger Reality
One of the questions I get asked most frequently (and sometimes rather impertinently) when people learn of my profession is something along the lines of “how on earth do you make a living at that?” They don’t always phrase it exactly this way, but this is essentially what they are asking. How do you earn …
Bury My Heart at AO3
Or: Thoughts on the problem of works left unfinished. Recently my mother bought me a copy of Diana Wynne Jones’s final novel, The Islands of Chaldea. I haven’t read it yet, because every time I pick it up I start crying. Partly out of sadness because she is gone, and there will never be any …
Portrait of an Author’s Mind
Lately I’ve been having thoughts on the process of my writing, and jotted down these notes as a reminder for myself of what it is I am doing. I look forward to coming back to them in a few years, to see if they still hold true. In the mean time, perhaps they can provide …
NaNoWriMo Challenge Report – Week 4 and Conclusion
As explained in a previous post, for the month of November 2013 I undertook a modified version of the NaNoWriMo challenge. Instead of writing a 50,000 word novel in a month, I am aimed to write 50,000 words of fiction (excluding blog posts like this one and other non-story writing, such as introductions and blurbs). I allotted myself 22 days to …
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NaNoWriMo Challenge Report – Week 3
As explained in a previous post, for the month of November 2013 I am undertaking a modified version of the NaNoWriMo challenge. Instead of writing a 50,000 word novel in a month, I am simply aiming to write 50,000 words of fiction (excluding blog posts like this one and other non-story writing, such as introductions and blurbs). I have allotted myself …
NaNoWriMo Challenge Report – Week 2
As explained in a previous post, for the month of November 2013 I am undertaking a modified version of the NaNoWriMo challenge. Instead of writing a 50,000 word novel in a month, I am simply aiming to write 50,000 words of fiction (excluding blog posts like this one and other non-story writing, such as introductions and blurbs). I have allotted myself …
NaNoWriMo Challenge Report – Week 1
As explained in a previous post, for the month of November 2013 I am undertaking a modified version of the NaNoWriMo challenge. Instead of writing a 50,000 word novel in a month, I am simply aiming to write 50,000 words of fiction (excluding blog posts like this one and other non-story writing, such as introductions and blurbs). I have …
