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[Practical Meerkat] On Craft: The Boss and the Through-Line

Lunacon was a lovely time – slightly weird, since I was day-tripping it, but I came out the other side feeling far more rested than usual, so I’ll call the experiment a success (when you live half an hour drive from the hotel, why not sleep in your own bed at night?).  There were the …

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Thinking About Thinking About Doing the Writing (Practical Meerkat revisits)

Reading my old LiveJournal entries (I do that, periodically, to revisit places and emotions) and I can across this entry from 2007, which deserves to be pulled out and set fresh: “Doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’re trying to get done: Ass in Chair is still a valid and effective means to the …

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Sometimes, the subtle sneaks up on you.

So I’m closing in on 20k words on “From Whence You Came” and I realize that – unlike all the other characters – there are two who have no names, who are only referred to by their job description/titles.  And they’re important minor characters, with dialogue and roles to play in the action.  So they …

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