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Recooping after the holidays
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The last ten days have been a blur as I celebrated Christmas with friends and family. Regular updates to the blog will be rather slow and I get back into the swing of things. The Wizard of Quippley will update on its normal schedule, though, barring and unforeseen intrusions.
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Manuscript Revision Journal, part 1
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I decided several days ago to cut out a block of time each day to devote to revising my manuscript. So instead of my usual lunch break, I went to Starbucks, bought a coffee and sat by myself at a table. Huddled around my work laptop (don’t tell) I re-read…
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Working on my manuscript
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In 2008 I began and finished my very first manuscript. It is a full-length adventure/suspense novel. I’ve started many stories before, but never finished a complete manuscript until then. Since September of that year, I’ve been pursuing a variety of options for getting my book public attention (this website being…
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The Website’s got a new header
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Not to let any minor change go unmentioned, I modified The Wizard of Quippley‘s header to accomidate more of the comic on your screen when the page first loads. The improvement no-body was asking for! Maybe this will make reading the comic a little bit more enjoyable.
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Writing update
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After my last entry, I went ahead and started writing , and within two days I had a finished short story! It’s called “Uprising” and it revolves around a character I had previously written about in my so-far unpublished manuscript. I am contemplating what I should do with it.
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Reflections
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I just picked up a copy of “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown. After only reading a few chapters I’ve already felt the urge to return to writing. Creating webcomics is a very rewarding, though taxing discipline, but it doesn’t possess the reflective quality, or depth that writing does.