http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/posts/tags/novel/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 12 May 2008 06:08:51 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss novel http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/broken-time-by-anthony-vilgiate.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/broken-time-by-anthony-vilgiate.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/broken-time-by-anthony-vilgiate.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 May 2008 06:08:51 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398f8db140004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398f8db140004-50si" alt="Broken Time" /></a> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00f48cf752d30003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00f48cf752d30003-50si" alt="Wonderful and encouraging me" /></a> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00f48cf752d50003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00f48cf752d50003-50si" alt="Tony Vilgiate" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I am SO excited! I hold in my hand… *expectant hush* the fruit of a friend’s hard labor. Last November I challenged a friend to write a novel with me for Nanowrimo. He wrote an over 60,000 word novel, but instead of taking the whole 30 days of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398f8ec0e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> excited novel book friend author broken time author's note nanomrimo anthony vilgiate http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/my-nanowrimo-is-stuck-and-i-cant-seem-to-loosen-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/my-nanowrimo-is-stuck-and-i-cant-seem-to-loosen-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/my-nanowrimo-is-stuck-and-i-cant-seem-to-loosen-it.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:56:14 -0800 Well, I’ve blown off church again. As I was waking up I could feel the pain in my body so I got up long enough to take a pain killer, eat a roll and crawl back into bed. I figured if I was feeling better when I woke up – I’d take a bath and the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/my-nanowrimo-is-stuck-and-i-cant-seem-to-loosen-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398c101d80002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel writing nanowrimo writer author http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/a-wild-nano-ride.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/a-wild-nano-ride.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/a-wild-nano-ride.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:59:10 -0800 Well, what an adventure! I scrapped my NaNo this morning and started over. And I worked on it starting at about noon and it’s nearly 1 am, so I’ve been at this for about twelve hours or so. I did take frequent breaks, pausing to drive to a fri... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/a-wild-nano-ride.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398bcbc320005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel writing nanowrimo word count writer author http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/burning-up-some-nanowrimo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/burning-up-some-nanowrimo.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/burning-up-some-nanowrimo.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:16:15 -0800 Ok, this has been a very unusual Sunday at my house. I skipped church. I know I know – sue me. And then I scrapped my NaNoWriMo project. But I slept late and got up while hubby was preparing for work. He made the two of us a nice breakfast a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/burning-up-some-nanowrimo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398bc8b290002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel writing nanowrimo artist writer author http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/i-flushed-my-nano.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/i-flushed-my-nano.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/i-flushed-my-nano.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:21:30 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002-50si" alt="Nano_participant_icon_large" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> And it felt gooooood! It’s official. I’m starting over. About 16,000 words in and I’m not seeing how to get to 50,000 from here, so I’ve set it aside. Well, I’ve only set aside the original document but not the original idea. After some ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/i-flushed-my-nano.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398bc745f0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel writing nanowrimo writer november idea author http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:04:00 -0800 The nanowrimo wagon. I have not written anything on my novel since Thursday. I was a little ahead at that point so it wasn’t a big hairy deal but my head is seriously out of the game. If I don’t write anything today then I’ll officially be beh... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/ive-fallen-off-the-wagon.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398bc522a0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel writing nanowrimo november author http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/well-it-is-nearly-midnight-in-nanowrimo-world.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/well-it-is-nearly-midnight-in-nanowrimo-world.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/well-it-is-nearly-midnight-in-nanowrimo-world.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:08:29 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002-50si" alt="Nano_participant_icon_large" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> And my novel is about a quarter done. Whew, how weird is that? Am I about a quarter way through the story? It is hard to tell since I have the outline in my word document and I’m basically writing where ever I want to within the outline. I ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/well-it-is-nearly-midnight-in-nanowrimo-world.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398bb65b50004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cake novel writing nanowrimo november wedding cake cake decorator http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/wrimo-progress.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/wrimo-progress.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/wrimo-progress.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:51:42 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002-50si" alt="Nano_participant_icon_large" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It is 12:39 am on November the 7th and I’m up to 12,144 words and my Word document is 32 pages long! Yay! Finally I made some progress on this. I had started to feel dreadfully behind. Now I’m actually a little ahead, or at least I was a hal... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/wrimo-progress.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398bb16740003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel nanowrimo writer november bloging http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/oooo-cake-photos-from-last-week-take-a-peek.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/oooo-cake-photos-from-last-week-take-a-peek.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/oooo-cake-photos-from-last-week-take-a-peek.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:17:04 -0800 LOL, I'm so "show and telling!" Yeah, that first Christmas cake is actually a cardboard box iced with hard drying icing. It's a display sample I made this week to prepare for the Christmas season at the bakery. Yeah baby, move on over Martha! ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/oooo-cake-photos-from-last-week-take-a-peek.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398ba73640002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cake novel writing nanowrimo martha stewart word count november cake decorating wedding cake artisan food cake decorator http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/nanowrimo-update.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Artzy Carmen) http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/nanowrimo-update.html?_c=feed-rss http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/nanowrimo-update.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:04:36 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398b542820002-50si" alt="Nano_participant_icon_large" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It is November 4th - well - not really anymore. My clock says 12:03. I wrote nothing whatsoever on day three. I even got off work at around 3 pm, but then one of my clients that I design jewelry for showed up and blah, blah, blah, my time was... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carmenrose.vox.com/library/post/nanowrimo-update.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414515ddc3c7f00e398ba53070003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel nanowrimo jewelry writer november cake decorating author