My job was only supposed to be a temporary position. We just got back from New Zealand and I had been unable to find anything in my chosen field after graduation. The placement agency had left a message on the answering machine and I called them back immediately.
Four months later, and I was faced with [...]

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I finished up the big fight scene in what I’m calling Act II of “Scroll.” I spent quite a bit of time deciding on what weapons to use and the action sequence as I wanted this to really have the feel of a gladiator arena match.
Combat is something I’ve recently been concerned about with my [...]

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Added another thousand words or so to “Scroll” over the past week. We’re doing an open house this coming Saturday, so Joanne and I spent Saturday shoveling barkdust and pulling weeds in the front yard. We tried to do some touch-up painting, but there just aren’t enough hours in the day.
As I get back into [...]

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The ads for the house will run this weekend in the two big, local papers, we’re contracting a small landscape company to touch up the yard, and tomorrow we’ll purchase a yard sign. We’ve narrowed down prospective apartments to two. It’s still somewhat surreal.
I’ve been sneaking in some writing here and there over the last [...]

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I deleted almost a page of the current scene I’m working on in “Scroll” last night. It just wasn’t working. The action felt forced, making progress getting through the scene difficult and tedious.
I attribute this to a lack of a detailed outline. I plotted out the main scenes with a general idea of what and [...]

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