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NaNo 2016!

Hello Friends!

Even though I haven't been blogging, I have been writing!  I have been using Twine to work on a short story idea I've had in the hopes of putting it up on the Episode platform once I get it finished.  It will be a lot of work even beyond the writing, since programming is not my thing and this is a period piece which will take some rigging of the normal Episode set pieces and character clothes.  But I believe in me.  And I believe Episode can stand to stretch its boundaries beyond the stories that are most common.

I've also been working with our local BCS Writing group, which is essentially our off-season NaNo group.  We've had some neat presentations and workshops by our writers this year, which has helped me keep up the drive to write.

Which brings me to why you're really here!
NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is almost here!  This year I'm a Municipal Liaison for the Bryan/College Station region, along with two wonderful MLs that have been doing this quite a bit longer than me.  I love encouraging other writers and helping them with their stories.  We've had some incredible novels be written in our region in past Novembers, and I'm excited to see the newest additions this year.

I've been good and not spent too much time planning my novel until this month, I swear.  But this week I've cast my characters and gotten my cover designed.  I'll be releasing an update soon, hopefully by Friday.  I may do a couple since I don't think I'll have everything ready for a single post this week.  So, yay!  Get ready to hear about Head Games!

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