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My Fickle Mind

• November 21, 2008 • 6 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing, Motivational Boosters, Personal Notes, Voice, Texture, Tone, Writer's Tools
Tags: ability, bleed, celebrity vampire, courtney vail, Editing, ink, kill your darlings, Kings & Queens, rhythm, tone, vampire, voice, writer, writing


It’s Droubble Drabble Time

• November 14, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Creativity, Poems-Shorts-&-More, Writing Exercise
Tags: courtney vail, drabble, droubble, the next big writer, times are tough, TNBW, writing competition


Little Bitty Time Gobblers

• November 8, 2008 • 11 Comments

Posted in Personal Notes
Tags: addition, bizarre, book, courtney vail, deadline, dissolving time, distractions, faeries, family, home, linear plot, losing time, Nano, novel, penned, project, room, story, surprise, time, time flies, upgrade, work, writer, writing


The Trumpet Has Sounded

• November 1, 2008 • 3 Comments

Posted in Personal Notes
Tags: books, characterization, complicated, concept, courtney vail, death, edit, flow, fun, kickoff, Nano, nanowrmo, nitpick, novel, part, trumpet, writer, writing


November FIRST Featured Novel ~ Forsaken

• November 1, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in FIRST, Uncategorized
Tags: author, book, christian, christian novel, courtney vail, faith, fiction, FIRST, forsaken, james david jordan, novel, tested faith, writer, writing


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