http://www.echoesinthemind.net .... Are much louder on paper than in my head. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:19:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Raison d'etre...  the reason for being. The reason for this blog being can be answered with one simple phrase... NaNoWriMo. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is THAT time of year again. Time to chuck sense to the wind and my brains out the window. I am about to attempt another ... http://www.echoesinthemind.net/nanowrimo/raison-detre I just wanted to let anyone who actually reads this blog that I still exist. Real life just has me by the... well if I was a guy... by the you know whats. Someday it'll let me go, and I'll get back to writing. Eh... a girl can dream can't ... http://www.echoesinthemind.net/general-writing/i-still-exist Writers with a deadline. No NaNo for me this year. Again. I'd like to say I put forth a valiant effort, but truth be told, I didn't. I got involved in something else, and just never got into the swing of things. And the swing is really where it's at. ... http://www.echoesinthemind.net/general-writing/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-men-and ... Insane lives upstairs, and I am freakin' out. What the heck am I going to write about for NaNoWriMo? I mean have ideas, but some of them just don't seem novel length material. Others are just too good, and I am not ready to write them just yet. I ... http://www.echoesinthemind.net/nanowrimo/nanowrimo-2006/crazy-has-moved-in-next-door And the winner is.... not me. But. But. Here is the real winner and the runner-ups of the 1st Annual 99 Word Horror Story Contest. Congratulations! Woohoo. I really had fun with this contest. There was no pressure. Okay... except for that whole 99 word limit, but still, it was fun. ... http://www.echoesinthemind.net/contests/drumroll-please Insane... Lunatic... Demented... Nuts... Wacky... 94 more words to go. So you might be asking what is the meaning of the topic. Well, I decided to enter my Friday Flash Fiction #8 story, "A Binding Ceremony", in the sponsoring contest. (Thus, I submit to the crazy.) It's not a big step. ... http://www.echoesinthemind.net/contests/99-words-for-crazy This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: Word Counts - Today: 0 | October: 0 | 2006: 0 http://www.echoesinthemind.net/flash-fiction-fridays/fff-story/flash-fiction-friday-story-8 The future home of Story #7 in which a romantic story revolves around an alien, parasitic, first love triangle and cooties. Yes, that's right. Cooties. Let's call it an Intergalactic Romantic Comedy.Word Counts - Today: 0 | October: 0 | 2006: 0 http://www.echoesinthemind.net/flash-fiction-fridays/fff-story/flash-fiction-friday-story-7 Well, this week's flash fiction story is supposed to be a romantic science fiction story. WHAT! Yes. This, and many other words I can't use here, went through my head as well. Now, I do plan to write a story for this week's challenge, but it will not be in ... http://www.echoesinthemind.net/flash-fiction-fridays/this-weeks-flash-fiction-story-7 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: Word Counts - Today: 0 | October: 0 | 2006: 0 http://www.echoesinthemind.net/flash-fiction-fridays/fff-story/flash-fiction-friday-story-6