Writing about a brat

by Shana Norris // November 14, 2005 // Comments off

So I stalled on Band Geeks back in August. You can see my July post about hitting a rough spot. I finished my revision of Emma’s book last week and I’ve now returned to BG with the determination to finish... Continue reading →

Misadventures in being Harry Potter

by Shana Norris // October 30, 2005 // Comments off

You would think $1 glasses would be easy to disassemble. The husband drove me all over various dollar stores today in search of a pair of glasses I could pass off as Harry Potter glasses for my Halloween costume. My... Continue reading →

Organization for the organizationally impaired

by Shana Norris // October 27, 2005 // Comments off

I have decided to start taping all important items directly to my body. This will prevent me from losing anything else. Last week, I lost my debit card IN MY HOUSE. (It’s already been deactivated, so sorry, there’s no point... Continue reading →

How much happily ever after?

by Shana Norris // October 26, 2005 // Comments off

If throughout the course of a book, a character is in love with another, does she have to end up with him at the end? Does she have to end up with someone? I’ve read plenty of books where the... Continue reading →

What I’m going to do when I’m rich #2453943

by Shana Norris // July 29, 2005 // Comments off

One day when I’m rich (ha, I can dream!), I will either donate money to my local library with a note saying it can ONLY be spent on the young adult section (not children’s, as there is an entire room... Continue reading →

Rough patch

by Shana Norris // July 23, 2005 // Comments off

I’ve hit a rough spot in Band Geeks. I’m at the point where something big is about to happen and I’m eager to get to that spot beacuse then everything will be very interesting and the words will come into... Continue reading →

Bad guys

by Shana Norris // July 19, 2005 // Comments off

I’ve noticed over the last few years that I’ve come to really like the bad characters in stories. In the fantasy trilogy I wrote a couple years ago, I started out hating all my bad characters and wanting everyone to... Continue reading →

Done

by Shana Norris // July 18, 2005 // Comments off

I’m done with both Emma’s book and the new Harry Potter! I didn’t spend the entire weekend reading HP, though I did start Saturday morning and finished the book Sunday night. But I also managed to write in and finish... Continue reading →

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog for a special announcement

by Shana Norris // July 18, 2005 // Comments off

My laptop’s here! My laptop’s here! Well, not here–at home. Waiting just for me. I get to resume lunchtime writing tomorrow hopefully. Continue reading →

Lengths

by Shana Norris // July 15, 2005 // Comments off

Okay, Emma’s book is going to be longer than Libby’s. I’m already past the word count number that I had for Libby’s and I’m still not done on Emma’s. There’s at least another five thousand words left to go, maybe... Continue reading →