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My 11th NaNoWriMo

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So… I told myself I wouldn’t do NaNoWriMo this year… And then 9pm of October 31st happened. I thought about a novel I began in 2013 and have not touched […]

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Writer Life & Lessons

A Review and Plans for 2020

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I’ve hesitated to write and post this, because 2019 was not a great writing year. I wrote 51,173 words, which is the lowest for nearly a decade. This may also […]

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Day-to-Day, My Work
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Revising a Novel Manuscript [Commitments & Planning]

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It’s mid-July. I have officially written a total of 1,000 words this YEAR. And this weekend, I finally feel ready to step back into storycraft. The Decision I can’t really […]

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Writing Process - Revising

Editing Pass :: Beyond the Alpha Read

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In May, I received my current WIP back from an alpha reader. I flit between the term alpha and beta reader, because there isn’t a great deal to define each. […]

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Writing Process - Revising

How to Learn About Plot from Gaming

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When I read a story, I am immersed within a different world, as a new person, exploring a problem I want to be solved. I read the author’s words, watching […]

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Day-to-Day

NaNo17 :: The Myth of the Tiny Cactus

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In November 2016, I became involved in the local NaNoWriMo community. I attended local write-ins, and joined a Discord server to chat with others in my timezone/area about how they […]

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Writer Life & Lessons

Learning the Craft: The Importance of Editors

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Across the past couple of years, I have shown novels to around ten different readers for ‘beta-reading.’ These are readers who I have asked to critique and query and question my […]

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Writing Process - Revising

Writer’s Well-being: Simple Steps to Mental Health

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Last year, I specifically began working on my routines for good health, as part of my training course requires something called “Self-Practise, Self-Reflection.” This essentially means that for every aspect of mental […]

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Day-to-Day

Improving Your Craft: Awareness of Bad Habits

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In 2012, I began a book called Wings of Skell. During re-writes, it was renamed Planes Shifter. As of May 2016, I own over 50 copies of the draft manuscript, and it’s […]

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Writing Process - Revising

The Timeline of K. R. Green

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It was a cold November; and my student house did not keep in the heat. Mould grew in patches around my bedroom window and even swept across the skirting board by […]

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My Work

Fight Like A Girl Anthology :: Now Available

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Some of you may remember that I wrote a short story last year for the female strength science fiction and fantasy anthology Fight Like A Girl, edited by Joanne Hall and Roz Clarke. My […]

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Books & Writers, My Work

Ready Player 3: Character Swapping for Fun and Profit

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Today we have a guest post from Ellie Di Julio; author of the Forgotten Relics series, about how she picked point of view characters in her latest book.  I’m going to […]

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Books & Writers, Writing Process - Drafting

The Essence of Green for 2020-2021 Transition

January 1, 2021by K R Green Leave a comment

Farewell, 2020. Part of me want’s to leave that there and just jump to 2021, but 2020 was a big year for my personal development – mostly in the last […]

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Day-to-Day, Writer Life & Lessons

Book Reviews of 2020 :: Part III

December 30, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

Quarter Four has arrived. 2020 is close to over.   My first two reviews can be found here (part 1) and here (part 2). 8 down, 4 to go for my […]

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My Own Rooted Reinvention

December 5, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

Well. The last few years have been… interesting. I haven’t been consistent here since Jan 2019. I haven’t been a WRITER (in my own eyes) since before then. This is […]

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Day-to-Day, Writer Life & Lessons

Book Reviews of 2020 :: Part II

September 19, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

Quarter Two of 2020 was, at least in my reading list, looking a tiny bit more hopeful. Then the world happened, and turns out Quarters 2 and 3 need to […]

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Books & Writers

#Milwordy & my Tracking Challenge

September 11, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

It’s Friday evening. September is already in full-swing and I still haven’t quite processed this year so far. But one thing which has shifted in the past few months is […]

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My Work, Writer Life & Lessons

The Limit of Creativity

August 17, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

I spoke in my last post about how I haven’t written fiction since April. I also began scrap-booking in that first week of April: in fact, on April 6th. My […]

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Writer Life & Lessons, Writing Process - Preparing

Prioritising Projects

August 13, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

I haven’t written any fiction since April 6th. I know I’m not alone in having my routines shaken up by a certain world-wide event, but it doesn’t make it any […]

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Day-to-Day

Book Reviews of 2020 :: Part I

March 31, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

Every year since 2009, I’ve made a note of my reading habits. I decided to begin tracking what I was already reading, and ended that 6-month period with 26 books […]

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Books & Writers
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Social Isolation and Exploring Priorities

March 21, 2020by K R Green Leave a comment

Hai. Long time no see. Things have been so interesting, and mostly… slow.  I’m really trying to balance my priorities, and it’s definitely a harder set of decisions to make […]

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