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Wednesday Whoa: 4 Stars to Salamander

When I was a kid, the Salamander Letter Forgery was the story that turned me on to true crime books.

Back in the 1980s, Mark Hoffman (an antiques dealer) perpetrated a fraud against the Mormon church by forging the Salamander Letter (a document that was in complete odds with the church's history concerning Josephs Smith). He then went on to basically make his living off defrauding the church, and when it looked like he was going to be caught, he set off bombs (that killed two people) in an a...

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Writing Challenge–Day #2: Triple Success

Did not think I'd get through the 250 words today…thought I'd reached it but when I did a word count, I was only at 187…but sucked it up and thought, "Just 70 more words." Well, okay, I really wanted to do 500, so it was more like "Okay, 320 more words."

When I finally looked up, the total count was 774. So I did about three pages worth of writing.

Awesome.

Writing Challenge–Day 2: Triple Success

Did not think I'd get through the 250 words today…thought I'd reached it but when I did a word count, I was only at 187…but sucked it up and thought, "Just 70 more words." Well, okay, I really wanted to do 500, so it was more like "Okay, 320 more words."

When I finally looked up, the total count was 774. So I did about three pages worth of writing.

Awesome.

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August Writing Challenge–Day #1

Taking a break from the usual Monday Mechanics blogging to record the ups & downs of my August Writing Challenge, to see if I can figure out any patterns of behavior/writing that can help me boost efficiency & production.

So, the challenge is pretty simple: write 1-2 pages/day. Today I did 250 words (1 page) of writing, but not novel writing…turns out that in a wild act of being organized, I organized and filed my notes for my story right out of existence.

Eep.

Spent a few hours...

August Writing Challenge–Day 1

Taking a break from the usual Monday Mechanics blogging to record the ups & downs of my August Writing Challenge, to see if I can figure out any patterns of behavior/writing that can help me boost efficiency & production.

So, the challenge is pretty simple: write 1-2 pages/day.  Today I did 250 words (1 page) of writing, but not novel writing…turns out that in a wild act of being organized, I organized and filed my notes for my story right out of existence.

Eep.

Spent a few hours...

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