Vaughn R. Demont's Blog, page 37

State of the Vaughn: 8/26/2010

The writing:
The King's Confidante has crossed into novel territory, which I'm rather pleased with, and surprised. Seriously, Spence wasn't supposed to have this long of a story, and it's looking to round out at the 70-80k mark. Not complaining, just surprised. :) Afterward it's a toss-up between the Lightning Rod rewrite and the next Richard Stone story. I know people want to see more Richard, and Fred, and Lennox, but Lightning Rod is the story that built the City, and I would love to be abl...

House of Stone gets a B from The Good, Bad, and Unread!

http://goodbadandunread.com/2010/08/15/review-house-of-stone-by-vaughn-r-dermot/

A pretty good review, despite that she spelled my name wrong. Hey, I'll take a B, though. :)


In other news, FFF will be a 12:01, as I finished the new chapter yesterday. Spence has officially broken 50k, and according to NaNoWriMo standards is now in novel territory. :)

Free Fiction Friday: The King's Confidante - Part 15

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Welcome back to Free Fiction Friday!

This week's chapter is average length, coming in at 3000 words, and Spence is now past the 49k mark. :)

The archive for the freeficfriday community is up to date, so if you've been looking for where you can read all of the FFF material from all of the participating authors in one place, you're set. :)

Everything's tagged according to author, title, and genre for easier reading, but if you prefer to stick with Spence on my blog, just ...

Free Fiction Friday: The King's Confidante - Part 14

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Welcome back to Free Fiction Friday!

This week's chapter is a mite short than the average one, coming in at 2700 words, but hey, Spence is now past the 46k mark. :)

The archive for the freeficfriday community is up to date, so if you've been looking for where you can read all of the FFF material from all of the participating authors in one place, you're set. :)

Everything's tagged according to author, title, and genre for easier reading, but if you prefer to stick with ...

Free Fiction Friday: The King's Confidante - Part 13 - NSFW

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Welcome back to Free Fiction Friday!

This week's chapter is NSFW, as it contains sexually explicit content. It's also twice the length of a normal chapter for Spence's story, weighing in at 6k. I'm surprised that I finished this chapter on time, it seemed like it was never going to end. :) On another note, Spence has crossed the 43k mark, so we're now in long novella territory.

If this is your first trip to Free Fiction Fridays, you can catch up either by clicking the ...

"The King's Confidante" will be a 12:01 posting tonight, ...

"The King's Confidante" will be a 12:01 posting tonight, and it will be an NSFW posting. the chapter ended up at nearly 6k, and it was a bit exhausting, but it's done and I'm proud of it. See you all tonight.

Non-Fic: Close Your Eyes And Lean

This is one I wrote back in college, and yes, it's a true story. It's not something in my life that I'm proud of, but writing about it helped me get through it. I figure it's been long enough that I can post it. And yes, workshopping this for non-fiction class was a little awkward. :)



The body of my last relationship's not even cold and here I am, ducking away from the wind and banging my knuckles onto an aluminum screen door that's going to make my hand sting, giving Mr. Right Now twenty more...

Free Fiction Friday: The King's Confidante - Part 12

x-posted to freeficfriday

Welcome back to Free Fiction Friday!

The archive for the freeficfriday community is up to date, so if you've been looking for where you can read all of the FFF material from all of the participating authors in one place, you're set. :)

Everything's tagged according to author, title, and genre for easier reading, but if you prefer to stick with Spence on my blog, just click the "free fiction fridays" tag if you need to catch up.

Anyway, without further ado, please enjoy...

Free Fiction Friday will be a 12:01 this week, as I just ...

Free Fiction Friday will be a 12:01 this week, as I just finished the chapter. Spence is up to 37k now, and seems to have no signs of slowing down.

Free Fiction Friday: The King's Confidante - Part 11

x-posted to freeficfriday

Welcome back to Free Fiction Friday!

The archive for the freeficfriday community is now up to date, so if you've been looking for where you can read all of the FFF material from all of the participating authors in one place, you're set. :)

Everything's tagged according to author, title, and genre for easier reading, but if you prefer to stick with Spence on my blog, just click the "free fiction fridays" tag if you need to catch up.

Anyway, without further ado, please e...