Blargle Splect: Writerly Musings & Blather

A Tale of Two Shadow Orgs

I’m busily cranking out words for “Tasting Ash” but there have been a few moments during the writing of the new book that have left me feeling a bit adrift because this novel is going to be a very different animal from everything that’s come before. Up till now Ash has been, a protected Company…

Y. K. Greene

August 27, 2015

Books, Eldritch Elysium, Progress, Tasting Ash, Telling the tale

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A Vital Reminder

This last year has been a not so great time for me. I’ve spent a lot of time focusing on family (often at the expense of my writing) while my family minimizes my written work and suggests with full candor that I would be better off doing literally anything else. I might be a stone…

Y. K. Greene

July 23, 2015

Backend, Formatting, Goals, Living the Writing Life, Progress, Scrivener, When Not To Pay, Writing

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“There’s No Such Thing As Magic”

Hamartia by Junedays on DeviantArt Here I am, deep into book three of the Eldritch Elysium series, “Tasting Ash,” and I’m already coming up against the great thorny caltrop I laid down to wreck myself in “Toxic Ash.” I knew damn well that in a story dotted with shape shifting boyfriends and their poisonously beautiful…

Y. K. Greene

July 21, 2015

Books, Eldritch Elysium, Living the Writing Life, Progress, Tasting Ash, Writing

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Been Awhile

I know, I’ve been dang nigh nonexistent in the blog for–a very, very, long time. I decided to put my all into finishing the outline for the new book, “Tasting Ash,” which is finally done. I’m neck deep in writing the novel now and already turning my eyes to the outline of the next book…

Y. K. Greene

June 23, 2015

Backend, Books, Eldritch Elysium, Living the Writing Life, Progress, Tasting Ash

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Two Steps Forward and Three Back

So my monitor died some time ago and I didn’t realize how much of a ginormous hit that was to my productivity until I got it replaced and immediately felt like a weight was lifted from my writing that I’d never even dared contemplate was there before. Which should mean that I’m cranking out chapters…

Y. K. Greene

April 8, 2015

Backend, Books, Eldritch Elysium, Living the Writing Life, Progress

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Scrivener Series: Export Draft

This is the sixth installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener write entire novel series. Be sure to check out my writing process post for quick links to the currently published posts and a preview of what I’m going to cover next. In a perfect world (but unfortunately not the current…

Y. K. Greene

March 11, 2015

Backend, Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

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So… I’m Still Here

My birthday has come, passed, and for the first time in five years it’s done so without the release of a new novel or even the paperback release of an old novel. The world didn’t collapse in a sea of angst and fire, in fact the day was quite nice. Warm and quite, with a…

Y. K. Greene

January 27, 2015

Backend, Living the Writing Life, Progress, Writing

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Happy New Year!

It’s 2015 already so I suppose you guys deserve an update. Laptop has been repaired, my work on “Tasting Ash” has finally resumed (slowly with many false starts and general malaise) and I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to release the novel sometime this year. My main workhorse computer is still down for the current…

Y. K. Greene

January 6, 2015

Backend, Eldritch Elysium, Living the Writing Life, Progress

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More Delays

So it’s well past due that I gave an update but I’m afraid it’s all bad news. My work machine’s monitor is dead, so I can’t use it to work on the novel at all. My laptop which I usually use for editing, revisions, marketing and backup, is having harddrive failure punctuated by rolling BSOD’s…

Y. K. Greene

November 25, 2014

Backend, Books, Living the Writing Life, Progress

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Scrivener Series: Re-outline, Reorder, Rewrite

This is the fifth installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener write entire novel series. Be sure to check out my writing process post for quick links to the currently published posts and a preview of what I’m going to cover next. By now I’ve been writing up a storm in…

Y. K. Greene

October 14, 2014

Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

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