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Reflections on NaNoWriMo08

Well, it’s over – I have written 50’000 words and created a brand new novel, Dead-Alive. I’m very happy with the first 40’000 words (most of which have already been published on this blog), the last 10’000 need some major editing. Is there a NaNoEdiMo (National Novel Editing Month) coming along by any chance? I’m… Read More Reflections on NaNoWriMo08

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November 26th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

The meeting went a lot better than I had expected. Even if Jeffrey had chosen people he had thought were open-minded, my years working in criminal psychology had taught me that people were usually open-minded up until their personal well-being was in the balance; then you could almost hear the doors of their mind closing… Read More November 26th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

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November 24th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

I thought that, at the very least, Tanya would be supportive of my decision not to encourage Reena’s feelings by spending one-on-one time together. What I didn’t expect was for her to start laughing, so much so that I hung up on her, something I had never done before. It rankled that she didn’t seem… Read More November 24th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

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November 22nd post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

Talya’s interview also went well, or so she says. “They asked me a lot of questions,” she explained. “I had to explain a couple of times about how we made the connections and how we came to such conclusions. I think they were impressed and a little scared.” “I also think that can work a… Read More November 22nd post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

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November 20th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

Unfortunately, try as I might, it didn’t seem like I was meant to live in peace anytime soon. The very same day, only a couple of hours later, Jeffrey called with some less than good news. “Could you please come to the station for a chat with some colleagues of mine?” The knot in my… Read More November 20th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

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November 18th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo

Everyone has secrets, some of which are less innocent than others. Usually, having a secret out is worse for the secret-bearer than for those hearing it. Most of the time, the initial buzz of controversy quietly fades out and life goes on, almost unchanged. But some secrets, if uncovered, can completely change lives – that… Read More November 18th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo

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November 16th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

The first issue that needed to be addressed was the tension at work. I called David and asked him to come back in so that together, we could confront the other two. “Wimp,” he said, rightfully so. “Will you come?” “I’ll be there in twenty minutes.” Together we talked to Reena and Connor and set… Read More November 16th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

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November 14th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

Sunday was a long day. My supposed day of rest became anything but. I was still pretty upset when I woke up in the morning; I told Talya about my dream, and, apart from being initially upset at the thought that Reena had been killed, she didn’t seem much to care about the possibility that… Read More November 14th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

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November 13th post of NaNoWriMo08

So I lied. There is no November 13th post of NaNoWriMo08. Not because I haven’t written it – quite the contrary, actually. It’s just that I think the rest of the blog is drowning in all the NaNoWriMo posts. So to get back at what this blog is really about, I am only going to… Read More November 13th post of NaNoWriMo08

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November 12th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08

I screamed and screamed and screamed – everything, the pent up emotions of the last six months, the horror I felt at everything I had seen, my fear for my children and my wife, and the horror of Reena’s death especially with the horrible way things had ended – it got to me. I had… Read More November 12th post of Dead-Alive for NaNoWriMo08