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Jun.30.2009
Kicks-Like-Fawn, a Latgawa woman, is a fictional character. She lives from 1827 to 1856 in what is now the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon.
Kicks-Like didn’t set out to illuminate the events that resulted in the near (but not actual!) extinction of the Latgawa people. She only wanted to tell her...
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Jun.30.2009
Kicks-Like-Fawn, a Latgawa woman, is a fictional character. She lives from 1827 to 1856 in what is now the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon.
Kicks-Like didn’t set out to illuminate the events that resulted in the near (but not actual!) extinction of the Latgawa people. She only wanted to tell her...
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Jun.26.2009
You've galloped on horseback, haven't you? Remember that sensation of horse muscle under you - the gathering strides as the trot dissolves into the flow of the gallop? Air loops through your hair; hoof rhythms define, it seems, your own heartbeat. Reading an excellent book is like galloping on...
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Dec.15.2008
Please read my poem at
http://www.redroom.com/member/mmenacho
Snap your fingers to it. Jump rope to it. Chant it as you jog along.
Sometimes the mind and heart find comfort with simple forms.
Tell me what you think!
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Dec.13.2008
You've turned forty. So what? Determined to keep life as it has been in your thirties, you step out of the coffee shop into the bright morning. Someone is following you.
Read this 350 word short short at http://www.redroom.com/member/mmenacho
Let me know what you think, please.
Thanks in advance...
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Dec.10.2008
Revising? Redrafting? Relaxing? What is the next step for you after the 2008 NaNoWrimo experience?
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Dec.08.2008
Writing for 2008 NaNoWrimo was a great way to get started on my next novel. I can't say that what I produced was anything like an actual first draft. It was however, an extended exercise in turning over the concepts that will make for that first draft. In November's writing, I played with potential...
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Nov.30.2008
All the times I thought I'd bag it - I'm glad I didn't. It feels great to have this huge pile of words. NaNoWrimo is such a great way to get the first blast of ideas and possible story threads onto the page. Now comes the shaping, reshaping, editing, polishing. I love those parts too. Onward!
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Nov.18.2008
I do love this writing. It is such fun to kind of suspend the brain and let the fingers flow directly from the idea to the screen. Free writing. Love it. No accountability. Let the editor come in later. For now, show up and let the fingers dance across the keys. Are you loving it too?
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Nov.17.2008
Entering the upper 20K, I feel like I might run out of room to do all the exploring with the characters that I want to do. This is the great part about pushing past what I think I know - or maybe it is pushing away what I think I know and letting the characters have voice. I love the rush of this...
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Nov.11.2008
This is the fourth, maybe fifth year that I have NaNoWriMo'd. I love the headlong plunge of this kind of writing. And it is also, every time, there is this midway point where it feels like I've written into thin air. Really thin air. I'm wondering if I have another 25K to say. Also, the best remedy...
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About Mary
Novelist Mary Menacho wants to provoke fierce enjoyment in her readers – the kind of unadulterated pleasure a good read evokes. Mary lives in San Jose, CA surrounded by an amazing family, great books, and beautiful places to walk and think.
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