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Contest Finalist (Take 2) and Technical Difficulties

July 10, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

I was told the site required a database upgrade to continue functioning. I tried to upgrade the database… and the…

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The 40K Doldrums

June 30, 2020 Ren Benton 2 Comments

I’m just shy of 40,000 words on the fantasy romance, so—predictably—the wind machine filling my sails has been switched off.…

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Requiem for a First Act (in D Minor)

June 14, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

Many, many years ago, I decided I wanted to write a story about a woman who had been, basically, an…

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Sooty Arms Triumph Over Embroidered Waistcoat

June 10, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

About two weeks ago, I realized the impracticality of hauling gold over a mountain (on foot) to a counterfeiter. Jewels…

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Meaningless Numbers; Meaningful Pans and Stabby Things

May 28, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

I cannot overemphasize how meaningless word count is at this stage of this project. Ordinarily, due to my aversion to…

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The Week in Writing

May 15, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

Since I last noted my progress here, I’ve gotten a few scenes into Act II. Act I pushes a protagonist…

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Observational Hierarchy

May 8, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

A decade or so ago, the first five pages of a book caused me so much pterodactyl screeching, I had…

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Lejjen Dairy

May 2, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

A minor theme in the original plan for this story was “heroes are chumps.” The example the heroine used to…

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Another Milestone

April 25, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

I can hardly believe it, but I’m at the end of Act I. I shouldn’t be surprised, since this is…

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Progress Report

April 21, 2020 Ren Benton Leave a comment

I hit a patch I didn’t want to write. It ended up being only a couple hundred words of transition…

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