tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44077311226634423312023-11-16T07:42:12.671-05:00Fiction By Chelle LynnChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-81936452556026804642014-07-08T12:00:00.000-04:002014-07-08T12:00:05.386-04:00On a roll!As I mentioned before, I'm participating in Camp NaNoWriMo this month. Not going for the ultimate prize at 50K words, just trying to replace the words I lost when I cut the last several chapters of Hidden Souls in the editing process in May. So, I have a measly goal of 15K words.
So far, I'm almost up to 4K. Keeping mostly on track, falling behind every now and then, but not too bad. Word Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-87469294817300792782014-06-30T19:39:00.003-04:002014-06-30T19:39:30.344-04:00Pop Culture ReferencesI was browsing the NaNo forums in preparation of starting to write tomorrow, and ran across a thread talking about which pop culture references you are and are not allowed to use in your novel (song lyrics are a no-no, just about everything else is fair game as long as you don't go into libel territory). One person commented about how (s)he does not use pop culture references in writing, because Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-53325354910757675112014-06-24T08:00:00.000-04:002014-06-24T08:00:10.911-04:00New Book and a Giveaway!No, no, not mine. I'm here today to promote The Rose Master, by Valentine Cano. I know, I'm slacking with my own writing. This is what happens when you move and start a job and have to live without internet for a week, but can't seem to find the time to sit down and write during that time. I'm working on it, promise.
But back to The Rose Master! This fabulous book hits stores today, so while Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-58223206062222178162014-05-27T19:49:00.001-04:002014-05-27T19:49:31.385-04:00Cruising AlongWell, I think I got the climax of Hidden Souls re-written. I think. This is my third or fourth time working on it, so we'll see if it stands the test of time. Now I just have to link up to where I edited the rough draft with the climax and I'll be all set. My manuscript, including the bad ending, was sitting at 52K words, which makes me think that I should probably add in a subplot or two. But Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-12280135811458868002014-05-23T13:34:00.000-04:002014-05-23T13:34:40.802-04:00Sophia's Dating ProfileNaNo posted a great writing prompt to their Facebook page this morning, so I thought I'd take advantage of it.
The prompt: Give us a bit of your favorite character's online dating profile.
Username: AreGhostsReal
A/S/L: 19/F/Somewhere between the living and the dead
Self-Summary: Just a girl trying to figure things out. If you have already managed that, please, clue me in.
What I'm doing Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-18886058176051164542014-05-21T16:56:00.004-04:002014-05-21T16:56:44.106-04:00Just a StoryToday's prompt came from Twitter: "But it's only a story."
"The dragon roared and reared its ugly head. The prince jumped from the stone wall, stumbling on the rocky ground, just as the dragon's tail whipped against the tower behind him." Susan pointed out the crumbling tower on the page.
"Is the prince going to live, mommy?" Michael asked, looking up from the picture book.
"I don't know. WhatChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-90625157299327960842014-05-18T06:00:00.000-04:002014-05-18T06:00:02.899-04:00Six Sentence SundayAh, this is the first time I've participated in Six-Sentence Sunday in a long time. This week's contribution is the start of the climax scene in Hidden Souls I started to rewrite this past week. I have no idea how they're going to stand up to my next round of editing, but they're a nice start for this epic rewrite that I have to do. Enjoy!
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A high pitched squeal filled the air, echoing off Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-23734722142610825352014-05-13T17:53:00.000-04:002014-05-14T13:06:08.812-04:00Rewriting + Deleted Scene!Rewriting is really hard. After much deliberation and torture on my part, I've decided to rewrite the last 50 pages of Hidden Souls. Part of this is because I took the plot in a different direction while writing flashbacks in Reclaimed Souls last November, and part of it comes from the fact that I never really liked the ending anyway.
And with rewriting comes writer's block. So that's where I'mChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-64686045614390946842014-03-25T21:26:00.002-04:002014-03-25T21:26:47.758-04:00Teaser TuesdayI'm working on the editing! Up to page 114 of 164 (of the original manuscript. I'm up to page 125 of 175 in the edited version). Unfortunately, I now hit a point where I'm going to be doing major rewrites, so not entirely looking forward to that. But it's still possible for me to be done by graduation. Especially if I have some productive days.
Here's today's teaser:
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She took a deep Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-18363312995586839082014-03-09T16:04:00.003-04:002014-03-09T16:06:00.116-04:00I'm Alive!So clearly, I didn't finish NaNo. Things just got absolutely crazy at the end of the month with interviews and trying to get time on an actual computer to write, and I just lost my motivation. First time I've participated and haven't won. Sadness.
And then I disappeared for like 5 months. Sorry about that. I have a couple things in the works right now (one medical narrative submitted to a Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-68269020766461934532013-11-20T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-22T15:49:07.778-05:00NaNo 2013: Day 20Today's excerpt is an interesting one for me as a medical student. On one hand, I have to go with the plot. On the other, I feel that by writing this, I am furthering a misconception about the concept of brain death. As such, this excerpt will be followed at the end of the post with some information pertaining to said topic.
"And on today's broadcast, we bring you the unusual story that seems toChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-32455874696123791102013-11-19T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-22T15:26:59.349-05:00NaNo 2013: Day 19Sophia's getting more and more confused now. Things are happening and she's once again struggling to figure out what they all mean. But she'll get there eventually. I think within the next couple days, I'll be writing the reveal of the main plot. Should be interesting.
Excerpt for today:
She took a deep breath and turned to him. "I'm not sure I'm supposed to tell you this, but I've spoken to myChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-79742266532142121122013-11-18T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-22T15:14:39.240-05:00NaNo 2013: Day 18Our new character, Neal, is making quite an impression. Sophia's taken a bit of a liking to him. Hopefully he doesn't do a 360 and betray her.
Today was fairly productive.
"Should I be nervous about getting in a car alone with you? After all, that ruins my escape route..." She fingered her phone in her pocket absently, smiling slightly as she walked with him to his car.
"Now why would I wantChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-5229533515542619752013-11-17T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-22T15:07:24.642-05:00NaNo 2103: Day 17Keeping the progress going today. I had an interesting twist present itself. A new character. He seems rather interested in Sophia as well. Too bad I don't know much about him. I will have to figure it out as time goes on.
To share him with you now, here's today's excerpt.
Sophia leaned back and shook her head quickly. “Of course not, I wouldn’t want you to get in trouble at your job. But if Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-44124265048954614152013-11-16T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-16T23:30:00.685-05:00NaNo 2013: Day 16Despite having several hours to myself, it took me a really long time to get into the swing of writing. I really think the setting has a lot to do with it, because I tend to be a lot more productive when I'm back in my bedroom than when I'm sitting in the living room with some background noise.
I had to skip over a chapter today, which is almost a first, because I had so many ideas for the Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-51298325492267625232013-11-15T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-16T17:05:55.110-05:00NaNo 2013: Day 15So I had an interview today. I'm not sure how it went. I have a feeling I won't match there. I hope I do, but I have a hunch I won't. Maybe if I start preparing myself now, I won't be devastated come March.
Anyway, I did manage to actually do my word count for today, though it was pretty hard with the kids upstairs running around, and getting a headache, and just overall feeling exhausted. And Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-20638897962318231012013-11-14T23:30:00.000-05:002013-11-16T16:57:30.874-05:00NaNo 2013: Days 13-14So I didn't get much of a chance to write yesterday, because I spent half the day on a plane (as it turns out, I can read my book on Google Drive while offline, but they don't allow me to edit it. Which kinda defeats the purpose), and the other half spending time with my mom and sister. And I went to bed fairly early Colorado time, since I had to wake up before dawn on the east coast to catch my Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-51728843467786119842013-11-12T23:44:00.000-05:002013-11-12T23:55:10.965-05:00NaNo 2013: Day 12I'm slowly catching up. I cranked out words today, but I can only do so much at a time before I run out of ideas. But I am keeping ahead of the daily goal, so hopefully within the next week or so, I'll manage to get all caught up and hopefully manage to win this year. It would suck to lose on the year that's supposed to be the easiest in med school.
So I mentioned that I hadn't finished editingChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-35365587987004150402013-11-11T23:59:00.000-05:002013-11-22T15:50:10.056-05:00NaNo 2013: Days... 5-11Yes. I fail. I know. Last week was just crazy busy. An interview, followed by 4 days of schedule changing shifts. And trying to catch up on sleep. And coming down with a cold. So when I finally finished my rotation on Saturday, I just wanted to zonk out. In fact, I was so exhausted on Friday night that I didn't even eat dinner before I fell asleep around 7. Then I had to be back at work at 7 on Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-82874419341388714492013-11-04T20:00:00.000-05:002013-11-05T20:28:32.186-05:00NaNo 2013: Days 3-4My excuse for not posting yesterday is I didn't do a whole lot of writing. No real excuse for that part, but it was enough reason not to justify a whole new blog post.
Anyway, I'm really starting to like Deedee as a character. She's fascinating me. I've mostly got her having discussions with Sophia, and much of those will likely be cut whenever I get around to editing this beast. I'm still Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-2302516073814445942013-11-02T19:16:00.003-04:002013-11-22T15:49:59.329-05:00NaNo 2013: Day 2I'm trying to decide how lucky it is that the second day of NaNo falls on a Saturday this year. It means that I have a bit more time to catch up on how much I didn't write yesterday, but then again, I'm on an elective with a really odd schedule (I didn't have work Monday, had conferences on Wednesday, work Thursday and Friday, off today, then tomorrow I work a 12, then have Monday and Tuesday offChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-88874052463091055942013-11-01T23:59:00.000-04:002013-11-02T12:02:28.990-04:00NaNo 2013: Day 1Today is the official first day of NaNo. And surprisingly, when I went to access the site, it wasn't crashing on me. That's definitely a good sign. I got off to a bit of a weird start this month, because I had to work in the middle of the day, and then when I actually started writing, I realized I hadn't named one of my primary characters, which kept distracting me from just writing the scenes Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-64593802264241049052013-10-22T08:00:00.000-04:002013-10-22T20:47:50.995-04:00Teaser TuesdayAs a part of my frantic dash to edit Hidden Souls so that I have some idea how it ends before I begin the sequel, I've decided to share a bit of my edits for today. Chances are, especially with my strong negative feelings about editing, that I won't be anywhere near finishing, but so long as I got general motivations and can work from there, I think it will be okay.
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Light filled the room Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-37324470845628410092013-10-06T15:27:00.000-04:002013-10-06T15:30:12.039-04:00New Goals and AnnouncementsHave I mentioned lately that I hate editing? Cause I really do. So much so that even though I had ample time to finish editing Hidden Souls by my birthday, I barely did any more editing than when I made that promise.
But, I have a new goal. I have decided to take part in NaNo again this year. Without any inspiration for any stories lately, I've decided to write the sequel to Hidden Souls. I Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407731122663442331.post-73802271094785853502013-10-06T15:11:00.000-04:002013-10-06T15:11:54.878-04:00Unscripted - Teddy BearToday's unscripted post is inspired by Teddy Bear
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She clung to it, her safety net. It had been a gift several years ago and was showing its age now. Where once the fur was soft and fluffy, now it was matted and balding in places. The black plastic eyes were scratched and pitted, a sign of a well-loved toy. As she moved through the classroom on the first day, she glared at everyone who Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468275925966353380noreply@blogger.com0