Author Archives: Samuel Snoek-Brown

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programs….

My computer is on the fritz and is down for maintenance for the next few days, so I’m going to have to skip this week’s Photo blog and Writer’s Notebook.  (I’ll still be writing, I just won’t be able to post it on Friday.) First thing next week, though, I’ll get both those posts upContinue reading “We interrupt our regularly scheduled programs….”

NaNoWriMo Conclusion

Well, it’s official:  I’ve “won” NaNoWriMo,” with a final word count of 51,879 words.  Fewer than last year, but many more to come if I expect to finish the story itself.  Still, I’m glad to be finished with this frenzied marathon, because the whole experience has, as per last year, energized my writing, and I’mContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Conclusion”

A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo update #4

So, as promised, I’ve been tinkering a bit with the book since I returned from vacation, even adding some new scenes, but I haven’t updated the word count because most of the new text is still in my voice recorder and most of the changes have been internal, meaning that part of the word countContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo update #4”

Nancy Drew short story contest

I am proud to say that I am a HUGE fan of Her Interactive‘s Nancy Drew video game series.  (I’m slightly less proud to admit that I actually dreamed about the games last night–seriously.)  I confess I’ve never read any of the traditional books, though I have read the first half dozen or so ofContinue reading “Nancy Drew short story contest”

A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo update #3

Well, it’s (un)official:  Last Saturday, after two marathon writing sessions and just one day after last week’s update, I passed the 50,000-word goal.  That’s seventeen days early, and two days earlier than I crossed the finish line last year.  It feels epic. And it happened right on time, too, because I spent the day afterContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo update #3”

A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo update #2

This week I’m just posting one long section from my NaNoWrimo novel.  I’ve been writing all over the place this week, but I’ve finally gotten into the meat (or the blood?) of the story concept, and this passage–a bit expository, I know–sort of encapsulates that concept.  (Plus it’s a nice glimpse of how fringe-nutty myContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo update #2”

Photo blog 29

Translated from the German:  “The soul lives on.”  In the Cemetery of the Nameless, Vienna, Austria, 30 November 2009. This image isn’t directly related to my NaNoWriMo novel, but I am getting to a place in my novel where I might start writing about cemeteries, and the Friedhof der Namenlosen has become for me aContinue reading “Photo blog 29”

NaNoWriMo when you’re busy

I’ve been rolling along pretty nicely this November, having, as of last night, pulled together slightly less than 30,000 words.  My writing buddies are doing similarly well:  Two friends have broken 8,000 words and another four are well past 10,000 words (two of those are hovering around 15,000 words right now).  Many of my friendsContinue reading “NaNoWriMo when you’re busy”