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5
Oct
BRAINS My Brain is like a wild jungle. Lorelei’s Brain is like a wild jungle. Thus my brain is like lorelei’s My thought process goes a little something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiyiZXCtHGc Novels Rika and I are writing a joint novel (and individual ones) for NaNoWriMo this year Its about us Its pretty freakin amazing Will [...]
Tags: hope, list, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, quote, rika, sarah, TNF, writing
29
Aug
Being a writer makes one a hopeless romantic. I should know. So does Rika. So what do you do when you fall for someone, but the feeling’s not reciprocal? As a writer, there are many options–but generally just one or two get chosen. The first: you write out your tragedy, eventually placing the character based [...]
Tags: hope, hopless romantic, maday parade, picture, quote, sarah, writing
26
May
Wow….I have been the ONLY staff member to post for the last WEEK!!! Hahaha! My plot for total domination of thenearbyfuture.com has OFFICALLY begun!! *Insert Evil Laughter Here* ….Seriously, though. It’s kinda sad. I am the newest author and I post the most. ….Jala, you offically have competition……Maybe I just post so much because I [...]
Tags: dictatorship, posts, sarah, slackers, staff, world, writing
24
Apr
Waves surge and swell around me. Lapping at my feet. I search, not quite frantically, for a way through. I see no opening in the mass of endless sea, streching as far as the horizon. The rock upon which I balance is now soaked. The cold water sprays onto my feet and I welcome the refreshing sensation. As I accept my [...]
22
Apr
This is kind of an “unofficial” post. It has nothing to do with anything except me telling the world how AMAZING Rika is. She is INCREDIBLE!!!!! Remember how my VERY FIRST post here was about Script Frenzy Month? “http://www.thenearbyfuture.com/2010/04/script-frenzy-month/ ” well, anyways Rika gave me the most EPIC news today. (Please keep in mind that this [...]
Tags: hope, rika, script frenzy, staff, thanks, updates, writing
14
Apr
You remember how Rika wrote about National Novel Writing Month in November? Well, April is SCRIPT FRENY MONTH!!!! (Brought to you by the creators of National Novel Writing Month) 100 pages of script in 30 days. Worldwide event. No cost. AND no experience necessary. I’m up for the Challenge- Are you? More info available at www.scriptfrenzy.org *Sarah*
13
Apr
Sure, us writers of The Nearby Future can blame our lack of writing on our schedules. Or even our conflicting jiu jitsu classes. But there was a real culprit behind our lack of writing. Our theme. Our old color blocks theme killed our ideas. With a lead pipe, in the conservatory with Mr. Green. So, [...]
Tags: amazing, articles, back in action, incentives, love, party favors, posts, Rika's three pronged attack plan to restart our dead URL, tasering, tasering people, tasers, the future, the nearby future, the staff, three pronged attack plan, TNF, we, witty, writing
26
Nov
Productivity. Progress. Working under pressure. Goal-setting. These are the skills that a month of novel writing will sharpen and perfect. Even if you’re not a writer, and you don’t plan on becoming one, spending a little alone time with your imagination for a month benefits you more than you can believe. As a novelist myself, [...]
Tags: 30 days 50000 words, adventure, month long, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, planning, tips, word wars, writing
29
Oct
Videos, videos, videos! That’s our goal for next month. I’ve made an election video that will be up on the site hopefully in my next post, and I’ve got some other videos planned that will be uploaded next month, sort of combining the work I’ve been doing on Pinky Miranda and the issues discussed on [...]
Tags: , election, goals, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, NBF, November, pictures, server, Site Updates, TNF, vidoes, website, writing
1
Jul
News stations, newspapers, talk shows, daily conversation- in almost every aspect of our lives, doubt seems to be sinking in even more so that global warming, raising oil prices, and many other conflicts will not be solved as cleanly as we all had hoped. But no, it’s not time to break out singing “It’s the [...]
Tags: , 2012, animals, children, earbuds, end of the world, endings, ipod, It's a Small World, It's the End of the World as We Know it, writing
23
Feb
Have you ever done basket weaving? Probably not. What about cave painting? I doubt it. Those are two of the ‘lost arts’ today. Sure- if you look hard enough you could probably find a basket weaving class somewhere but it isn’t nearly as common today as it was a long time ago. A great question [...]
Tags: , , arts, cooking, cursive, future, instant, knitting, lost, lost arts, print, rika, sewing, writing