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Interview: Ziggy Swift

1 April 2010 Jesse 27

Today, I would like to introduce you to a truly interesting character. Ziggy Swift is in the process of writing his own autobiography and today he’s going to share a little of it with us. Make sure you stick around to the end. There’s a pretty decent contest at the […]

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Anachronistic Idioms In Fantasy Writing

8 December 2009 Jesse 0

I feel the need to give this post a little intro. For those who are new to the site, Jesse adds articles on his writings every once in awhile.  He just finished writing The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift: the Fall for NaNoWriMo and he’s now going through the editing process […]

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Ziggy Revisited

8 October 2009 Jesse 3

Just for the record, I WAS finished with the first draft. Honest. I wrote the rough draft of The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift for NaNoWriMo last year, chopped off two sections, rewrote the entire thing and was going to call it good. I just had a small list of things […]

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The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift – Excerpt 3

23 November 2008 Jackie 0

This one comes from Ziggy’s interview with the Cobbwocket brothers for a job as a Swarzrok, which was a gnomish word that he didn’t understand. “So you want me to fly this thing?” I asked, still trying to wrap my head around how essentially a boat tied to a large […]

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The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift – Excerpt 2

13 November 2008 Jackie 0

Jesse has given me permission to cross-post his two excerpts for his NaNoWriMo novel, The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift.  Here’s the second excerpt… Andy was dumbfounded that I was stupid enough to pour bricklayers mud into a trough and then take a bath in it. I wheezed the word ’soap’ […]

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The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift – Excerpt 1

10 November 2008 Jackie 1

Jesse has given me permission to cross-post his two excerpts for his NaNoWriMo novel, The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift.  As of right now, he’s at 51,315 words and he’s only written about 1/3 of it. Kibbel clamped his hands over his eyes and trembled. In the distance the wagon creaked […]