It’s that time of year again. NaNoWriMo. NaNo. WriMo. A word that strikes fear and excitement into the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of writers and authors. A time when writers from all around the world put themselves through the torture of writing out 50,000 words for a novel. It can be a […]
Every year, for about 26-29 days, NaNoWriMo completely takes over my life. Actually, it’s more than that, because I usually start making my plans for NaNoWriMo way before November hits. Sometime around July or August I start brainstorming ideas, then I use September and October to try to do any research that I might need
Okay, if you’ve been keeping up with me on Twitter (not that I’m all that fast on Twitter, mind you. I tweet with the speed of a giant turtle stuck upside down in molasses) you probably came across my tweets for #Pit2Pub. To be honest, I didn’t think I’d be able to participate. I found
I have always been scared of the dark. In fact, there’s an interaction between Szandor and Celyna based on an important conversation between me and my uncle. He asked why I wasn’t sleeping, and I admitted to him I was scared of the dark. “But your room is so small, nothing can fit in here
It goes without saying… I love November. (Okay, so it might go without saying, but it doesn’t go without typing, apparently). NaNoWrimo have had a love-hate relationship for eight years now. In fact, most of the items on my Works in Progress page came from NaNoWriMo. It starts in September every year, I get an
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I can pinpoint the moment I decided that I wanted to become a writer. I was watching the movie Romancing the Stone on VHS… Yea – I’m that old. Anyway, so this movie starts, and it’s the weirdest western story being narrated by a lady. I was actually annoyed at first because you couldn’t really
A writing bucket list, by definition, is more serious than a list of writing goals. After all, everyone carries around multiple lists of goals all the time. Goals for the day Goals for the week Goals for the year Goals for work Goals for writing Goals for word counts Goals for family Goals for therapy
