Tag: NaNoWriMo
Update from the writing trenches
I figured with five days in, it’s a good time to fill you in on my NaNoWriMo project, or at least the process of my NaNoWriMo project. I’ve been doing NaNoWriMo for 17 years–that’s a LOT of words on the page. And, to be honest, there were only 3 years that I completely blinked out…
Happy November!
It’s November. This is the month I attempt to write a 50,000 word novel. This year is my 17th year and I hope that this is the 14th win. I have an idea. I have a computer program. And I have a limited amount of time. I wrote 3,112 words today. I was shooting for…
It’s Monday, What are you Reading?
It’s Monday, What are You Reading? It’s Monday, which means it is time again to hook up with the dedicated readers of the Book Date Blog and start talking about the kinds of things we’re all currently reading. While I haven’t read a lot lately, I FINISHED NaNoWriMo… Yay! But we’ve also been doing a few other…
7 Tips for #NaNoWriMo Success
I have been honest about sharing my #NaNoWriMo journey this year, and while I've been doing this for a while, I realize that my experiences with the challenge are helping me a lot more than I anticipated. Since I have been NaNoWriMo'ing since November 2003, I have won some and I have lost some (if...
31 Days of Awesome
When I heard of the 31 Days Project, a writing challenge that challenges you to blog every day about one topic, it was a no-brainer that I needed to do it. After all, this is a month until NaNoWriMo. And, to keep with the themes I have outlined on the blog previously, I knew…