Not a NaNo Winner
NaNoWriMo is over and the verdict is in. I am not a winner! I’ve won two years before when it was incredibly effortless to write 50k for a variety of reasons but this year the story just did not come as easily as it has before. Maybe I didn’t have enough time. Or maybe I […]
NaNoWriMo: Lessons Learned
Another November has come and gone! This time around, I was able to prepare a few ideas for the month and spent the first several days testing them out. Shortly into writing, I knew my Underground Railroad Alternate History (think Civil War and Rip Van Winkle retelling…kinda) would be the best bet. On the 28th […]
No NaNoWriMo FoMe
As we reach the end of October, and November is upon us, the topic at the forefront of everyone’s mind is NaNoWriMo. Last year I had planned to write a story for NaNo and ended up completing it before November 1st so I used that month for editing. The most recent story I wrote was […]
NaNoWriMo WrapUp
As the National Novel Writing Month closes, I thought I’d fill you in on my progress. I managed to write what I call a test draft for this novel in sixteen days, so I spent the whole month of November, and a tad of October, running through making edits and revisions based on how I […]
Pitch Wars Mentee 2014
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