In the wee hours of Thanksgiving morning I finished my NaNoWriMo novel. This is the second novel I’ve written – and the second one I finished this year. It clocked in at 53,341 words – compared to the first one which was 108,212. Yikes. Do you remember when I finished the first novel and was [...]
The extreme noveling conditions of NaNoWriMo have forced me to take a closer look at my writing process. Mostly I am the kind of writer who sits down at the computer and just lets it all out. There are usually a few key plot points in my head, but beyond those I just write until [...]
Things around here are a little weird these days. Exhibit A: In case you’re wondering, that split open waffle was delicious, thank you very much. I was in the car today and they were interviewing some author on the radio about his writing process. This noveling stuff follows me. I’m currently behind on my novel [...]
1 – I am working on a recap of the CMA Awards for ya’ll (see what I did there?) but it’s taking FOREVER because no one is frantically posting screenshots from the show like they do when its a show like the VMAs. So maybe next month the photos will trickle out. Or I will [...]
I haven’t written in four days. Today I sat down to write, and could not think of anything. I’m getting stressed out. Hopefully any second now things will turn around and I’ll just go on a total rampage. My goal is to hit 25000 words before Friday. I’ll be in the mountains all weekend and [...]
In my attempts to post today I’ve actually cleared my entire google reader from 90- some items to 0. At least for the next few minutes. I’ve noticed many of my friends who blog (or have blogged in the past) have not posted lately. Or when they do, they post about how they haven’t posted [...]
I’ve officially signed up for National Novel Writing Month. I feel a little bit crazy for doing this, but I’m also very excited. The point is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. This begins November 1st and ends at midnight on November 30th. There are a million reasons to do this, but [...]
