Less than four hours before NaNoWriMo 2011 begins, and I am sticking with my crazy story about Action Man and Dialogue Dog, a superhero duo who appear whenever a writer is in distress. I've had lots of different ideas about what story to tell. I've decided to focus on the writer who creates these guys... Continue Reading →
Gearing Up For NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starts in just nine days, and I've signed on again. This will be my sixth year in a row to join thousands of other people in the crazy rush of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. Usually, November catches me by surprise, and I only have a few days to... Continue Reading →
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NaNoWriMo: Lessons Learned
Now that November is over, it’s time to see what I learned and decide what’s next. Even though it’s my fifth year writing a novel the NaNoWriMo way, I still learned some things about writing and the creative process that I didn’t know. In some cases, I was just reminded of some things I’d forgotten,... Continue Reading →
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NaNoWriMo Day 30: We have a winner!
Total Word Count: 50906 Today’s Word Count: 2159 Today’s Writing: inspired and surprising Today’s Energy: high I woke up with my head spinning. My muse is back in town with a load of marvelous ideas for my book. I sat down and wrote first thing this morning, trying frantically to keep up as she dumped... Continue Reading →
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NaNoWriMo Day 29
Today’s Word Count: 1976 Today’s Writing: convoluted but moving forward My energy level: increasing The end looms. The end of November, anyway. And I am so close to 50,000 words I can taste it. The end of my novel? Not there just yet. But now that I’ve gotten myself into an interesting part of the... Continue Reading →
