This is the first November in twenty years that I haven’t taken on the National Novel Writing Month challenge (aka, write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.) The organization that promoted this event, and connected writers who were crazy enough to participate, folded in the spring. I was worried that November without NaNoWriMo would... Continue Reading →
My Novel Draft is Done and I’m Surprised By How I Feel
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. —Ray Bradbury I saw the end coming. I knew the scenes that needed to be written, how long they needed to be, and how long it would take me to write that many words. I knew this first draft of my novel about Rapunzel... Continue Reading →
