It’s only two days until National Novel Writing Month kicks off around the globe. By now you’ve done everything you can to prepare, haven’t you? And you’ve created a story outline or maybe just noodled around with your characters and some plot points to get an idea of what will happen in your novel. If […]
Month: October 2014
Writing: I Love It. I Hate It. I Do It Anyway.
There’s no way to describe the mad scramble we sometimes put ourselves through for the sake of our writing, other than the truth. We love to write. And sometimes that means other parts of our lives suffer. Then there are the times we suffer at the hands of our passion. Those days and nights when […]
Celebrate Words on Dictionary Day
I hope you’ve got a yummy cake mix in the pantry. You can stay up late and bake it, because tomorrow we’ll be celebrating Dictionary Day. If you’re a writer, you’re a lover of words. In all their possible arrangements. I’m enjoying a mental image of Marilyn Monroe performing her “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” number. […]
NaNoWriMo, Let Me Count the Novels
So you’ve been thinking about NaNoWriMo, but you’re not sure you want to sign up. After all, November is pretty busy, with Thanksgiving and the family stuff you always get caught up in. And it’s right before Christmas which takes a lot of planning, and don’t forget you have to do the whole Black Friday, […]
NaNoWriMo Early Warning Alert: 6 Ways to Prepare for Success
When the calendar flipped over to a new month in the middle of the night few of us were awake and thinking about the dwindling number of days until National Novel Writing Month takes over our lives. But there are five things we can be doing now so we’re refreshed, organized, and ready to write at […]