NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo 2019

Hi friends! I am excited to do National Novel Writing Month again this year. Last year I signed up, but didn’t participate as I had entered a mentoring program and was working on art over writing. This year I’ll be reworking the next four novels in “The Tales of Christian Tompta.” I need a titleContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2019”

Ye-ha! It’s that time of year again! By now I’ll be deep into this year’s story, “Starfrost, the Junkyard Unicorn.” Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Here’s a pic of my temporary book cover: Isn’t it fun? I love this season. Writers rededicate themselves to working hard on their manuscripts, drink coffee, bounce ideas off each otherContinue reading “NaNoWriMo”

NaNoWriMo 2016

Well, this is exciting! NaNoWriMo starts next week and I can’t wait. I am so enthusiastic this year that I have decided to host a Nano write-in. I’m going to be putting together some kind of word prompts and challenges document to take with me to help jumpstart our creative juices. It’s closer to theContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2016”

This Messy Life

Sometimes life gets messy. Dirty, stinky, messy. Negative vibes throw you into a tailspin and you wonder why it happens. The key to dealing with a stinky mess is to take one step at a time. Eventually you can trudge through the gray to emerge into the light on the other side. So what’s inContinue reading “This Messy Life”

My 2015 NaNoWriMo Book

Holla! That’s right, the end of November and therefore the end of NaNoWriMo 2015 has come, and I’m happy to report I won! What does that mean exactly? Well, if you have followed along with my updates, you know the goal was to write a novel of at least 50,000 words. I did it! IContinue reading “My 2015 NaNoWriMo Book”

About My Nano Book

Hello friends! As you know, I’ve been diligently writing since November first for Nanowrimo, and I am currently over 41,000 words toward my goal of 50,000 for my novel. I plan to finish the rough draft this week! I use the word novel loosely, because I think I am going to turn this into aContinue reading “About My Nano Book”

1/2 Nano

I am now halfway through NaNoWriMo and am unbelievably excited about these books. Yes, I just said books, with an s. Instead of writing one 50,000 word novel, my story is geared at middle age kids (8-12) and will be at least three, maybe four chapter books. They should run about 12,000-13,000 words per book.Continue reading “1/2 Nano”

NaNoWriMo Update

Hello, Just a quick note to let you know what I’m up to. Ending on a preposition??? I know better ;o) Anyway….So I had a craft show this past Saturday and it went well but I did not get any words written. Friday I did not meet my goal for my novel but I wroteContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Update”

Busy busy!

Greetings, fellow earthlings! And those who aren’t… As you can see from my title, I’ve been busy busy working diligently on my NaNoWriMo novel. In case you’ve missed it in my Twitter feed or Facebook posts, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and the goal is to write a 50,000 word novel during theContinue reading “Busy busy!”

NaNoWriMo

Whoop, whoop! Now that I have decided to embrace my passion for writing and stick with it, I am going to try my hand at NaNoWriMo this year! NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write at least 1667 per day for the whole month of November which would create aContinue reading “NaNoWriMo”