Writer and Bookworm.
As someone who's been doing National Novel Writing Month for the past six years, I was excited to the point of fangirling by the opportunity to write for their Camp Nano blog. In true bookworm form, I wrote about books. You can read my blog post here.
The end of October saw me at the Westin Boneadventure Hotel in Downtown LA, experiencing my very first writer's conference. The Writer's Digest Novel Writing Conference (WDNWC) was a three-day event, geared more towards improving one's craft than meeting agents or networking and it was great! I learned a lot, both from the fantastic speakers and... Continue Reading →
Continuing on the theme of jumpstarting one's creativity with great and unnecessary side projects, let's talk about Story A Day. Story A Day is a challenge, often called the Nanowrimo of short stories, that dares you to start and finish one story everyday of May (and sometimes September). There are no word limits on the stories and no... Continue Reading →
I've hit a rather big milestone this last week. I finished the second draft of my novel! My cut and paste draft was started nearly a year and a half ago, and I have been working on it pretty steadily with a couple minor breaks (aka Nanowrimo), so it's kind of surreal to have written 'The End' on it.... Continue Reading →
The Writer's Market series is something that should be a building block in any aspiring writer's library. I own the 2016 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market and I have found it amazingly helpful. It has a nice selection of articles on the craft and business of writing, and interviews with established writers. The most useful resource, however, are the extensive listings... Continue Reading →
November has come to a close, taking with it the joys and stresses of National Novel Writing Month. Now those of us who took the plunge must venture back into reality and join humanity again, scary as that sounds. So congratulations to Wrimos everywhere! Challenging yourself to write 50,000 words in 30 days is an insane commitment and... Continue Reading →
Happy first day of National Novel Writing Month everybody! To those of you taking the NaNoWriMo plunge, good luck! For the rest of you, I am counting on you to tell me what November was like because I will be glued to my computer. You can keep track of my Nanoing progress here. Otherwise,... Continue Reading →
As anyone who's considered the NaNoWriMo challenge can attest, the prospect of National Novel Writing Month is daunting. There are the ever-present problems of schedule-wrangling, plot issues, and the effects of a heavy dose of stress right before the holidays. So why do it? Because you can. Because it makes you a stronger person for it. Because... Continue Reading →
November is just around the corner and between stressing about what I will be for Halloween [probably whatever I can throw together from my closet], working, and not writing nearly enough, I am readying for November 1st. For those who don't know, November 1st signals the start of National Novel Writing Month, in which you... Continue Reading →
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