NaNoWriMo

Write a Novel in One Month (and it's not NaNoWriMo)

Write a Novel in One Month (and it's not NaNoWriMo)

I started writing when I was 9 years old. I'm 44 now. In all of that time, I have never written a novel in one month. In fact, to be honest, I always thought that people who did NaNoWriMo were way overachievers and I couldn't understand why they would want to do that. Why would someone want to write an entire novel in 30 days? Just didn't make any sense to me.

Rediscover Yourself as a Writer: How Not to Quit

Rediscover Yourself as a Writer: How Not to Quit

Writing is hard. It sometimes sucks and doesn't often pay well. Still, I wanted to share with you a quick follow up. Last week I had really beat myself up on being frustrated and not doing well in making my writing goals. Working on my next novel was like having teeth pulled at the dentist's. Well, it's a week later and I wanted to come clean on my progress or lack of it.