NaNoWriMo or OctoWriMo

I’ve been considering the fact that NaNoWriMo will be pretty much impossible for me this year. I’m starting a new job in November that is full time, and then the last two weeks we are going back to Colorado for a visit. I don’t think I will have much...

Confusion as a Writer

Be prepared, this is kind of a vent session on my writing. I’ve been struggling since November with my inner editor. I participated in NaNoWriMo and wrote 50,000 words in a month. (Yay!) It is my first finished manuscript. Typically I get about 10,000 words in,...

To Keep Writing…

All right, I’m starting another month of serious writing tomorrow. It’s kind of an unhashed idea, and I’m going to let it lead me where it will. I really enjoyed participating in NaNoWriMo, and I think that process is the only way I can actually get...

The Book

I’m through the first edit of the book I wrote in November. It’s all situated and in the right order. I just have to fill a few holes and finish the ending. It’s really coming together nicely. Now I just have to worry about finding an agent. Anybody...

I finished!

I got to 50,000 words tonight on my very first novel. I think ever since I was about eight years old I’ve wanted to write a book, and this is the first time I’ve been so close. Now I get to spend the next few weeks looking back through it and deleting,...