by amiemccracken | Oct 4, 2010 | writing
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...
by amiemccracken | Jun 10, 2010 | reading, writing
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,...
by amiemccracken | Jan 31, 2010 | 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...
by amiemccracken | Dec 2, 2009 | editing, Her Daughter, i AM alive, writing
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...
by amiemccracken | Nov 29, 2009 | about me, Her Daughter, writing
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,...
