25 Days of Writing: Day 11
I bet you thought I forgot all about the 25 Days of Writing. No worries. I didn’t forget, I just pushed it aside for a bit. Instead of pumping it all out in 25 consecutive days, I think it will …...
View ArticleLetters from Camp NaNoWriMo: Day 6
Hello! As some of you may know, I’m participating in Camp NaNoWriMo, which is the April (and July) version of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). My novel follows the life of Violca, the...
View ArticleLetters from Camp NaNoWriMo: Day 19
Greetings from Camp NaNoWriMo! We’re past the halfway point and things are… well, things are slowing down for me. Last week, I was writing over 1,000 words a day, but these past few days, I’ve been...
View ArticleReturning From Camp NaNoWriMo
I decided to validate my Camp NaNoWriMo novel last night. I could have waited until the last minute, but for some reason, I felt like ending early. I’d reached 20,178 of my 20,000 goal and I felt...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing
Today’s post is part of THE NEXT BIG THING, which is a chain of book and author recommendations. One author tags some others, who then each tag others. The idea is that we all help people learn about...
View ArticleNaNo-Virtuosos Competition
I have exciting news–I’ve entered my novel The Ribbon in Curiosity Quills‘ NaNo-Virtuosos Competition! The competition encourages writers to enter their 2012 NaNoWriMo novels into the competition for a...
View ArticleA Writer’s Resolutions
Happy 2013, everyone! My new year started off awesomely as I found out I’m one of thirteen round 1 winners in the NaNo-Virtuosos Competition! Thank you to everyone who voted for The Ribbon. Now, on to...
View ArticleThe Dreaded Synopsis
Yesterday, I wrote a synopsis for my novel The Ribbon. OH. MY. GOODNESS. was it hard. Boiling down a 50,000-word novel into one or two pages is seemingly impossible. It is, of course, possible in...
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