NaNoWriMo week 1 went as well as could be expected, but somethings are starting to make me a bit nervous, I have to admit…it’s kind of like one of those “choose your own adventure” novels…at least that’s in my case…

The Trouble with Pier ~ NaNo Prep #2

This year, to prepare for NaNoWriMo 2015, I enrolled in a fiction writing class. Assignment Two was about creating character through dialogue, using at least three interacting characters that all must speak. This piece was written with characters from a mostly…

Day 19, #NaNoWriMo: To Mothers Who Want to Write a Novel

This is for all the mothers who want to write a book, who are writing a book, who have tried to write a book, or who are too damn scared to write a book; listen to rap music or country music or any other music that’s different from…

This Year’s NaNoWriMo Should Be Fun (Per Usual)

Oh, man…

The first full week of October has come and gone, and it’s been a couple of months since I won July’s Camp NaNoWriMo.

I’ve been really fortunate this year that the story idea I came up with has me so entrenched, I’m eager to start writing each day. That wasn’t the case last year when I got 4,000 words into my novel, decided the idea wasn’t interesting to me anymore, and just threw in the towel. I would’ve done better to start something else like you’ve done and get…