I'm writing this on Halloween, my second-favorite holiday of the year, which marks exactly 60 days until New Year's Eve, which is my favorite holiday of the year. I'm looking forward to dressing up in a bit and helping my mom give out candy at her house. Then, I shall endeavor to get a good … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals
November Wrap-Up & December Goals
I swung into November, literally, by attending an amazing sword technique workshop hosted by the Highlander himself, Adrian Paul, on Halloween. If the Sword Experience comes to your area, I can't recommend it enough. I learned a lot, and what I was already familiar with was a lovely refresher. I look forward to incorporating those … Continue reading November Wrap-Up & December Goals
October Wrap-Up & November Goals
In line to vote with the spouse: Civic duty 2020 complete! Based on the dreary, rainy weather outside my office, I suppose fall has officially arrived. Cloudy days call for a second cup of coffee, especially since I have started getting up when the spouse leaves for work to spend some time with Ring Fit … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals
October Wrap-Up & November Goals
Another month has flown by in a fun and bewildering blur! I'm writing this post on Halloween, and my biggest dilemma right now is figuring out what to wear while I hand out candy tonight. Oh, and write two thousand words so that I can kick off NaNoWriMo at an even 10k. Yep, you read … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals
NaNoWriMo 2016 (sort of)
It's that time of year again, kids! When the writers in your life disappear for hours upon end, consume copious quantities of caffeine (and sometimes alcohol), and come out the other end of 30 days with some semblance of a book completed. Though I'm not officially signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2016 (sort of)
October Wrap-Up & November Goals
This month I traveled to Delaware, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. I also attended three weddings in three weekends. Frankly, the fact that I managed to do anything during my "free time" besides curl up in a little ball and watch Netflix is pretty impressive. October Wrap-up: I wrote 15k words instead of 20k words, but … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals
Guest Post: Why (Camp) NaNo? by Cara McKinnon
Today I'm hosting author Cara McKinnon as she goes walkabout on the Internet in honor of her new release, Essential Magic. As a veteran of both NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo, I'm eager to hear her thoughts on the subject! NaNoWriMo has become quite a monolithic movement in online writing circles. Not everyone loves it, and … Continue reading Guest Post: Why (Camp) NaNo? by Cara McKinnon
Final STEEL BLOOD Wrap-Up
Now that I've finally completed the first draft of book 3, tentatively titled STEEL BLOOD, I wanted to do a bit of a wrap-up on it. These questions were gleefully stolen from fellow writer Breeanna Pierce, and you can check out her final thoughts on her most recent novel here. Previous posts I've made about … Continue reading Final STEEL BLOOD Wrap-Up
NaNoWriMo Follow-up: Part 1
Sorry for the silence for the past 2 weeks. I picked up a cold on the last day of November and it took me down hard. But I'm feeling much better now! Unfortunately, my days have been wrapped up with working on STEEL MAGIC edits, and my NaNoWriMo novel is still languishing at 70k words. … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Follow-up: Part 1
November Wrap-Up & December Goals
November Wrap-Up: Participate in NaNoWriMo (successfully): Done! I wrote 50,000 words in 30 days over the month of November, bringing my word count for book 3 to 70,014 words. December Goals: Incorporate my editor's notes and complete the full line edit of STEEL MAGIC before deadline on 12/31/2015. Start working on a series bible for … Continue reading November Wrap-Up & December Goals
NaNoWriMo Update: WINNER!
NaNoWriMo for 2015 is finally done, with a few hours to spare. This is my second year "winning" in a row, and just like last year, I definitely still have a lot of work to do. This time, it's writing about 8 more scenes (including the epic dragon battle while a city burns) and going … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update: WINNER!
NaNoWriMo Update: Week 2
I'm still plugging along, kids! Sort of. This update was supposed to go up on Monday, but I burned one of my free days and drank beer and caught up on the DVR instead. No regrets! As of last night, I'm at 29,086 words (49,086 for the STEEL BLOOD total). As a reminder, you can … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update: Week 2
NaNoWriMo Update: Week 1
I am on a roll with NaNoWriMo this year! Tonight I hit 16,000 words (36,000 total for the manuscript), and I've been consistently writing every day. The only exception has been 11/7, because that's my husband's birthday--instead, we had a great day watching the new James Bond movie and eating delicious Brasilian pizza. If you're … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update: Week 1
October Wrap-Up & November Goals
October Wrap-Up: I made it to 20,000 words in STEEL BLOOD by October 31. So I will definitely have at least 5k to 10k words to complete in December, but I am okay with that. I finished all of the Kitty the Werewolf books and wrote up my review of the final novel in the … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals
STEEL BLOOD: My 2015 NaNoWriMo Novel
It’s that time of year again, kids. That time when a significant number of the writers in your life hibernate with their computers for hours on end, alternately spamming social media with words counts or angsting about how this is impossible and they will never get it done. For more information about National Novel Writing … Continue reading STEEL BLOOD: My 2015 NaNoWriMo Novel