Dealing with #NaNoWriMo Disappointment

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes I knew #NaNoWriMo (http://www.nanowrimo.org) would be challenging, but wasn’t quite prepared for HOW challenging it would be. For one, how to get events in my life to line up just perfectly so they do not interrupt the flow of writing. Knowing you have to write a certain amount of [...]

REVIEW: #41 How NOT to Write a Novel

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: How NOT to Write a Novel Author: Howard Mittelmark ISBN: 0061357952 Pages: 292 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon) “What do you think of my fiction book writing?” the aspiring novelist extorted. “Darn,” the editor hectored, in turn. “I can not publish your novel! It is full of what [...]

In Honor of #NaNoWriMo: Eats, Shoots & Leaves Giveaway!

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes In honor of it being November, the infamous “National Novel Writing Month”, I am going to give away a FREE brand new copy of Eat, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss. The giveaway will run until Friday, November 6th 2009. The rules are VERY simple: – 1 point for [...]

I Survived Day 1 of #NaNoWriMo

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes I should get a t-shirt, right? Yesterday, day one, was off to a rough start. Even with the added hour – it took me most of the day just to get started.  Forrest wanted to go out to breakfast but before we left, he asked that I get my [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Because most of the books I am reading this week are guides – they aren’t really “tease-able”. Instead, I will give you one word of advice from the book I am reading now, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists. Yes, I realize it is much longer than the [...]

The Sunday Salon (10/18/09) #meme

Reading time: 5 – 8 minutes The Sunday Salon is a weekly #meme where you .. basically just chat about anything that may be on your literary mind (at least that’s the way I understand it).  This week there has been a lot on everyone’s minds. Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-thon Challenege NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) [...]

After years of hesitation, I am doing it. #NaNoWriMo

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes I must be absolutely, undeniably crazy. Will #NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) help me escape this plaguing writer’s block that has remain stagnant in my mind for the past.. I don’t know – 4 or 5 years? Words used to come easily to me and now, I second guess [...]