Yeah I wrote that! It’s Ugly, Bloody, but it’s a Manuscript and it’s mine.
I wrote 62, 567 words to win NaNoWriMo 2016, . Right now, I stand in the bloody field screaming victory. Maybe that’s not the analogy I want. Remember that Seinfeld episode where they go see a friend who just had a baby and the baby is so ugly they can barely stand to look at […]
Why my book is not published yet and failure led me to do better
When will your book be published? It’s a far cry from the rosy and happy ‘tell me what your book is about.’ The excitement waned into ‘so when is the book finally coming out’ at every encounter, in any venue, on the phone or via Morse code. The smiles turned from surprised-excited-encouraging to the barely […]
Three Simple Things Prepared Me for NaNoWriMo 2016
November, that special time of the year known as National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo or aka or NaNo begins this week and with it comes excitement, promise, and worry. I can’t wait to dig into my new story but did I plan well enough? I can’t wait to meet the characters; will I be able […]
Writing and Reading, Better than Killing Furniture
Writing’s my answer to everything. I already can hear you all screaming. But hear me out here. Sometimes, when something unexpected happens, frustration is almost an automatic response. It’s only normal. Using a writing analogy, you had an objective, a desire and something is trying to stop you from getting what you want. It could […]
51, 424 makes me a winner… but?
November first I started the grueling challenge that is NaNoWriMo. A few minutes ago, 28 days later, I finished with 51,424. It’s been exhausting and wow, how did I deny myself so many things without going nuts? I thought I would be jumping for joy, up to the moment when I needed only 500 to […]
40,013 Reasons to Celebrate
So yes, yes yes. I made it past 40,000 and omg this is something! Kicking and screaming, I forced myself to sit down and write. I took lots of breaks, I’m not going to lie, but I caught up today. After missing parties and other fun hangouts, Thank God! It was like a writer’s existential […]
At midpoint, ornery, tired but getting there
It’s been 16 days, since NaNoWriMo started. During that time I’ve been: Excited Happy Tired Dazed Blank Ornery (so I’ve been told) Annoyed Annoying Preachy and Undead. Seriously, a few days ago I began developing headaches and I think it was the lack of sun and a vitamin D deficiency. I’ve experience more make-up free days than […]