Three Simple Things Prepared Me for NaNoWriMo 2016

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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

Sometimes the unexpected happens not for your frustration but for your concentration

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 […]

Wanna Write longer, faster? Try Different Things

Today I was thinking about how I write. it occurred to me that it’s very similar to how I eat. Some of my friends say they can’t trust me to recommend food because I like everything. It’s not, true. Trust me, there’s some stuff I won’t touch…looking at you Okra. But I’m food adventurous. I like […]

Facing the demon

Commitment is not my thing. I run from it like a fire fuse chasing me. But this is the month where I’m drawing the line and confronting the routine/constancy demon. I started with the easy-non-easy thing, writing. No, writing is not easy but when you love something is not really labor, is it? Except it […]

Characters just wanna have fun

Two questions: Do you know what it’s like to live with two people who don’t care what you’re doing, if you’re working, trying to get some sleep, too tired to engage them or even if you have a raging headache?   Do you know what it’s like to live with two people who will do […]