Category: NaNoWriMo

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NaNoWriMo 2017 Reflections and Dissection–and an Exciting Announcement!

The 2017 NaNoWriMo challenge finished yesterday. As regular readers know, I participated in the challenge this year (hence, the sparse blog content for the past month), so I thought I’d give you a run-down...

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NaNoWriMo Has Begun!

Here we are… November 1st! Doesn’t it seem like this year has flown by? Soon it’ll be Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and then before you know it, it’s 2018! But never mind all that, because...

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NaNoWriMo 2017 Novel Reveal!

In a little over a week, I will begin a month of anguish, joy, frustration, elation, and sleep deprivation known as National Novel-Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). What Is NaNoWriMo? Willing participants spend the month of November...

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NaNoWriMo 2017, Here I Come!

NaNoWriMo–National Novel Writing Month–is soon upon us. For the month of November, hundreds, maybe thousands, of people will attempt to write a novel at least 50,000 words long. The novel can be about anything,...

Final NaNoWriMo Update 16

Final NaNoWriMo Update

Yes… I have completed my NaNoWriMo novel!! Which means, by the goal I set for myself, I have officially completed NaNoWriMo. While I passed the 50K mark a week ago, completing the novel was...

A Quick NaNo Update 10

A Quick NaNo Update

So we’re coming down to the wire, we’re in the last week, and November 30th looms like the grim reaper, or the New Year–depending on your perspective (and, perhaps, how close you are to...

NaNo Update 12

NaNo Update

We are now only a few days away from the NaNoWriMo half-way point, and as you can see from the little widget at the side, I am more than half way to the 50,000...

NaNo Update and Blog Followers 9

NaNo Update and Blog Followers

If you’ve been keeping track, either as one of my NaNo Buddies, or by dropping in on the blog periodically over the past few days, you’ll know that I’ve been doing quite well on...

NaNoWriMo Update: Day One 18

NaNoWriMo Update: Day One

No, I’m not going to do daily updates. Please–I have a novel to write! But I will do periodic updates, starting today. Day one has been a good NaNo day for me. As you...

RTW: Writing to a Deadline 31

RTW: Writing to a Deadline

Today’s Road Trip Wednesday question from YA Highway is: Are you doing NaNoWriMo, or have you ever? Does having a deadline inspire you?   If you read my blog last week, or you’re one...