Gratitude Challenge

Every November for the past six years I have participated in NaNoWriMo. If you don't know what it is, just Google it. Last year I wrote just over 20,000 words and then just... stopped. This year, out of habit, I was planning on participating, but as October went on my excitement for November to arrive …

I’m a loser baby

It's December now! The first thing I felt this morning when I woke up and remembered it was December was relief. November was great. Novembers are always great. But November was hard. And busy. And really full. The month started off with my boss and her family in the States, which meant I was running …

Beta readers – A request and an offer

The time has come for me to finish my dang book. The one I started three NaNoWriMos ago! I'm feeling a little stuck though, knowing that it's not quite finished but not knowing what to do with it or where to go from here. So I'm looking for some fresh eyes. Would anyone be willing …

26

Almost a week ago I turned 26. I had plans to write a nice blog post about how far I've come in the past year, all the things I've learned, all the things I've done, all the books I've read and TV shows I've watched, and all I hope to do in the year to …

Here’s the thing about my novel

Remember when I did NaNoWriMo? Twice? For the same novel? Well it's still not finished, even though I once ambitiously set a self-publish goal for August of this very year. (Which is next month.) In fact, I haven't even looked at my novel for months. MONTHS. Because I was pretty far into the third draft …

Here’s the thing about November

In the month of November I went white water rafting down the longest river in the Caribbean. I took a solo writing retreat. I turned 25 and celebrated with a sleepover slumber party. I ate good Thanksgiving food with friends who have become family. I moved and am living by myself for the first time. …

Here’s the thing about losing NaNoWriMo

Here's the thing about NaNoWriMo... I failed. My current word count is 44,643. So close, right? But here's the thing about the past week - it was bananas. Last weekend my roommate and I were like, "Let's move." So on Monday we met with our new landlord (friend of ours) and on Tuesday our lawyer …

Here’s the thing about world-building and Regnum Stellarum

One of the things that can make or break a book-reading experience for me is the world. I enjoy reading Fantasy and Dystopian Futures (what gal doesn't?) and the occasional Sci-Fi adventure and in these types of stories it is crucial to develop a believable, well-rounded, full world. Whether or not I buy into a …

Here’s the thing about NaNoWriMo: An Update

We are a week into novel writing month and to celebrate I took a writer's retreat. I came up to the mountains (the same mountains in which I white water rafted last week) to rest and breathe deeply (without coughing) and look at all the different shades of green and eat pizza and sleep in …

NaNoWriMo 2014 Preview!

NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow! I will be white water rafting down a river in the mountains and staying at a hostel without my laptop so I'm not sure I'll get those first 1,667 words in. But that doesn't mean you have to be deprived. So here's some rewriting I did about our new friend Hark, who lives …