Writer’s Block? I got you
Sunday, I managed to write more than 5,000 words, and I wanted to stay up and write more, but unfortunately, I’m an adult and had to work the next day. Also unfortunately, that creative flow I had on Sunday fizzled out and all that was left was about ten words of not a lot of anything.
NaNoWriMo: You can do hard things
I hit 25,000 words today for National Novel Writing Month. Though I didn’t hit this milestone on day 15 of this 30-day challenge, I’m still damn proud of myself. Finding time to write these last five and a half years has been a struggle between working full-time, having a kiddo and being a wife, and committing to NaNoWriMo this year almost wasn’t a thing.
Nanowrimo thoughts
We’re one-third the way through National Novel Writing Month and I have some thoughts. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve actually had a consistent writing rhythm, in general, let alone against this goal. For those who don’t know, the goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Now that we’re 10 days in, I want to discuss some things.
Alaska Writers Guild Conference
Teaching the foundations of worldbuilding at the Alaska Writers Guild Conference Sept. 30.
Announcing my debut’s sequel, The Fury’s Curse
Nine years ago, I set out to write the first draft of my debut novel’s sequel, which is now The Fury’s Curse. My husband and I had just moved to South Dakota, and we’d been stuck in hotels for about 45 days while we closed on our first house together. I’d finished the first draft in just over 30 days, which for me was a record.
DFWCON: WHAT I WISH I’D KNOWN
What is a writing conference and why would someone want to go?
I’d asked myself this question many times when researching which conference would be the best first conference to go to.
DFWCON: UPS, DOWNS AND ALL-AROUNDS
It all begins with an idea.
Nov. 12 - 2016
It’s 2 p.m. and I’ve been working on putting this blog up for the past two hours.