Five days in and my NaNoWriMo word count is at just over 6,000 words — and that’s just the prologue!  I had a slight setback after day two — I read over what I’d written in the morning and wasn’t happy with the tone. This [Read more…]

Here we go! The 2012 National Novel Writing Month competition (better known as NaNoWriMo) is under way! I started writing at midnight — I’m determined to make this the first year I *win* NaNo, instead of just participating. I’ll be posting periodic updates with some [Read more…]

I warned you that the plot for my forthcoming NaNoWriMo project would change. A lot. After months of tweaks, edits and research (who could forget that big post-it mosaic of characters and plot lines on my wall) I thought I had everything set in stone [Read more…]

Before I get into the lessons I learned from participating in National Novel Writing Month, I’d like to take a moment and congratulate all of the wonderful authors who reached their 50,000 word goals. I’m sure after a two week-long nap and some strong meds [Read more…]