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And the title is…

And the title is…

13 days to go….are you sweating yet? National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starts in just over two weeks! Are you guys getting excited? Scared? Nervous? Stressed? I’m a little bit of all four, but most of the bad feelings are getting masked by my excitement. [Read more…]

Share your NaNoWriMo glory on Smashwords!

Share your NaNoWriMo glory on Smashwords!

The countdown to the start of the 2010 NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Competition stands at 18 days. Have you joined yet? Still on the fence? Have no clue what I’m talking about? NaNoWriMo is an annual competition from Nov. 1st – 30th that pits [Read more…]

I took the plunge! NaNoWriMo here I come!

I took the plunge! NaNoWriMo here I come!

Ten minutes ago, I was a boring 25 year-old watching baseball and contemplating my dinner plans for the evening. And then, with a few swipes of my keyboard, I had signed up for the National Novel Writing Month contest (also known as NaNoWriMo). Now I [Read more…]

Real events in fiction writing: Yes or no?

Real events in fiction writing: Yes or no?

Nine years ago today, I sat in a high school classroom watching images of a terrifying, unthinkable tragedy unfolding in my country. No one will never forget where they were that day or what it felt like to be so helpless in the face of [Read more…]