I came across this post on Writer’s Digest earlier: How to Start a Book Project. Sounds like kind of a daunting prospect, right? But what the article promotes is setting little deadlines, little goals, to get a book project off the ground. Because writing a book in say, a year,…
I finished! In 30 days I wrote my novel. Or at least 29. And while there is a LOT of revising still to do, it’s definitely a sense of accomplishment at having finished. Because this time last week as I slipped further behind, I thought there was no way I…
First of all, last Friday was an important day to thank a veteran, to thank all of those currently serving and who have served. I know I made sure to call the favorite veteran in my life (my father) and chat with him for a bit in the afternoon. Here…
It’s day five of National Novel Writing Month. My usual strategy in years past is to work hard building up the word count during the first several days so that when I felt stuck on a plot point or an important scene (or what I felt to have been an…
It occurred to me the other day that November will be here before I know it. Yes, there are still two more months and some change before then, but these last few months have just flown by. But for you writers out there, you know that November means National Novel…
I haven’t done much free writing lately. You know, the kind where you sit down and just…write. Where there’s no editing. Whatever comes out of the pen is what is staying on the page. And I think, though without much free writing experience lately, it is easier to do longhand…