I DID IT! I finally finished a full-size novel! Yup. 99,146 words of fiction. I have finished novels before - but - more like novellas because they were pretty dang short. So this is the first full-length novel I have actually written. Now comes the lovely revision process. I am already thinking of dozens ofContinue reading "Finishing a Novel"
The Struggle
So, almost needless to say I didn't win the story contest I entered in January. I say needless to say because you know I would have been on here bragging had I won it, or even gotten some type of honorable mention (I don't know if they even do that. . .). But I refuseContinue reading "The Struggle"
Writer’s Block
That moment when you've been writing your book with only a few issues for hours and you know what you want to say and where you want to go with your story but all of the sudden you just can't get your fingers to type any words . . . . And then you lookContinue reading "Writer’s Block"
Just an Update
It has been so long since I have written, that I do not even remember what my last post was about! Ah, such is life. A very busy life, I might add - though that does not translate to bad. I was sick a lot of February - and by a lot, I mean likeContinue reading "Just an Update"
Short Story Contest Entry – A whole new level
I am getting ready to take a new step in my writing life. For the first time ever in my life, I am planning to . . .pay *gasp* . . . to enter a writing contest. I have a short story all ready to go - well, almost. I am waiting for edits fromContinue reading "Short Story Contest Entry – A whole new level"
New Years Already?
I have been avoiding writing a New Year's post. Why, you ask? I think a majority of you can already guess the why. I have been thinking back to last year's goals and how I didn't meet a single one of them and wondering why I try to make goals at all and feeling likeContinue reading "New Years Already?"
Past, Present, and Future
I am home for Christmas this week. It is always fun to return home and get a taste of the chaotic, busy life that used to be mine. Not that it isn't chaotic or busy in my life anymore - well, at least it is busy - but they are very different types of busy.Continue reading "Past, Present, and Future"
NaNoWriMo WINNER 2015
It is official! Against all odds, I have won NaNoWriMo for the second year in a row! Oh, the book is by no means done. No, apparently I don't write 50,000 word novels. I just start with that. Because based on how the story is going, I am pretty sure I am only halfway done.Continue reading "NaNoWriMo WINNER 2015"
NaNoWriMo Woes
Okay, am I the only one who begins a novel, with only the vaguest of ideas as to what I want to do? I know that I want to place this guy in the fantasy world. I know I want him to go through a bunch of fairytale-like adventures. A castle, a dragon, a troll,Continue reading "NaNoWriMo Woes"
Writing with a Friend
This makes me wish I had a friend nearby who also liked to write. Granted, we might just spend the evening commiserating on how we aren't writing anything and will never make 50,000 words, but still - it is the thought that counts!
Forest Idylls 