I am just 400 words shy of 40,000 words on my book for National Novel Writing Month (NaNo). I would have made it to 40,000 this morning, but No. 1, I got burned out from writing nearly 3,000 words this morning and No. 2, I was multi-tasking at home and had to also work on... Continue Reading →

I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving is this week! As I down my coffee for the morning I am reflecting on the busy (but rather short) week ahead. I have so many things to be thankful for this holiday season  -- though I can't believe it's here already, especially since it also signifies the end... Continue Reading →

Day 21 has arrived and we're offically under 10 days to go!! It's amazing to look back and see how much I've written. Today I developed a strong sub-plot and now have two pretty solid plots going on within the same family. It's getting interesting and will be far from down at the end of... Continue Reading →

So Day 17 of the great NaNo is coming to a close (at least the writing part) and I'm approaching 30,000 words! Tomorrow I will be at 30,000. Today my characters ran amuck a bit. As I struggle to keep up with the word count, they got a little out of control today. The whole... Continue Reading →

Well today I spent some time backtracking in my novel and filling in some fine details such as the town my characters live in and some of the background of the town. I decided to set the town in Kansas, but came up with a fictional name that I'm not sure will stick, but for... Continue Reading →

Today is an epic day in NaNo world. The tables have turned and I've finally written more words than I have left to write. I topped the halfway mark by 304 words today, making my count, 25,304. While I picked up some fresh material over the weekend, today was a bit more of a challenge... Continue Reading →

I am happy to report, today was a success. And it not only was a successful day in reaching today's word count, I have successfully caught up on the two days I missed due to being out of town for my uncle's funeral.It wasn't as hard as I thought. I was more than 4,000 words... Continue Reading →

Sadly, I will not be making my word goal today or tomorrow. Number one, I have some family matters to attend to and number two, I simply need to recharge.It's a lot harder than I thought to write every day and write that much. While I'm excited to get to the end goal, I can... Continue Reading →

I'm pleased to announce that NaNo Day 10 is a wild success! Ok, so not "wild" but it has been a success.I have little to write today really. I'm not feeling well today and it's been a challenge getting the words out. I now have 61 pages written on my book. It feels wild to... Continue Reading →

Well, despite another soul-eating day, I managed to get in my daily word count. I wrote a total of 1774 words today, bringing my grand total to 17,357. That's still ahead of the "required" 15,000 word count at this stage of the month.Today I gave myself 45 minutes to write and I wrote anything and... Continue Reading →