Writer. Poet. Dreamer. Wanderer.
Many of us get sad and wistful when the leaves drop off of the tree and it the air turns sharp, cold and dry. Sometimes we have to look beyond the cold, gray skies and the fact that we have to bundle up in several layers to even leave the house.Winter is an amazing time... Continue Reading →
I'm so excited to unveil my new blog design! I also found tools that allow me to see the traffic on my blog...it seems a lot of you read up on my blog when I was writing my book!So I must generate new content for you! :)Soon, I will have a new camera...I have it... Continue Reading →
Success is sweet!! I did it! I actually finished Sunday evening but was too lazy to put up a blog post! By the time I got done, I was too tired to do anything else! So I've now completed my 50,000 words (actually came in a bit above 50,000) and I am so proud of... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Wandering Pigeon 