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NaNoWriMo 2012: The End of the Road
That’s right, folks. I wrote 50,000 words in one month. I dedicated all of November to writing out my second Grover Cleveland novel, no matter how bad it sounded in type. It was certainly a bumpy road. There were some days when I would write over four thousand words, and some days when I couldn’t […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo
Tagged as: editing, first drafts, Grover Cleveland Academy, NaNoWriMo, second drafts, writing
NaNoWriMo 2012: The Halfway Point
We are officially halfway through November, and that means, naturally, we’re halfway through NaNoWriMo. Things are continuing to go well for me. I’m 2k words ahead and plan to keep it that way. I had little bit of a struggle over the weekend to get in my wordcount, mostly because I was at my parents’ […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo
Tagged as: Bracken, NaNoWriMo, Neil Gaiman, Rahab, sequel, Shannon Hale
NaNoWriMo 2012: The Plot Thickens
We are now a week into NaNoWriMo, and so far I am pleasantly surprised with myself. I got together with some writer friends on Halloween to usher in the new month. They must have inspired me a lot, because I started out strong with over 1500 words in the first hour and a half of November […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo
Tagged as: Bracken, Grover Cleveland Academy, Into the Flames, mywriting, NaNoWriMo, Rahab
NaNoWriMo 2012
It’s Halloween, and tonight I’ll be dressing up as an author. Haha. That’s a joke, because I really am an author. Tonight we ring in the craziness that is NaNoWriMo. I’ve heard pros and cons concerning whether or not authors should bother with NaNoWriMo, and while I think both sides have merit, I’m opting to […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo
City of Orphans: update
So far my characters have been imprisoned, mocked, tortured, and chased out of one country and into another. Can things really get any worse? How about starting the story completely over and rewriting it from another point of view? Yeah, I just did that. Ah, we fickle writers. We can never make up our minds, […]
Posted in NaNoWriMo, Pocatello, Writing
Tagged as: Aaron Pogue, fantasy, my writing, NaNoWriMo, Pocatello
Flamin’ Friday: Confessions
Confession number one: I missed two weeks of Flamin’ Friday posts. In case you didn’t notice. I kept putting off writing my posts, until Saturday arrived adn I realized I hadn’t written anything. I decided to let these dates slip past rather than scramble to put something together. Confession number two: I did not finish […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo
Flamin’ Friday: the series/welcome to NaNoWriMo!
So here I am, writing a blog post about NaNoWriMo instead of actually writing on my nano novel. Yes, readers, procrastination abounds when it comes to writing. I’m usually great at getting things done, but when it comes to the thing I enjoy the most, I put it off like…I don’t know…a stripper puts off […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo
Flamin’ Friday: Mark and Luke Carmichael
November is quickly approaching, and I’m nowhere near ready for it! I’m supposed to be finishing up my most recent draft of Into the Flames as we speak and getting ready to launch into it’s companion book for NaNoWriMo (that National Novel Writing Month, for those of you not in the know). This companion book […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo, Writing
September, Fridays, and Flames
It’s the second day of September, my favorite month of the year. And that’s right, fellow readers! Next week will be our very first Flaming Friday! You didn’t forget about it, did you? I know I haven’t. I’m ready to give you more information than you ever wanted to know about Rahab and her world. […]