There are a lot of things that really rile me—lazy journalism, poor table manners, men who won’t open a door for a lady, people who don’t use turn signals… Okay those are pretty standard. But a true passion of mine ever since I wrote a profile of a horse and rider for my Intro to Journalism class is the healing effect horses have on people. During my college years, I wrote several articles about the work of the Northwest Therapeutic Riding Center. The first article I ever wrote in my life was a feature story on a girl named Katie and the horse she rode at the center, a Norwegian Fjord...
2010 NaNoWriMo Completed!
It’s done! (Even though it’s only the 29th!) I finished my 50,000’th word today of “Lillie Among Thorns.” While I’m definitely doing a bit of a happy dance in completing on deadline – I still have a LOT of work to do. For me, 50,000 words is good progress, but not yet a complete rough draft. That will happen around 80,000 words. So I’ll keep trudging along and if I can maintain the same pace, get it completed before Christmas! (Dreaming…I know.) Congrats to all the other NaNo-ers out there and to those who maybe didn’t get to finish – don’t worry about it. You write at your own pace...
Story Behind the Story: Tiffany Amber Stockton
Today’s “Story Behind the Story” comes from Tiffany Amber Stockton! Hi! My name is Tiffany, and Nicole has invited me here to guest blog about the inspiration behind my first novel. It’s a story I love to share, and today I get to share it with you. Although I’ve been writing since I was in the 5th grade, I didn’t seriously begin pursuing professional publication until 2002 when I joined ACFW-American Christian Fiction Writers (then ACRW, American Christian Romance Writers). A good friend and favorite author, Tracie Peterson, suggested I join, so after 2 years of her nudging, I did. But let’s back up a little bit. Not long...
NaNo Update
We are more than half of the way through November! Where did the time go? Lillie Among Thorns is keeping pace with where it should be. We hit 35,000 words this week! It’s a good feeling and I’m excited with where the story is going. Lillie, my protagonist has taken on a life of her own and changed the direction of story a few times but I’m along for the ride! Good luck to those other nano-ers!
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Thoughts on my first Audio Fiction Experience
So, I’ve listened to one or two non-fiction books on CD and it is quite like listening to professors lecturing in college. It is fine. I quite enjoyed some of it. But fiction was a whole new experience for me. Thanks to several business trips and events for work, I was looking at about 24 hours that I’d be spending in the car over the course of a week. I enjoy my time alone with a good CD and rocking out to various artists, but I wanted to accomplish something more in that time. So I dove into an audio book! Sara Gruen’s Ape House was on my to-read list...