And they’re off! Here goes NaNoWriMo 2010! Keep up to date with my progress here on my blog (see widget to the right) and in my weekly posts! So far – no words (thanks to travel for work and a day packed full of meetings). But you’ll see progress soon on my new work in progress. Happy November to all and NaNoWriMo to other participants!
Hooray for Friday!
I have a jam-packed weekend ahead of me for work, followed by a week of a conference and other errands! Yikes! Special thanks to my critique partner, Sandra Ardoin, for mentioning my good news on her High Five Friday Post! She has a fascinating blog and I highly recommend it! Have a great Halloween weekend!
Planning for NaNoWriMo
‘Tis that time of the year again. NaNoWriMo! For those of you thinking I just spouted a bunch of gibberish, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month and takes place every November. The goal: 50,000 words in 30 days. It is a time of freewriting with no looking back. Last year, I found it a liberating experience. Until recently, I was very concerned about this year’s NaNoWriMo – because I couldn’t decide on an idea to write! I have an idea notebook of about 60 ideas (historical and contemporary) and of those, about 25 historical fiction ideas that are solid and ready to write. The idea I picked for NaNo? Not...
Story Behind the Story: CJ Darlington
This “Story behind the story” is a bit different – because CJ has a whole page on how her novel, Thicker than Blood, came to be! And this is the “Thicker than Blood” that won the prestigious Jerry B Jenkins Operation First Novel contest! I’ve also reviewed “Thicker than Blood” and highly recommend it! Here’s a snip from her website: Thicker than Blood was born on May 1st, 1995 as a story called The City Girl and the Country Girl. I was fifteen-years-old, and I still remember the excitement I felt at starting a new story. Here’s my journal entry from May 3rd, 1995: …Let me read to you...
The Power of Words
“The faintest pencil is stronger than the strongest memory.” Poppy Smith, international speaker and writer, spoke these words at the Fall Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference on Saturday, October 16th. Her message was on the power of words and our duty as writers to answer God’s calling to write those words that matter. Poppy was an incredible speaker and the entire conference was full of inspiration and advice. Writing is no easy job, despite the common misconception of the writer lazily drinking coffee at a cafe and typing away with ease. For some, this may be the case, but for the other 99 percent of writers, it is tireless hours at...