Another 1,212 words today! (All on my lunch break!)
NaNoWriMo has begun!!
Here we go – day one of the National Novel Writing Month. The goal? 50,000 word novel in one month. I have started another World War Two historical romance, with a different take than In Dawn’s Shadows. This story takes place in a small town in America during 1941, whereas my other WIP involves the European theatre before the U.S. ever entered the war. You need to do about 1,700 a day to hit the 50,000 mark. Today I hit more than 3,000 – I plan to do as much as I can, knowing that there will be days I miss my daily word count. So, only 47,000 more words...
November plans
Some of you may know, November is National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel from November 1 to 30. That means 2,500 words or so a day. Whether it’s a good idea or not, I have signed up and plan to forge ahead. For the month of November, I may have to teach the husband to do laundry! Yes, I still have edits to do on In Dawn’s Shadows, and I have the second book to prep for my critique group. But hey, why not add one more thing? I want to have another project to pitch at next year’s writer’s conferences, and I...
OCW Fall One-Day Conference
This past Saturday, the Oregon Christian Writer’s Fall One-Day Conference featured keynote speaker, author Eva Marie Everson. I always look forward to these one-day conferences, and this one was no disappointment! Everson is a fiction and nonfiction published author who has won many awards. She has traveled to Israel several times, out of which came one of her most recent books, “Reflections of God’s Holy Land,” which tells of a moment that she truly “fell” into the Bible. What do I mean exactly? You should buy the book and see! She spoke about how God’s timing is His own, and He knows the perfect setup for us writers and our...
Why I’ve been absent…
The end of September and beginning of October turn into an event marathon at my day job, as events coordinator for the OSU College of Pharmacy. That means nights worked, constant errands and little time outside of work to unwind. In effort to keep myself sane, I prioritized and decided to put the blogging on hold. This allowed me to continue critting with my critique partners and work on my writing. Aside from working, writing and managing my household, we painted our house in a weekend and are still finishing up little bits here and there of cleaning and touch ups. The house looks great and I praise God for...