Nicole M. Miller

I received my entries from a contest with judge’s notes and was both thrilled and disappointed. While I didn’t final in the contest, I did get a very high score and soaring praises from one judge. The other one, not so much. I am always grateful for critique and take the chance to learn and grow from my mistakes. This came at a strange time, because I am not focusing on that story right now with National Novel Writing Month in full swing. But these comments got me thinking more and more about tweaking that novel just a little. So much to do, so little time. I guess I’d better...

So far, National Novel Writing Month has been a dream come true. I am writing, not critically editing and spending time rearranging, fussing here and there. The goal is not perfect prose, but prose in quantity! I feel fortunate that I had a story burning for the past few months and was able to use that for this month. While it is different from my typical suspense/intrigue historical novels, it is still gripping and a blast to write. The only road bumps I have come across is forcing myself to stop writing! Since I am limited to work lunch hours and my evenings, there is so little time for so...

I have crossed the 10,000-word threshold! Perhaps I’m just really inspired, but the first 1/5th of the book has flowed onto the computer screen. I love the characters, the conflict and the break from my other WIP. Okay – no more distracting blogging. Back to work, then when I take my lunch break, more writing!

Another 1,212 words today! (All on my lunch break!)

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...