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NaNoWriMo Day 3: How It Went

Not sure if it was a Seattle-only thing but during the Before Times, NaNoWriMo participants could identify each other in coffee shops and public spaces by the rubber duck. Normally...

Writer Talk: Why Isn't My Story Selling?

I've been alpha and/or beta reading manuscripts for about four years. I read a mix of about fifty to sixty traditionally and indie published novels a year for pleasure. What...

NaNoWriMo Day 2: How It Went

I woke up at my usual time around 6 am. Instead of going to the gym, I went straight for coffee and my laptop. I started up a virtual write-in...

NaNoWriMo Day 1: How It Went

Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I didn't write at midnight nor did I get up particularly early. I did, however, garner some moral support...

Speed Writing/One Draft and Done: Why It's Not ...

I attended a conference a year ago where I learned a lot about the indie publishing industry. I loved it because women (and not just cis, heterosexual, white women) were...

NaNoWriMo Eve: Are You Ready?

November is National Novel Writing Month, where you write 50,000 words (The technical word count of a complete novel, albeit a short one.) by December 1st. I'm going about NaNoWriMo...