Monthly Archives: October, 2008
NaNo is Here Again!
Participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Use these few tips to help you reach 50,000 words.
Don’t look back…keep writing!
Like a slasher in a horror flick, they’ll rip your story to shreds. Deep down you know forward is the only direction, but like the token blond in the three inch heels you trip.
Writing the Novel Journal 2
I wish I could say this past month had been really productive but to be honest I can’t. I still have a huge desire to write but am finding it difficult to go forward. I hate to say it but I think I am dealing with the nasty B word and I don’t mean B**ch, I [...]
How is your Handwriting?
During a writer’s group I attended recently we went around the room sharing ways we organize as we write. There were many good ideas shared but what I noticed from most of the ideas was how much we rely on technology. Word processing programs to writer’s software. What happened to a college ruled spiral notebook [...]
Writerly travels
Does your writerly brain stay ‘on’ when you travel? Last month I was lucky enough to spend 5 days in San Francisco. Being a “native” Californian, of course I’d been to SF before, but it has been a while, so I took everything in with new eyes… and I noticed my writer’s brain was engaged. [...]
Writing a Mystery – Second Installment
I’m finally getting it together – my book, that is. I’ve learned how to use clues and how to have several suspects. I’m almost ready to send the first 50 pages in for a real writer to evaluate them and offer good suggestions. I like my book and characters. I hope that person does. I [...]