Every year for the Nanowrimo challenge (write a novel in a month), I make additional challenges for myself. For example, in 2020 I wanted to write with an unreliable narrator, have a hero who isn’t as much a hero as you think, and fill in gaps in my Ignolopi histories. In 2021, I tried a … More Nanowrimo 2022 is ON
I completed my novel last night at about 65,000 words. For the first time in like 10 years I was writing until the ‘last minute’ in order to finish the book. And while it says 65,000, well, after my first 10k I was unsatisfied with how the story was playing out and decided to ‘start … More Another year over, see what I’ve done
It’s that time of year again! This year, I’ve been meeting with a couple of my writing buddies every Sunday in October so we can all take time to prep for Nanowrimo. We nailed down our plots and started working on our characters. It’s great to have some time for that so you aren’t spending … More Nanowrimo 2020
It sounds wonderful. It only means that I took a 1 week vacation to Hawaii during Nanowrimo, and spent half of that vacation writing A JUST AND WORTHWHILE MAGIC, the other half in the ocean. Oh, and the last half reading. In A JUST AND WORTHWHILE MAGIC, the warrior lady Jesyka meets a wounded dragon … More Magic on the island shores…
Probably the most difficult Nanowrimo novel I’ve chosen for myself, Pumpkin Eater is a tale of deception where the reader is the one who is fooled. A tragic heroine. An evil husband. A sympathetic marquis. …Except it’s really a scheming girl and her lover determined to ruin a lonely, heartbroken duke and steal his land … More Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
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