Halfway Through

We are now halfway through the month of November, which means Nanowrimo is halfway over with. This is the first time I've been this far ahead and it's a nice change for me. As of this writing, I'm sitting at 36,583 words and par is 26,672. I'm almost 10k words ahead with a six day …

Harvesting a book

Why do I do this to myself? I have never made an attempt to publish a damned thing, and yet here I am, sitting in front of my laptop, trying to get into writing. I'm going through some of my old writings, hoping to finish a few of my projects, and maybe find something worth …

Another November, Another NaNoWriMo

I feel like I rehash this little bit of history almost every year around this time. November 1st begins another NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. The goal for Nano is to write a fifty thousand word novel in thirty days, or around seventeen hundred words a day. It's no small feat. Many try, several …

Still at it

I'm nearing the end of Jasmine, and it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. I have had to delete a whole chapter, and a few scenes were eliminated or rewritten entirely, but on the whole, it's been a fairly quick rewrite. I have asked a friend of mine to read it …

Dusting off the pages

I pulled out my 2012 NaNoWriMo novel this evening and began to work on it. It's one of the novels that I'm most passionate about because I think there's something there, a story I want to tell. It's probably also one of the most personal for me because it deals with a hard break up …

Counting down

I have no idea what I'm going to write about. Does that surprise you? It doesn't surprise me, but it does have me worried. Maybe something will come around, but what if it doesn't? What if this is the year I lose? I can't lose. I have to write 50K words. I can't fail! NaNoWriMo …

Vacation post #1

You remember me saying that I was going to spend my vacation reading and writing? Yeah, about that, ha ha ha. I finally sat down yesterday and did a little bit of writing. I also wrote quite a bit today, and I'm raring to write some more. It's hard to get started, but once I …

Finally inspired

I've spent most of the past two days in bed. I haven't been feeling all to great, and I haven't had much energy. I even called out of work this morning. My stomach was a bit topsy-turvy and I didn't think work was the best place for me. I'm hoping I feel better in the …

Book Review: Levant Mirage

A few months back Oliver shot me an email. I had given his previous book, Marsh Island, an honest and fair review. He asked if I would be interested in giving his new book a read, and possibly reviewing it for him. At the time, I had given up reviewing books, but since I had reviewed his book once, I …

Slowly forward

If this was NaNo, I'd be losing. I'm currently at 13,195 words, and though I could be further along, I'm not. I haven't set an arbitrary nightly word goal to meet. I'm just writing as much as I feel like writing for at least an hour, and I'm not even making that. I may have …