NaNoWriMo Day 30 – The End
When the month started, I wondered how I might be able to write both this blog and a story for …
Monthly Archives: November 2013
NaNoWriMo Day 29 – Redrum? Redrum?
Wait … What?? … The Shining is about a writer? Who goes crazy? In a Haunted Hotel? *Cue music from …
NaNoWriMo Day 28 – Happy Thanksgiving
In honor of the holiday … I am not going to shop … I am not going to write … …
NaNoWriMo Day 27 – On Writing Badly
… which Lord knows I have done. In this blog, for example. All month. Not my best efforts, but at …
NaNoWriMo Day 26 – Snoopy Is My Hero
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I started writing my first story for NaNoWriMo. It was …
NaNoWriMo Day 25 – Real Or Memorex?
My story … the new one … that I basically just got past the 50,000 word mark … is about …
NaNoWriMo Day 24 – Sunday Funnies And NaNoToons
One of my earliest memories is that of being on the red wool wall to wall carpet in my parents …
NaNoWriMo Day 23 – You Might Notice …
… that my word count has not moved … not one iota … not one word. You might also notice …
NaNoWriMo Day 22 – Why I Write …
… and no there will be no long post today. I am writing and trying to get ahead of the …
NaNoWriMo Day 21 – You Should Write A Book!
Thus proving that not everyone in the world knows that I am participating in NaNoWriMo, do a daily blog, or …
NaNoWriMo Day 20 – How To Cheat In Three Easy Lessons
And no this is not about relationship type cheating. For those of us involved in this crazy month of fifty-thousand-words-in-one-novel-in-one-month …
NaNoWriMo Day 19 – Coffee And Writers Crack?
And no, this is not a plea for any Rob Ford jokes … or jabs at Hizzoners late unpleasantness. No, …
NaNoWriMo Day 18 – I Am The Least Of These
So the month is fully past its midway point. And I am fully past mine. For a person so exposed …
NaNoWriMo Day 17 – NaBloPoMo? What Is NaBloPoMo?
Okay, on Halloween 2011, I was told about NaNoWriMo … National Novel Writing Month. That was because, in mourning over …
NaNoWriMo Day 16 – Signs? They Have Signs?
I didn’t think anyone could tell. After all, we are so subtle about our enthusiasm for writing for this whole …
NaNoWriMo Day 15 – How To Procrastinate In One Easy Lesson.
Facebook. Or Chat Rooms. Either will do. I have spent an inordinate amount of time rolling up and down the …
NaNoWriMo Day 14 – Words Words And More Words
I have decided to listen to what the folks are saying. Put my head down and wrote … and wrote …
NaNoWriMo Day 13 – The Most Perfect Explanation … Ever …
… of what NaNoWriMo is like for those of us engaging in the process this month. I came across a …
NaNoWriMo Day 12 – It’s Happened. Hell Has Indeed Frozen Over.
I have pictures. This morning I woke to a fresh day full of promise and lots of time in which …
NaNoWriMo Day 11 – Is It Just Me?
As Week Two of the month-long NaNoWriMo project begins I find myself employing more and more “avoiding behaviors”. You know. …
NaNoWriMo Day 10 – It Was A Dark And Stormy Night
… no not that. Okay, how about “How could you do such a thing to me?” Yes. That is better. …
NaNoWriMo Day 9 – A Guilt Trip. Great. Just What I Needed.
Okay. So yesterday I decided to throw out (read: set aside) what I have been writing this month in favor …
NaNoWriMo Day 8 – Off With His Head
Sometimes, when I get stuck with a project, I merely jump to another project and work on it for a …
NaNoWriMo Day 7 – Using The Big Girl Chair …
… and desk. Maybe this will work. I need to do something that will boost my writing into full speed …
NaNoWriMo Day 6 – The Plot Thickens … Or Not
Careful observers of the cute little widget over there on the left on this page may have noticed that the …
NaNoWriMo Day 5 – Remember, Remember …
… the fifth of November. OK. So I remember. Today is the fifth of November. The fifth day of NaNoWriMo. …
NaNoWriMo Day 4 – There Are Rules?
Sit at a typewriter and bleed? Well, that sounds easy enough. Who couldn’t do that? Maybe I am thinking that …
NaNoWriMo Day 3 – Even God Rested On Sunday
Or as a friend always says “That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.” Let the excuses begin. First it …
NaNoWriMo Day 2 – Don’t Write A Book?
Anyone can write a book, but not everyone should have a book published. So says GoComics today. I wonder how …
NaNoWriMo Day 1 – A Letter? From James Patterson?
So the project begins … and I might just continue this theme for my blog entries this entire month. Or …
