One-Word Wednesday
Happy Halloween, friends! Labyrinth {Navigating the corn maze at the best pumpkin patch ever.} Critical {Listening to (and eventually enjoying) Red, the new Taylor Swift album. (Yes, my child has a...
View ArticleNaNo Update #1
Progress (word count or a general status update): 2,823 Current Mood: Enthusiastic Inspiration: And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are...
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Happy Election Day! Progress (word count or a general status update): 11, o33… We’re approaching Plot Point One, yo. Current Mood: Excited… This thing’s starting to feel like it might be a REAL STORY...
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Progress (word count or a general status update): 17,009 Current Mood: Inspired, yet daunted. I keep coming up with awesome ways to challenge my main character, and I’ve had all kinds of ideas for...
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Progress (word count or a general status update): 22,611 Current Mood: Eh. I didn’t write AT ALL on Sunday, and I payed for it yesterday. It was hard to get back into the mood, though I did manage to...
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Progress (word count or a general status update): 27,556 Current Mood: Not great. Some things have happened this week that have significantly dampened my writing spirit, and my word count goals have...
View ArticleNaNo Update #6
Progress (word count or a general status update): 32, 506 Current Mood: Improving… Last week sucked, frankly, but I’ve come to terms with it and I’m moving on with what needs to be done. I know that’s...
View ArticleNaNo Update #7
Progress (word count or a general status update): 44,038 Current Mood: So, so hopeful! I think I might actually “win” this NaNo thing… Who would’ve thought?! The end is in sight, and therefor I am...
View ArticleNaNo Update #8
Oh, hey. Remember when I won NaNoWriMo? Yep, yesterday I crossed the 50,000 word mark, which still feels sort of surreal and very unbelievable. November has been a month, let me tell you. Some crazy...
View Article2012 in Review…
Last year I posted a 2011 Year in Review. Not only was it fun to share the highs and lows of my year with you all, it was also fun to look back on all that had happened over the previous twelve months....
View ArticleWhat’s Up Wednesday
“What’s Up Wednesday” is a fun weekly meme started by my friends Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk. From Jaime: It’s similar in some respects to the Currently… post, but it’s been whittled down to only four...
View ArticleWhat’s Up Wednesday
“What’s Up Wednesday” is a fun weekly meme started by my friends Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk. From Jaime: It’s similar in some respects to the Currently… post, but it’s been whittled down to only four...
View ArticleL♡VE LIST
Guys, I won National Novel Writing Month! I still have about 10K left to write in my story (the end — scary!), but I’m so super happy to have made it this far, and with time to spare. Yay! To...
View ArticleWhat’s Up Wednesday
“What’s Up Wednesday” is a fun weekly meme started by my friends Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk. From Jaime: It’s similar in some respects to the Currently… post, but it’s been whittled down to only four...
View ArticleCurrently…
(I plan to do a “Currently…” post every other Tuesday. You should join me! Find the origins of the idea HERE.) Loving Barns. (Is that weird?) There are a couple in my current WiP, and we spotted a few...
View ArticleCurrently…
(I plan to do a “Currently…” post every other Tuesday. You should join me! Find the origins of the idea HERE.) Loving Watching my daughter compete with her swim team. It’s been such an amazing...
View ArticleHow to Win NaNoWriMo
There are only two short weeks until November 1st, the start of National Novel Writing Month. Never heard of it? Here’s the gist… On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo Win!
Saturday night, I won* National Novel Writing Month! What a relief to be done. And by done, I mean: done with the first 50,000 words of my very messy first draft. I’ve still got the whole third act to...
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