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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Cue the Europe song… The Final Countdown
Approximately 19 hours… NaNoWriMo begins. I am a NaNoWriMo Newbie. I’ve been fortunate to find some incredibly supportive fellow writers who are engaging in this endeavor or who are rooting from the sidelines, and for that, I am supremely thankful. … Continue reading
Trying to Reform – A Former Pantster – NaNoWriMo
The countdown clock on NaNoWriMo.org is still ticking away. Nov. 1 is getting closer by the second. October is winding down, and I am about mid-way through my mountain of planning worksheets – character arcs and biographies, outlining, scene setting … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo – if you don’t know, you should!
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – #NaNoWriMo on Twitter What is it? A commitment to write 50,000 words on a NEW work from Nov. 1-Nov.30. If you meet the word count requirement (50k) by midnight on Nov.30, you win. … Continue reading
Back of Book Blurb – Josephine: Red Dirt and Whiskey
In honor of being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel for revisions and being fairly sure it isn’t a train, here is the back of the book blurb for the revised edition of Josephine: Red … Continue reading
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#Sample Sunday – Excerpt “We Brave Seven”
Kara Stewart of Art in Photography hosted a short story competition. The guidelines required entrants to write a story based on a photo by Janet McQueen of Janet McQueen Photography. The color on the photo is engaging and this writing … Continue reading
#Sample Sunday – Excerpt from Sugar’s Pills
An excerpt from my short story “Sugar’s Pills” that won the Moonlit Door Contest: Dr. Leslie would understand when I explained that I had lost Sugar’s Ketamine pills. When I took Sugar in last week, Dr. Leslie and I … Continue reading
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