It’s been a mixed week this past week. I’ve both excelled in my writing goals and needed to a day off and to rest. I’ve been saying that I want to write a full novel and not just the NaNoWriMo 50,000 words this month, but I haven’t really been doing the words to advance that […]
My Writing Life ~ The Start of #NaNoWriMo
Today’s post is the first of a new series of posts journalling my writing life. I will write a weekly post on how the past weeks writing process has gone. I will post the good, the bad and the downright ugly. And there will be plenty of ugly days and weeks when my ill-health gets […]
#NaNoWriMo? Stop With The Opinions
Unless you’ve been living under a stone this past week or so, you know National Novel Writing Month – also known as NaNoWriMo – started on the first on November. It’s a month were tens of thousands of writers across the world attempt to write fifty thousand words in a month. The concept is to […]
What's Your First Draft Like? – Elizabeth Haynes
Today I’m thrilled to welcome crime writer Elizabeth Haynes to the First Draft hot seat. You can find a Recently Read post on Elizabeth’s first novel, Into The Darkest Corner, Here. Elizabeth’s books are now published in more than 30 countries around the world and in over 20 languages with more due for release. Her first […]
Make November A Happy One
This post is November’s Insecure Writers Support Group post. A group created by Alex Cavanaugh. You can find sign up details by clicking on the link. You will also find a list of other bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out. Once a month we all post our thoughts, fears or words […]
I Didn’t Fail NaNoWriMo
The above title may have led you down the garden path just a little, especially considering my absence of late. So let me set the record straight. I have not completed NaNoWriMo. The Write your novel in a month challenge. And as someone rightly pointed out to me, this does not make me a failure. […]