Hello lovelies! It feels like the holiday season is officially in full swing. I’ve had way too many holiday drinks at Starbucks. So far, most of them have been caramel brûlée lattes and I’m definitely beginning to feel like I’ve had too much sugar. Of course, holiday drinks don’t make a holiday season. But really… Continue reading Weekly Wanderings 47: Music I’m Writing to
Hello Lovelies! It’s that time of year again… it’s National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. If you don’t know what NaNoWriMo is, it’s a 50,000 word writing challenge that takes place in November every year. “Fifty thousand words, you’re crazy!” you might say. But this is my tenth or eleventh year doing this… Continue reading Weekly Wanderings 46: National Novel Writing Month 2018
Hello Lovelies! It’s just the beginning of October and I’m already thinking about National Novel Writing Month. For those of you who don’t know, during the month of November there’s a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. This will be my 11th year doing this challenge! And I’m excited and wary… Continue reading Weekly Wanderings 43: Head Above Water
It’s been a pretty good week so far. I started out my week at Disneyland, it was crowded but oh so worth it. I highly recommend the butterscotch beignets at the Mint Julep! My friends and I wanted to try Cove Bar but the wait was too long, we’ll try again next time. With Halloween… Continue reading Weekly Wanderings 4: Frappula Frappuccino!
So National Novel Writing Month is literally a couple days away, and I am so totally unprepared. If you aren’t familiar with National Novel Writing Month it’s an event in which you commit to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. Yes, a month. I know it sounds crazy. But NaNoWriMo has taught me… Continue reading My 2015 NaNo Attack Plan
NaNoWriMo ended two months ago. It feels like an eternity has passed but it hasn’t been that long. And that time has been spent reading and re-reading the manuscript I wrote. And it seems that every time I do so, the errors jump out at me. Sometimes it’s just the usual grammar error, or the… Continue reading Writing Update: Musings on editing
Hello Readers! This is the last post about National Novel Writing Month for the year, I swear! Tim Kim, Editorial Drector for NaNoWriMo posed these three questions to this years participants : What are you most proud of achieving this month? What did you learn about yourself as a writer? What excites you about this… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Recap 2014
So it’s Black Friday morning, you ate way too much yesterday. Sleep in or go shopping for Black Friday deals? Not for me. There are only two more days left of National Novel Writing Month and my goal of 50,000 words is just. so. close. And I’m so eager to be done. I just want to… Continue reading A Belated Thanksgiving : A NaNoWriMo Update
So it’s day seven and I’m one week in and ten thousand words down on my novel. I’m one fifth of the way finished on my word count! Break out the confetti and throw a party! Or … not. The first few days felt like torture. They always do honestly. I spent days one, two… Continue reading Why I love National Novel Writing Month
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