NaNoWriMo Day #12
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 12! TGIF! 🙂 So. Have you told your family and friends that you’ll be hiding this weekend, curled up with your WIP? Are they giving you grief about it? Hopefully not, but you may need to look them in the eye and quote Mark Twain: Keep away from people who try to […]
NaNoWriMo Day #11
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 11! Happy Thursday! We hope you’re rocking those word counts! Today’s inspiration: I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter. ~ James Michener See? Don’t worry about the quality of what you’re writing this November. Revision is a beautiful thing. So just write on! Your random challenge word of the […]
NaNoWriMo Day #10
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 10! Anyone else come to the conclusion that it’s time to introduce more caffeine into your daily routine? *sighs* Remember on Day 8 when we highly recommended eavesdropping? To make life easier, Chris has done more listening in for you: Saturday afternoon at the airport, a man explains to a woman: “You […]
NaNoWriMo Day #9
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 9! How’s week two coming? 🙂 Anybody else freezing? Thrown off by the extra hour? You’re not alone. Today’s inspiration comes from Chris Baty, creator of NaNoWriMo: “As you write your way through the next seven days, know that Week Two hurts so bad because you’re making huge strides in your book, […]
NaNoWriMo Day #8
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 8! And to the second week of this noveling madness. Week 2 is famous for being a pain. Yeah, yeah, it’s Monday, and that doesn’t help. But if we stick together, we’ll be fine. Pinky swear. Sometimes, inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. For example, check out this example of […]
NaNoWriMo Day #7
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 7! It’s Sunday. Time to rock that word count, people! But first, we highly recommend treating yourself to a leisurely cup of coffee. Today’s inspiration comes from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love: I believe that – if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative […]
NaNoWriMo Day #6
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 6! Finally. The weekend! Let’s all try to put our busy weeks out of our minds and settle in for a fantastic, writing-filled weekend, okay? Today’s inspiration: Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure […]
NaNoWriMo Day #5
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 5! The beautiful thing about today is that no matter how many words you’ve written, you’re in a great place. It’s still early in the game, and the weekend is ahead of us. There’s time to catch up and reach whatever goals you’ve set for yourself. Today’s inspiration: Dancing in all its […]
NaNoWriMo Day #4
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 4! Hard to believe we’re 4 days in. How’s it coming? Hey, one more day and we’ve got our first official NaNo weekend! Whew! Some inspiration for you: And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. […]
“Tude-torial #5
~ By D.D. Scott For today’s Chick Lit “It’s all about the attitude” ‘Tude-torial, I’m Goin’ Babbitt! That’s right…as in Sinclair Lewis’ famous 1920’s satirical character George Babbitt. ***Note the rather Chick Lit-esque cover art?! How’s that for some fun stuff?!*** So why Babbitt? Well…let’s face it… Just like Sinclair Lewis said in one of […]
NaNoWriMo Day #3
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 3! How are you all doing today? Writing like the wind and pleased as punch with your word count? Crying over cold cups of coffee and rueing the day you created your NaNo profile? It doesn’t matter. You’re participating, and writing, and that’s what counts. Here’s your daily dose of inspiration: “Never […]
NaNoWriMo Day #2
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 2! How’s everything going so far? Any successes to share with us? Leave us a comment and let us know how you’re doing! Here’s your daily dose of inspiration: Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can […]
