Things they left out of the writers manual

During this month-long NaNoWriMo challenge there are some things I have learned that weren't included in the writers instruction manual. You will bum yourself out writing about a depressed tree. I didn't know I could get emotionally invested in a tree in less than 100 words. I did and I want to give my tree …

NaNoWriMo – Halfway There!

Just a check-in on my NaNoWriMo progress since it's just over the halfway point of the challenge. My personal NaNo Challenge is to write 30 short stories, roughly 50,000 words. As I think it goes with most folks doing the challenge, the first days are full of motivation and inspiration and then it starts to …

Exciting News!

I mentioned earlier I was a finalist in a flash fiction contest and was just waiting on the final announcements to come out. *Drum Roll* I am a Runner Up in the 2019 Summer Flash Fiction Contest sponsored by WOW! Women on Writing! I am SUPER excited about this! I have only recently started getting …

NaNoWriMo Has Begun!

NaNoWriMo has begun! If you aren't a writer or don't have friends/family who are writers, November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The regular goal is to write 50,000 words during the month of November for a rough draft of a novel. I have attempted to do NaNoWriMo in the past without a lot of …