I’m spending most of November pounding away at the keyboard for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. Meanwhile, I thought I’d share the first chapter of my 2018 NaNoWriMo attempt, “Welcome to Betelgeuse,” in installments. This is Part 3. Thanks for reading; feel free to comment below. Continued from Part …
NaNoWriMo update: Halfway there
It’s Day 15 of National Novel Writing Month. We’re halfway through the 30-day marathon during which a half a million NaNoWriMo participants worldwide, including this one, are trying to draft a complete 50,000-word novel from scratch. So far, so good. I’ve completed nearly 25,500 words toward the goal, in 22 …
NaNoWriMo update
This just in: Today is National Novel Writing Month’s (NaNoWriMo’s) Double-Up Donation Day, when participants are encouraged to double their daily word count and to make a contribution, which will be matched, to the nonprofit that runs the program. The good news: I made a donation and encourage other WriMos …
‘Welcome to Betelgeuse’ part 2
Could she be lost? Could she have turned west, toward God-knows-where, or even north toward Warrensburg?
‘Welcome to Betelgeuse’ part 1
Eyes were watching her from the black woods of late October in the Adirondacks.