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 …
Writing: How d’ya you like them apples?
As we pick our words and our apples, we should remember that they can become so much more when they inspire others to be creative.
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?