In less than 24 hours, it’ll officially be Nov. 1 — and you know what that means: The kickoff of NaNoWriMo. A frenzied month of writing. A full 50,000 words in 30 days. Sounds daunting, right? Feeling a need for speed? Hold on a minute. Put it into perspective: It’s Read more…
I took a short break from editing Golden Heart entries today to let Bethany and Cody out to play. Their conversation took a turn (for the better or worse?) to that age-old question that has plagued the males of our species since the debut of “Gilligan’s Island”: Ginger or Mary Read more…
I registered for the Golden Heart the other day … with two manuscripts. Yes, I think I might be nuts — or at least I’ll be driving myself nuts soon as I to finish editing two GH entries before the NaNoWriMo starts on Nov. 1. All that and I have Read more…
One of my heroines boasts to the hero, “I’m good at multitasking.” Of course, it turns out she’s not. Neither am I. I think that’s the reason I haven’t gotten much accomplished lately. Earlier in the year, I had focus: I wanted to finish “Beauty and the Ballplayer.” I had Read more…
NaNoWriMo is just around the corner, and I’m all in. In 2009, I participated for the first time. My goal was to finish a novel I’d already started, “Blind Date Bride.” I had about 40K to go. I only got 25K written during NaNo, but finished my first Read more…
With all the re-reading of my old stuff I’ve been doing, I have way too many characters running around in my head. Suddenly, they’re all jockeying for attention. As a result, I’m getting a lot of nothing accomplished. Why is it that more ideas does not equal more productivity? I’m Read more…
No writer — or reader, for that matter — should let the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week pass without note, so here goes. Censorship has always angered me. It’s one reason I haven’t followed in the footsteps of my college adviser, who specialized (I believe) in media law and Read more…