I had a great tip planned for you guys today, but it will wait for next week, because instead of reading what I have to say, you should read THIS piece from Sara Zarr. You might also like: NaNo Tip: the late and brief versionNaNo Productivity Tip: Dress for SuccessNaNo Productivity Tip: cut out the [...]
I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year. This is no surprise to anyone who’s read my blog the last few weeks. It’s funny though, once I stated my interest in writing a book in one month, ALL THE THINGS started piling up for November. Geek Husband and I have been looking to move for some time now, [...]
It’s November! NaNoWriMo time! Woo-hoo! My tip is a day late this week because I didn’t want to overshadow my contest winner post yesterday, but it’s here now and it’s a good one. NaNo Productivity Tip: Dress for Success One of the fun parts of being a writer is the fact that you can do [...]
Y’all gave me a lot of great movie, book, and TV suggestions. Many I was already familiar with but was reminded of; a few I’d never heard of but want to check them out now. Thank you! Now, what you’re actually here for…A WINNER! Random.org decided the winner for a full manuscript proofread/critique is : [...]
1. Is there anything more tired-making than a poor sick baby? Baby Caveman had his first official cold two weeks ago. We finally recovered from that and everything was great. Then two nights ago he was having a real rough time. Around three in the morning he felt hot so I took his temperature – [...]
You guys, I am so excited about this. Like, really, really super excited. Seriously. I don’t think you are understanding the level of excitement. Ahem. Moving on. About two weeks ago, the wonderful Dawn Rae Miller (whom I was introduced to through her rockin’ awesome group blog, The YA Curator) put out a call for [...]
I love Halloween. Love, love, love. Maybe not as much as Carrie Harris, but I still love it. And because I love it, I am giving away a special Halloween treat! I am giving away one FULL manuscript proofread. You can win it for yourself, win it to give to someone else who will love you, [...]
NaNoWriMo countdown is at one week! Do you have your plan of action in place? Your outline started? Good. This week I’m going to talk about something that will kill your plan of writing a novel in a month before you even get started. That’s right, I’m talking about that shiny thing that’s distracting you [...]
A while back, I tweeted this: People started asking for the recipe, so I promised I’d put it up on my blog. As you can see, that was on October 9th. Oops. I don’t have much time, so instead of typing the recipe all out, I’m going to give you a little direction and a [...]
