So it’s day two of the big experiment, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo, and I’ve written 2,122 words today. It was quite a fun scene to write, as Jack is quite ill, and Oliver is the only one to tend him. Plus I’m very pleased to be sticking to the plan! More importantly, I’m being reminded […]
NaNoWrMo – Trust the Process
I’ve heard about National Novel Writing Month for some years now, but always dismissed it, because I don’t need company while I’m writing. I don’t need the distraction of meetings, and I sure wasn’t interested in sharing my word count with anyone! Nor competing for a symbolic prize. But this year, I signed up, and […]
Building a Sticky Digital Relationship
At the beginning of September, I attended the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s Colorado Gold Conference. The best part, as with every writer’s conference, is meeting other writers and talking shop, talking about writing, and about books, and discussing, at length, the pros and cons of the Oxford Comma. One of the panels I went to, […]
Cozy Classics – Oliver Twist
I’m currently working on my next book, the working title of which is Oliver and Jack. I meant to come and post something about how Oliver and Jack are currently lost in the wilds of the Norwood Forest, or something erudite about writing, or something about up-to-the-minute news, but then I came across a series […]
Categories and Keywords – Kind Assistance
As with any indie writer, I’m always working on ways to make my work visible and discoverable. As mentioned in some previous posts, Let’s Get Visible and Write Publish Repeat had a great many good ideas for doing this. My goal is and was to implement those ideas that resonated with me. Being a 3 […]
Starting a Novel in Scrivener
After having looked at my pile of papers for about a week after buying Scrivener, I determined that I would take the plunge and start my project. But first I had to get a template! Actually I could build my own template, but Scrivener seemed so overwhelming to me, I was somewhat hooked on using other […]