Camp NaNowriMo has come to an end and I am happy to report that I completed my goal of writing 20,000 words. It brought me to a total of 100,000 words for my manuscript which is not complete yet as there are 6 chapters left to be written. I am working on my manuscript everyday. … More #CampNaNoWriMo Final Week
Wow you guys week 1 was slow but has picked up since my last post. Here are a few things that I learned during my first week doing #campnanowrimo . You are the vessel from which words will come. Don’t rush to write something just because you want to check it off your to-do list. … More #CampNaNoWriMo Week 2
Camp NanoWriMo has begun y’all! In case you guys are not in the loop check out their website here. I am so excited to be a part of it this year since last year I missed all of the camp virtual write-ins and only caught up to it in September. So this feels like I’m coming to … More #CampNaNoWriMo 2017
You’ll often hear that one must write every day to perfect the craft, write and work on incoming ideas, catch and idea in its momentum. I’m here to tell you that I was pretty doubtful at first; however, I went on ahead and gave it a try, like why not, right? So, every day since … More Write every day they said
I am so glad and excited to say that I am halfway through my manuscript! It’s taken me a little longer nowadays since I started working. Don’t have an entire day to dedicate to writing anymore which has made me a little sad, but c’est la vie. I write every moment I can find during the … More Halfway, 1/2, .5, medium, the middle…Act II…
So let’s talk about the not writing part of writing. Yes, I know that makes little sense to the normal folk, but to the writer folk, you know what I’m talking about. It goes like this: you are writing a story, you’re almost halfway through this story and then suddenly you are rolling in a … More When the ideas keep rolling but your hand is not moving…
When you find that no one else cares about it remember this: you care. You caring is the most important thing that truly matters. Even when caring makes sense to you and to you alone that is okay. Even when no one believes in you remember this: you care, you believe in yourself, AND you can … More Persist on and write until the end
Music and I go a long way back. I played the guitar for a while when I was younger until my first year in college. I wanted to create music to stuff I’d written. All the music, theater, reading, concerts, painting, picture taking, arts & magazine collages, writing, singing, acting, dancing–deep breath–until I eventually got … More Playlists for your characters
Word counts count! However, the most important thing is to write every day. I know, I know that alone seems like the hardest but write down something at least one word and you will feel better. At first, the most difficult part of writing is to actually sit down and write. You’re always finding excuses … More Word Counts and Stuff
What happens in chapter 10? I’m not going to tell you. You’re just going to have to wait to read it! Plus even if I did tell you it might be different by the time final edits are done. So no spoilers. Chapter 10 has been giving me a bit of a headache. Particularly because … More Chapter 10
Lemmon Avenue 