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A place to host Freelance Writer's Exchange posts and write on my own. I'm a huge participant in NaNoWriMo so lots of tips during Sept-December in honor of that very special event.
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Don’t Freak Out
Or rather I guess I would be happy if you actually freaked out, because that would mean you enjoyed my blog. Anyway, yes, as you can see there is nothing here. But again, don’t go anywhere. I took the /blog off my website, so now it is just www...
My Last Hurrah Before NaNoWriMo
My best friend Amy’s husband is in a popular local band, Whiskey Dixon and I go to most of the gigs. I traveled with the band to Decatur, Illinois one last time this weekend, before entering into NaNoWriMo mode. They don’t get what I̵...
NaNoWriMo Forums Are Up and Running
Man, you would have thought I’d lost my best friend last night. I was lost without the forums, as the team took them down to clean them and revamp the site. It looks great now, but I was miserable last night. LOL I’m so excited for NaNoWr...
Just for Fun – Write or Die
I decided to play around with Write or Die this morning. I have been meaning to actually “use” it rather than just play with it, for some time. So I decided to write 1667 words, as if it was a typical November day. Well, I did it!! See! ...
Gearing Up For NaNoWriMo
Yes, it’s another NaNo post. I am so anxious for November it’s making me crazy. I love the adrenaline rush of participating so I cannot wait to get there. I cannot believe it is just over a month away. Don’t worry, I’ll obsess...
Library Book Obsession
It’s a no brainer when you walk into our house, no questions need to be asked, it is not subtle. It is obvious. Our family has an obsession with books. With four book shelves in our living room alone, filled to overflowing with books, it is pro...
Is the Book Better?
It’s funny because I have heard people say for years that the book is better than the movie. Of course, I typically hear this about a movie I’ve seen, but a book I haven’t read. I always wondered how someone could say the book was b...
Are You a Sesquipedalian?
If you aren’t a writer, you might now know what that is, and it probably sounds like some kind of disease or something. But don’t a lot of those big words? So what is a Sesquipedalian? It is basically a strange big word for someone that l...
Genre Jumping
When you are writing, do you ever find yourself jumping genre’s? I am one of those writer’s who feels very confident that I could write in almost any genre, however I do feel that some genre’s are easier for me to write. Another thi...
Blogs and Social Networking
One of my dear online friends who I have known for probably around five years now, said to me the other day… “What happened to your blog?”. She wasn’t referring to this one, but she was referring to my personal, mom-ish, scrap...
Writer’s Coming Out of the Wood Work
Has anyone seen an increase in people stating they are writers or a sudden increase in people curious about writing? It seems lately that on forums, blogs and websites, I am seeing a new trend to be a writer. I guess that’s a good thing, but th...
What is There to Write About?
Hope the title caught your attention? I’ve been MIA for a little bit, and didn’t mean to. I took on way too many projects at once and then got sidetracked by something else entirely. For some reason, I seem to get that way after the holi...
Writing and Blog Drafts
I have been so busy lately trying to get caught up, get ahead and work on new projects that I committed to. Sometimes I think I have a tendency to bite off more than I can chew. Plus I keep getting all these special requests from Pay Per Post people ...
Update on Crazy Copyright Lady
Honestly, I have not heard a single word. Can you believe that? It seems funny that she was so bent on having me credit her and give her some kind of apology for using it, as if I was going to be able to “turn in my source” - which by the...
Winner!
I cannot believe I did it. I got up this morning and just threw together some chapters that would fit somewhere in my book. I kept writing and writing and wound up with over my word count for the day AND the novel.(50268) and that’s all while s...
Sick Sucks
Well, I was doing better. I was on a roll and I thought I might kick the rest of the novel out over the last few days, because I was doing so well. Yeah. Then I got sick. Seven people in my family and mom gets sick. Let me just say how much fun that ...
Just For The Heck Of It
I am not much in the blogging mood tonight. Really tired and haven’t done a word count to see what I accomplished today, so know idea. But I’ll update tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s one of those silly little question things. Thou...
Checking In - With a Few Writing Tips
Well, I can proudly say I got absolutely no writing done yesterday. Ha! Actually I got writing done, just not on my novel. I just bit off more than I can chew and agreed to create a fabulous website for our riding school (Which I was hoping would be ...
Word Update for Day 1
I’m calling it a day and heading off to bed, but before I did I wanted to do a quick word update. I am pleased at my progress so far - my final word count for today is 2,230 words. My biggest challenge so far is trying to shut my internal edito...
On My Way and a Quick Break
I made it to 1000. Actually, 1115 if you want to get real technical. My goal today is between 2500 and 5000 just to get ahead, but I won’t die if I don’t make it. Already my ridiculous internal editor who doesn’t seem to wish to sta...
Top Entrecard Droppers for October
I just wanted to say thank you to these awesome blogs who dropped on me the most during the month of October. I just installed this thing towards the beginning, and having other blogs on Entercard I know that there is never any telling how well your ...
Want To Know More About Me?
Well, then this is your chance because I was tagged by Justin over at Dragon Blogger. I don’t normally do this type of tag or meme on this blog, but I found Justin’s answers interesting and thought, sure why not. Plus, I have recently met...
Yes/No Questions About Your NaNo Novel
I found this awhile back on the boards and was going to do it and then I never did. So I’m doing it here, especially since I am definitely more involved in my plot now and know what I want. They are yes/no questions but a few you might need to ...
