There isn’t much to say today on NaNoWriMo Day 3. I didn’t get any words down for NaNo. However, I finished the graphics and the last minute text changes to our large game supplement and sent it in to the publisher. Yay! Also, today is the last day you can support WMG’s Holiday Kickstarter, which…
Category: Challenges
NaNoWriMo Day 2
I did a lot of prep work for NaNo yesterday and finished other work. I started on my NaNoNovel and the Relationships course today. Our book-sized game supplement is now completely edited and formatted and ready to send to the editor. I still have four graphics that need to be revised and one that needs…
NaNoWriMo Day 1
Bonjour! Today is the day after Halloween, which was quite an experience here in my new neighborhood. So many trick or treaters! Today is also the start of NaNoWriMo. My goal is to write 50,000 words of a novel in the month of November. At the same time, my Relationships course with Dean starts tomorrow….
Writing Challenges
I do not yet have a writing challenge for 2021. I have my goals, but no game to go with them. Last year I completed the short story a week and then failed the novel challenge. I also completed 2020’s challenge to send a story to the Writers of the Future contest every quarter. (The…
Update Into the Pause
It feels like it has been forever since I last posted, but when I look it has been less than a week: a very packed week. As the whole world seems to hold its breath waiting on the results of the US election, I may as well step into the intake of breath and give…
Between Scylla and Charybdis
My idea for a novella challenge fell on fertile soil and at least two friends are interested in trying it with me. Another friend is considering it. So this may happen after all. Obviously the first thing to do if I want to do a novella challenge is to set up a reading list for…
A Novella Challenge?
The High Holidays are in the rear view mirror now. I always hope that I will emerge from them refreshed and a bit better. Sometimes that happens. Sometimes not. This year’s is still a question. Steve and I slept far more than we expected and were more tired and weak than is normal for Yom…
NaNoWriMo Goes Virtual
A friend of mine who had a small publishing empire before self-pub was a thing, memorably said in response to being questioned on whether she would participate in NaNoWriMo that year: “No. Every month is NaNoWriMo to me.” I always admired and was a bit intimidated by that remark. Would it ever be the case…
Lessons From the Ultra Athletes
We’ve been inspired watching Eco-Challenge 2019 – Fiji (released in August 14, 2020). I think that there are lessons writers can take from ultra-athletes and I encourage you to watch this show. In any adventure race or ultrarun you see the same sorts of people. There are the leaders of the pack who know that…
Gamification
My husband, a lifelong gamer, finds gamification a waste of his time. He’s always possessed enormous discipline so his motivation comes from somewhere deep inside, a core of goodness I lack. I gamify as much as I can and it works like a charm for me. I write using 4theWords, a program where you explore…