novel writing

1/28/2017 – Two Days Early – I’m a Winner (Word Count 54,130) Yes, it’s true. I’m officially a NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) winner. My official word count is 54,130. I felt the need to exceed 50,000 words, because I started with 3,874. What do I win? Bragging rights and a good feeling, mostly. Best Intentions is a story of…

I’ve decided that one post with periodic updates makes more sense from here forward in this NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) adventure.  It seems as though I might actually complete this thing! 11/25/2017 – After Thanksgiving Break, Back on Track  (Word Count 45,322) I’m not gonna lie, it was nice taking a two-day break from this project…

Yesterday marked a great start to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I started with 3,874 words and ended with 6,549. That’s a word count for the day of 2,675. My goal was 2,000. It was amazing how easily the words were dripping from my fingers. This exercise is good for an English major who constantly feels…

After many years of having a profile on the NaNoWriMo site, conditions are finally right for me to participate in the 50,000-word novel challenge during the month of November. NaNoWriMo is a non-profit organization that sponsors the challenge in which almost 400,000 people participate and only around 34,000 complete. I hope that posting this will make me…