camp nanowrimo
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Between a few days off, a roadtrip and a holiday, the writing still continued smoothly, even though we entered the dreaded week 2! April 5th Today was an interesting day. I didn’t start writing until the evening, after a wonderful massage and a nice long hot bath. I finally had some self care after my…
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Here we are again in April during Camp NaNoWriMo. Usually I do pretty well in November, and April and July mostly suffer, but I’m hoping to blog every day (or if not every few days) to keep myself accountable for the month. So far, the writing year has been good to me. I’m hoping to…
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July has been a wild month, with several trips, loads of homework and a day job, it’s a wonder I had time to get any creative projects done. Still, I made a good effort in all of my creative endeavors. Here’s how I did: July Results Write One Short Story In July I finished one…
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June has been the most amazing month for the first time in a long time. I’ve had several writing successes in the last month, along with successes in school and life in general. I hope I can keep it up as we roll into July. Here’s how I did in June. June Results Write One…
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March has been absolutely crazy, with a lot of weird and bad news. It seemed like everything seemed to consipire against me completing my goals and making progress on anything really. The whole month of March was not a good writing month, or even a good school month, and I felt like I was just…
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Wow! March flew by in a flurry of days and I can’t believe we’re already in April! March Results: Continue Edits on BOOK A Editing was quite a slow process through March. There were several other projects going, not to mention a bunch of work and personal life changes. Some days it was so hard…
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July has been one hectic month, but thankfully it is finally over. Here are the results: •Camp NaNoWriMo I managed to get a total of 35,140 for the month of July and hit my goal of 35K, but just barely. •Flash Fiction Contest The first round is complete and submitted, even though it was terrifying…
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Most of us who call ourselves writers are often more than just writers. We have day jobs, hobbies, families, pets, and probably a thousand possibilities for distraction every second of every day. Sometimes, writing can seem impossible. This last month, I wrote for Camp NaNoWriMo and for the first two thirds of the month, I…
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Well, another month of writing and goals done. April is always a bit of a tough month for me, with difficult anniversaries, but it ended up working out well in the end. Goals from April: Camp NaNoWriMo: 40,180 Ghost House Heart: 14,770 I finished Under Grey Skies with a total of 138,799 words and 11,247…
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Hello Everyone! April is just around the corner, and that means Camp NaNoWriMo! This year, I’m working on two projects. Finishing up my project from NaNoWriMo 2019, and starting a new project. Under Grey Skies: Doing my best to finish up my 2019 NaNo Novel by the end of April. Book Nine of the LOVED…
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Wow, compared to January, February seemed to take forever, and March is already flying by in a blur. In February 2020: Wrote 6,396 words in various projects Wrote a Short Story, BY HAND! Unfortunately, I didn’t do much else as far as writing goes. Sometimes, other things in the world come first before my writing…
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Camp NaNoWriMo is in full swing. I set my goal for 25K and told myself I would write every single day this month. Well, on July 10th, I hit 25K. I hit 25K in 10 days, and there’s still 21 days left in July. So I have now increased my goal to 60K for July…
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Yes, I am doing Camp NaNo this July. I’m working on several projects. Writing- Little Earthquakes- Based on the first album by the lovely Tori Amos, the story follows a young woman as she tries to navigate several disasters that threaten to destroy her dream of being a dancer. The Schemes of VKs (Descendants fanfiction)- A…
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Writing is not easy. Anyone who has had to write anything will tell you that. It doesn’t matter if it’s an essay, or a short story, or a novel, or even an email. Getting the words and images from your head to the page is sometimes the hardest thing writers do
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April is swiftly drawing to a close and I’m sure many writers out there are pushing to make their final word counts. I am usually one of them, but not this month. For some reason, this month was just not meant for writing and that’s perfectly fine. Maybe it was because I had been pushing…
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The first week of Camp NaNoWriMo is unfortunately not going so well. I only have about 5K words when I should have at least three times that. But that’s ok! Because I am learning things I never thought I would, and I am taking a break from my year long attempt at a novel for…
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This year, in both April and July, hundreds of thousands of people will be writing a novel in a month. Each one of those hundreds of thousands of people will write their own novel, whether it be five pages or five hundred. Fingers will be flying, pens will be scribbling and writers will be writing.