Browsing the archives for the NaNoWriMo tag

It’s Here…

You can learn more about NaNoWriMo here.

Writer’s Life: The Challenging Month of November

The yearly challenge that is National Novel Writing Month is nearly upon us and writers of all types have been prepping for the impending insanity. Every month is NaNoWriMo for hard working romance author Alison Kent and, though she is not officially participating, she is working on her own 50k in Nov. challenge. Lynn Viehl [...]

“Dancer & Sexy Big Man” Has Nov. 10 Release, Excerpt Available

A lot has happened in the past week with my new short story, “The Dancer & Sexy Big Man.” Dreamspinner Press set a November 10 release date for the eBook short story, which is publishing as part of its Nap Size Dream line (just as “Rivals” did last year). I also got to go over [...]

It’s Coming…

It’s the time of year when eager writers begin to brainstorm for the upcoming creative marathon that is National Novel Writing Month. Jeff and I are currently brainstorming ourselves (on a joint project no less!) and shall have news of our month-long literary folly soon!

“Neutral Zone”: Judgement Day

At 10:41am ET the envelope containing the Neutral Zone manuscript, cover letter, plot summary and self-addressed stamped envelope for the return notification went into the postal system. Next stop: Random House for the Twenty-Sixth Annual Delacorte Press Contents for a First Young Adult Novel. Yes, I made the entry deadline! (Yes, on the left is [...]

“Neutral Zone” Sees The Light of Day

November 30 marked the two year birthday of Neutral Zone. It was on that day that I finished the first draft of the novel as part of the 2006 National Novel Writing Month. In July of this year, the third draft came to a close as I’d finally written the story I wanted to tell. [...]

No NaNoWriMo This Year, Writing Projects Roll On

I opted out of NaNoWriMo this year so I could focus on my 2006 NaNo project, Neutral Zone, along with a short story that’s due this week. The short story is for Nerdvana, an anthology that hits stores in Fall 2009. The collection focuses on nerds and geeks. To quote part of the call for [...]