Hey Y’all, Even though November and NaNoWriMo have come to an end before I reached 50K words this year, I’m proud to say that I am still a winner! My total WIP for Epiphany High was 54747. Although I had to finish the Novel two weeks after NaNoWriMo ended, due to my daughter’s illness while … Read more
I have to agree with you, I have finally finished my novel with a final word count of 54747. Although I’m thinking of revising now, I need to catch up on a bit of reading that I put off during NaNoWriMo, first. BTW, the total word count was reached a week after November came to … Read more
Today I am here to review a very long, but very good anthology that I finished a few days ago. This book is called The Black Lizard big Book of Pulps, and it was edited by Otto Penzler. Although this talking book was over 75 hours long, the stories, novellas and the full length novel … Read more
Hello everybody, Ann Here with some good news, and a question for my readers. First of all, the news. I am over halfway to the NaNoWriMo finish. I have reached over 33k words so far, and I’m slowly but surely pushing my way to the finish. Now for my question. When you read a book, … Read more
Yeah, you read right! Hey everyone, it’s me again with another NaNoWriMo update. Today is only the fifth of November, and a hot one I might add, but I am proud to share some exciting news with you. I’m already up to 13783 words, and I have already written the ending to my novel. The … Read more
Hey folks, I’m here with an update on NaNoWriMo. I tried to publish a post earlier, but for some reason it didn’t work, so I’ll try it again. I am up to 6303, words so far, almost three thousand of which were written today. I will keep you posted at least once or twice a … Read more
Hello everybody, Today is day two of NaNoWriMo, but as you know I got a bit of a head start a day or two early, because I had to take my daughter back to be with her Dad yesterday, and I was extremely tired from riding all day. Now, this morning, I have written almost … Read more
NaNo prep is almost over, and it’s time to start punding the keys, or for some of you, keeping the pen/pencil and paper hot while you bang out your NaNoWriMo novels throughout the month of November. For this year’s novel, I’m doing something a bit different. Instead of numbering each chapter as I have done … Read more
As I sit in solitude on the front porch, the rocking chair begins to sway back and forth, back and forth. With book in hand, I begin to read. Instead of seeing what is written on the page, a scene unfolds before my very eyes. What is this scene? Is it just a memory from … Read more
Hey everybody, I am studk in the middle of editing A Journey of Faith,and there is a scene that doesn’t work at the beginning of Chapter 7. Ok, as you know, Becca has witnessed something from her childhood that has traumatized her for the past 16 years. Not only that, but the Tensiltown police have … Read more
Hey folks, I am here to tell you that this year, I am not pantsing NaNoWriMo like I did last year. I have already got the sead of an idea planted in my head and I have an idea for one scene in the prologue. Although I am not outlining my novel, I am using … Read more
Hey folks, I am here to tell you that this year, I am not pantsing NaNoWriMo like I did last you. I have already got the sead of an idea planted in my head and I have an idea for one scene in the prologue. Although I am not outlining my novel, I am using … Read more
Have you ever taken a bus trip, or a long road trip with nothing but the sound of your vehicle rumbling down the road? Well, when I went on vacation during the previous week or so, there were times that I chose to talk to my seat mate, or listen to the road traffic as … Read more
Lori Austin has written a compelling post civil War Western romance, about a farmer’s wife in search of her daughter who was stolen by dog soldiers and taken to a Shianne camp to live. Along the way she meets a former soldier who is known as the “white ghost”, wanted in both Colorado and Kansas … Read more
If you all remember the post I published last week about iwriter.com being inaccessible for the blind, this fact still holds true, no matter how many times I visit the site. However, that particular post sparked an interesting freelance job that I truly enjoyed. Dan Antion, owner of the wordpress blog titled No Facilities, hired … Read more
Have you ever seen these freelance writing sites that pay people to write web content, articles and blogs? Well, I have discovered one site in particular that pays writers to write blogposts, ebooks, and articles, including rewriting, articles. However, when I try to submit an article to be approved by the requester, there is no … Read more
It’s the middle of August, and very hot outside. Even though the AC Is running, I have this laid back feeling that started last evening. I picture myself seated in my chair, with the wood heater going, and the fans pulling the heat back to every bedroom in the house. I am wrapped in my … Read more
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I just read a book called Man in Search of meaning, by a psychologist with the last name of Frankl. In Frankl’s book, he recounts his story of bserving time in a German prison camp during WWII throughout the first part of his narrative account. In this account, the author describes the psychological state of … Read more