My special guest cohost and I talk about writing and we promote each other’s work. Click the links below to hear and/or view our engaging conversation INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS PRESENTS! TISH BOUVIER! Hello: I’m proud to announce the following guest for your listening pleasure. Please be sure to read onward after the following message to learn … Read more
Welcome to week 1 of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). In today’s podcast episode I share my writing/revising/rewriting progress and give you tips and encouragement to stay motivated during the rest of the month. As for my word count so far, I’m at 4435 and I plan to get at least another thousand or so … Read more
Hello Bloggers and WriMos in the blogosphere, First of all, I’d like to welcome all my new followers over the past few months! Thanks for stopping by the blog, may my posts, podcast episodes, and YouTube videos be entertaining and valuable to you in your author/blogging journey. There are four days until NaNoWriMo starts on … Read more
Hello wordsmiths, Wrimos, storytellers and writing gurus, Today I have a poem I wrote to get you geared up for NaNoWriMo, which starts in fifteen days! Enjoy my tribute to this exciting challenge for novice and expert writers alike. Happy plotting, pantsing, plantsing and writing. Huts, Ann November has been set aside for national novel … Read more
When you open my window What will you see? Pages and words Dotted with bits of me. Ideas that flow like raindrops upon a fresh blank page Words that will forever Last from age to age. These ideas I must write down, For I mustn’t forget, Each story has new characters Whom I’ve never met. … Read more
Hello everyone, Today I am bringing you my Nano update a day late, because in the US, yesterday was Thanksgiving, and I wanted to spend the time with my family. However, without further ado, let me give you my personal NaNoWriMo WIP, which is 28286. Although I am over half way done with my novel, … Read more
Hey everybody in the blogosphere, today I have a personal NaNoWriMo update and a bit of advice for all you WriMos out there. As of today, I am up to 18,964 words on my NaNoWriMo manuscript, 1208 of which were written this morning. I have written the end of my novel, now I have to … Read more
Hello everyone, today I want to talk about my favorite time of year as a writer. This is National Novel Writing month (NaNoWriMo), which takes place throughout the month of November. This year, I have awarded myself several personal badges, one of which is the rebel badge. Although NaNoWriMo rules say that you should … Read more
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). During the entire month of November, writers from around the world virtually come together, to write 50,000 words in 30 days. This is my third year participating in NaNoWriMo, and I have learned that there are three types of NaNo-ers, and I personally fall into two of these … Read more
It’s the second day of Camp NaNoWriMo, and I’ve been inspired in an unusual way.. I’m writing a story called The Magic Mist, which will probably be a part of my next Stories Outside the Box Ebook, but that will take a while to put together. However, I didn’t write much at all yesterday, but … Read more
This morning I had a dream that the rain caused a strange sensation to rep over me. I had to walk out in the rain, then the dream changed to a bit f music and I saw myself standing at the top of a mountain peak, as the rain slowed to a drizzle. This dream … Read more
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
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
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
Hello to all my followers and readers. I do want to apologize to you all for not submitting a blog post last week, but I was sick, thus didn’t get much writing done at all. I do have some news for you today. I am getting geared up for Camp NaNoWriMo which starts in less … Read more
Today is day 30 of NaNoWriMo, but my novel isn’t done yet. I’m at 56571 words so far and counting. I will work on this first draft through out the first week of December and maybe a little after that until I fill in all the gaps that will finish my story. I have one … Read more