Day Four of NaNoWriMo:  I decide that I am going to participate, and that I am going to write an original story ( Read more... )

I am officially 882 words ahead of schedule in my NaNoWriMo!  YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ( Read more... )

If I write 2,000 words today I will be caught up.

The question is...can I get my homework done AND do that...

Only time will tell.

This was an email that got sent out to all NaNoWriMo-ers today.  I KNEW WRITING FANFICTION WAS A GOOD IDEA.

(And Marion Zimmer Bradley, who's mentioned near the end wrote my favorite work of LotR criticism ever!)

Dear Writer,

I can't think of anything more intimidating than a blank page. Especially the first blank page of a new project. Now, after ( Read more... )

I have all these questions about Victorian household management/child rearing, etc. for my NaNoWriMo and suddenly I had a revelation:  MRS. BEETON'S GUIDE TO HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT!

Too bad I didn't think of it BEFORE November...

Maybe I'm two days behind, but I've actually started writing my NaNoWriMo novel!  Yay!  :-)

Will have time this afternoon as well.  I'm very excited.

(Yes, that is a forced-Shakespearian-Allusion way of saying "two unrelated things in one post, and I want to sound AWESOME!  :-P ( Read more... )