NaNoWriMo wrapped up yesterday and, unfortunately, I didn't make my 10,000 word goal.  After Monday's writing session all I needed was 1400 words the next 2 nights to make it to 10,000.  But I came home from work Tuesday night feeling like a Mack truck driven my the common cold bug had run over me.  I wound up spending most of the night on the ( Read more... )

I was hoping that with Thanksgiving this past Thursday I'd get some extra writing time in since I would be at one location with limited entertainment possibilities for an extended time.  But once at my in-laws there wound up being more after dinner entertainment options than I had anticipated so my writing took the hit.  Oh well, it's not like an ( Read more... )

Well, the business of this week hampered my output, allowing me to only yield a paltry 500 words.  But on the bright side while it's less than I've done the other 2 weeks of NaNoWriMo it's still more than I've done before I decided to participate.  Given my output during the past 2 weeks I think it may be sometime next year before my novel is ( Read more... )

Well, after a week filled with fencing, elections, Bible studies, parent/teacher conferences, PTA meetings, a sick wife, regular home chores, added home chores because of a sick wife, and homework help for the childling my output was abysmal at only 1700 words.  That's a number I should be doing on a nightly basis, not a weekly one.  But this week ( Read more... )

As promised here's an update on the first week progress of my NaNoWrMo novel ( Read more... )

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November is National Novel Writing Month and I've decided to participate this year (although I'm not bothering to actually register at the site).  The above link spells out how it works but a quick summary would be you start writing on November 1 and quit by 11:59 November 30, concentrating on output over ( Read more... )

Wow, It's been quite a while since I've posted anything.  I should really update more but honestly I've found my status updates on Facebook have been filling that niche pretty well.  We'll see how things go in the new year.

As for this entry, once again Chuck Dixon's message board is having its now annual "lunch scene" writing contest.  I was really ( Read more... )

Here's my entry in a writing contest on a comic book writer's message board I'm a co-moderator of. Given the amount of talent that hangs out there I didn't do it with an eye toward winning. I did it mainly to see if I could, and to try and hone my writing skills some. I have numerous rough ideas that I'd like to start refining into something ( Read more... )