In 2013, I participated in NaNoWriMo. I spent thirty days pounding out 50,222 words for the second novel in my story. I’ve put it away since I wrote it to focus on other projects. The other day, while having problems with the first novel, I pulled it out and looked it over. It has several […]
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Dear Beginning-of-December Sheryl, What a month it has been. You went into NaNoWriMo knowing you were going to be behind since the first three days of November you were at Convolution. You knew that you probably wouldn’t be able to write 1667 words for those three days. And although you surprised yourself by writing 2564
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I am a technophile. I may not have the latest and greatest in computer gear, but there’s a good chance I have read about it. If I can justify putting it into my workflow and can afford it, I will purchase it. That is how I ended up with a Macbook Pro, a first generation
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I have to admit that my focus in the month of October has not been on editing my story. It’s not for a lack of desire. It’s lack of time. Even though I was not working on my novel, I was have been busy with novel related activities. Sometime during the second week of October
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I spent last weekend at Convolution and had a good time This is the second year of the convention, and they are running things excellently. Great guests, great panels, and great events during the three days. There were a few hiccups, but there are always hiccups, and they were doing their best to fix them
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Dear Middle-of-November Sheryl, This is a reminder for when you’re in the middle of NaNoWriMo and wondering why you subject yourself to such insanity. You’re probably about to throw the towel in and the computer across the room from the frustration and pressure induced writer’s block. Before you do so, take a deep breath and
The countdown has started. Panic and anticipation are setting in. No, it has nothing to do with the fact that there are only 80 days until Christmas. It’s only 25 days until the first of November. I’m knee deep in preparations for National Novel Writing Month. This will be my third year participating, but my
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