nanowrimo

I Won NaNoWriMo!

Happy Friday, squiders. Best of luck to you if you’re in the States and braving the stores like a crazy person. (I did mine online, since most stores offer the same deals online as in store, and then I just

Meet the Crew of the Hope’s Redemption

I made a huge mistake, squiders. I was like, oh, well, we’ve talked about the ship, and we’ve talked about the world, so maybe we should talk about the characters! And I should find pictures of the characters, so everyone

I Wrote 9000 Words This Weekend

I tell you, because I wrote 7000 words on Saturday, and I think that’s a personal record. And also, I am now 100% caught back up to where I wanted to be (2K a day, on track to finish November

Creating a Fantasy Pacific

Heigh ho, squiders, we’re still in the straits of Nano. As of mid-afternoon I’m at a little over 24000 words, so almost halfway, a little ahead of schedule. Not as ahead of schedule as I wanted to be, but eeehhh,

Let’s Look at the Hope’s Redemption

Happy Tuesdays, squiders! Nano continues apace. I’m keeping about a day ahead of where I’m supposed to be, which is actually a little slow, but we do what we can. Most of the story takes place on a ocean-faring vessel,

WriYe and NaNoWriMo

Ha, the title makes me laugh, because I came to WriYe (it was NaNoWriYe back then), oh so many years ago, through NaNoWriMo. (As an aside, the third Writers’ Motivation book is up for pre-order now.) This is actually October’s

IT HAS BEGUN

Happy November, squiders! Hard to believe we’re here, isn’t it? Wasn’t it just summer? Hadn’t school just started? But now we’re in the HalloweenNanowrimoChristmas spiral, and there’s no escaping. (How was your Halloween? It’s been so cold and snowy here–everything’s