Less than 24 hours
In less than 24 hours, it’ll officially be Nov. 1 — and you know what that means: The kickoff of NaNoWriMo. A frenzied month of writing. A full 50,000 words in 30 days. Sounds daunting, right? Feeling a need for speed? Hold on a minute. Put it into perspective:...
Having fun
I took a short break from editing Golden Heart entries today to let Bethany and Cody out to play. Their conversation took a turn (for the better or worse?) to that age-old question that has plagued the males of our species since the debut of “Gilligan’s Island”: Ginger or...
No turning back
I registered for the Golden Heart the other day … with two manuscripts. Yes, I think I might be nuts — or at least I’ll be driving myself nuts soon as I to finish editing two GH entries before the NaNoWriMo starts on Nov. 1. All that and I...
Queen of multitasking?
One of my heroines boasts to the hero, “I’m good at multitasking.” Of course, it turns out she’s not. Neither am I. I think that’s the reason I haven’t gotten much accomplished lately. Earlier in the year, I had focus: I wanted to finish “Beauty and the Ballplayer.” I...
Getting ready
NaNoWriMo is just around the corner, and I’m all in. In 2009, I participated for the first time. My goal was to finish a novel I’d already started, “Blind Date Bride.” I had about 40K to go. I only got 25K written during NaNo, but finished my...
Too many characters
With all the re-reading of my old stuff I’ve been doing, I have way too many characters running around in my head. Suddenly, they’re all jockeying for attention. As a result, I’m getting a lot of nothing accomplished. Why is it that more ideas does not equal more productivity?...
Banned Book Week
No writer — or reader, for that matter — should let the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week pass without note, so here goes. Censorship has always angered me. It’s one reason I haven’t followed in the footsteps of my college adviser, who specialized (I believe) in media law...