Month: November 2010

Since I’m usually up until 3:30 or 4 a.m., I didn’t think it’d be tough to stay up an extra couple of hours — but it’s turning out to be more difficult than I planned. In the last 30 minutes, my eyelids have started to droop and I desperately...

Guess I’m an overachiever: I hit my NaNo goal tonight. The story’s not quite finished, though. I probably have another 5K to write. For a few moments, however, I’m going to revel in the accomplishment. That’s it for now. After writing a couple thousand words  today, I’m fresh out. I’ll...

It’s been more than 24 hours and I’m still not over the excitement of learning I’m a finalist in the First Coast Romance Writers Beacon Contest for unpublished writers. (You can see the proof here, in the list of finalists.) This is especially exciting because it’s my first-ever contest...

I’ve been a busy, busy writer today. Not only did I log a few more than the NaNo-recommended 1,667 words today, I read through both of my Golden Heart entries. They’re as good to go as they’re going to get, meaning it’s time to print those puppies out and...

The gals over at the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood reminded me that time’s running out to get my Golden Heart entries mailed off. Yes, the deadline is Dec. 2 … but in order to use snail mail instead of a more expensive method of delivery, I probably ought to visit...

Forget dreaded Week 2 — I need a cheerleader to drag me through Week 3 here. As expected, I’m adding to my NaNo word count much more slowly now that I’ve run into the “sagging middle” of my story. I’m not giving up, though … and I definitely plan...

Remember the trouble I was having getting Kenny and Kristi to do the deed? Well, I finally managed to get them into bed — yes, I was writing @ Starbucks at the time — and now I can’t seem to write them OUT. A NaNoWriMo write-in begins in less...

Isn’t that a song title? More importantly, it’s where my NaNo novel is as of tonight. Yes, I crossed the 25,000-word mark … important because 25,000 is half of 50,000. See, Ma? Even though I’m a writer, I can do math! 😉 That’s important because it means I’m halfway...

Sometimes, the timing’s just not right. After trying again — unsuccessfully — to get Kenny and Kristi to cooperate with my plan, I decided they just weren’t ready yet. I moved past it, getting them off the couch. Now the story’s flowing right along. I already have 1,000+ words...

I’ve come to that point in my story: You know, the one where my characters stop doing what they’re told. That’s right. Although I  want them to, my hero and heroine stubbornly refuse to do the deed. I had them right where I wanted them — alone on the...