It’s Friday evening. September is already in full-swing and I still haven’t quite processed this year so far. But one thing which has shifted in…
I spoke in my last post about how I haven’t written fiction since April. I also began scrap-booking in that first week of April: in…
It’s the end of May, and this year, you may have noticed, my weekly post schedule has pretty much fallen to a monthly post, after…
April is one of the months where a spin-off from National Novel Writing Month holds it’s virtual “camp.” Camp NaNo is a 30-day challenge where…
“We begin in the heart of the darkness. Winter is full upon the Earth; snow veils the landscape, thin trees are brittle with ice, and…
Traditionally, I avoid reading fiction during October and November, because when my brain is lost for words, it’s easy to end with a slight (or…
This is my 9th year of attempting National Novel Writing Month. It’s the 10th of November, and last night’s aim was 15,000 words. My total, as…
So, this week marks the beginning of our 50,000-words-in-30-days challenge. Are we ready? Who knows. Here’s a quick checklist I’m going through this weekend… Food…
When hanging out with other writers, you soon learn that the “rules” of writing are pretty variable. Some people talk of the importance of routine…
I began focusing on my wordcount in 2014, aiming for at least 100,000 new words of fiction written across the year. The aim of this…