So I finished Camp NaNoWriMo (the April version of NaNoWriMo, which happens in November) in fine style with a total of 60,233 words. This is well over the goal of 50K. And to what do I owe this miracle? Well, to start with I had a hand-written outline that I’d revised three times until everything […]
Rhode Hill House
Currently, my editor has Book #2 in the Oliver & Jack series, and I thought it might be fun to share some of the research that I did for that book, mostly with fun pictures or maps. Nothing tedious that a reader might have to slog through because, as I have often been told, not […]
This Could Be Us
Camp NaNoWriMo is going quite well, as I’m writing every day and getting my words in. The new story is coming along its merry way, since I determined that this time, I would outline by hand, so as to have my notes always with me, and I would be able to spread them out on […]
Interviewing Oliver and Jack
Recently, on CampNaNoWriMo was a note from one of the camp counselors (Sona Charaiporta) that recommended that if we were having trouble to interview our characters. Which I thought was a great idea; the last time I interviewed Oliver and Jack, I used a fountain pen and left the papers beneath an open window, and […]
Crossing the Terminator Into Night
Around Day 8 of NaNoWriMo in November of 2014, I had the worst sense of exhaustion, and my whole body, including every writerly molecule that I possessed, wanted to to just stop writing. It wasn’t as though I’d run out of words, because there will always be more. But it was as if my old, […]
I Want It That Way
Spending far too much time scrolling through youtube is one of my vices. I freely admit it. But, at the same time, I really do find some amazingly amusing stuff out there, too, and have determined to share the joy. The following vid is called A Day at the Office. I found it while looking […]