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November. National Novel Writing Month. It’s a brotherhood of insane writers, pounding out 1,700 words per day for thirty days. Since I’m rather unsure if I am meant to be a novelist, I may be a rebel again this year. In 2014 I wrote that path. It netted four short stories, one of which I …
Four years ago, a teacher I worked with sent me an announcement for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). His message: “You sound like you might have a novel in you.” His observation came on the heels of our first ever Open Microphone event in the middle school library. The librarian wanted to encourage students to …
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. – Benjamin Franklin School is out. The vacation abroad has ended. Time announces the arrival of full-time writer-hood. The schedule says: Three hours five days per week is allotted for writing. I’ve factored in other times for blog hopping and updating social media. There’s a plan. …
On Thursday, June 6th, I received a notification from WordPress that I had my 100th follower. It surprised me that I didn’t do a bigger happy dance. Since reading Kristen Lamb’s book Are you there Blog? It’s me, Writer in August 2012, I had set some goals for my blog. One goal was to have …