Mere hours stand between us and the beginning of National Novel Writing Month. Whether you're about to attempt your first novel or your fifty first, it's going to be a wild ride of fun and productivity. As soon as the clock ticks over to November 1st, it's time to...
"What are you doing for NaNoWriMo this year, Hillary?" Is a thing people keep asking me and I keep answering something along the lines of, "Haha, just trying to survive!" And they laugh. But I am not joking. Like, can I get real for a moment? I'm the lone ML for a...
Here’s what September 2017 looked like in writing… Total Words Written This Month 31,753 words Average Words Per Day 1,058 words Monthly Goal didn’t set one Yearly Goal 477,587 / 500,000 (96%) Things completed: did an abridged version of Pintosmalto aka Arm Candy for...
At the start of the summer, the 4 year old and I planted a whole row of sunflower seeds. We tended them with love and the plants were a couple of inches tall ... when the guys that do our lawn decided to bathe the entire row in weed killer. (They are very nice people,...
Nothing sums up 2017 like the fact that I've started to include the letters I write to my government reps in my word count because of the number of times I've had to write them. I'm up to contacting them daily now and everything is complete and total garbage. But...
Especially this time of year with schools and community theatres setting up their seasons, planning for the school year ahead or looking for competition friendly pieces, I get a lot of emails from groups who need a recommendation for which play of mine best fits their...
I covered this already in my Self-Publishing a Stage Play series in another post but this is far and away the most frequently asked question on this series so let's have another go at it, shall we? "What if someone tries to perform my play without permission?" TD; DR...
If my records are correct, this July was my 9th Camp NaNoWriMo victory, lucky 13th time participating. While there's a lot about the event that is wonky and ways it can improve, it's still amazing how the accountability of having other people aware of my word count...
In all the moving / having a baby madness of the last year, I finished a play but forgot to actually tell anyone about it for almost an entire year! (Like, seriously 11 months almost to the day as I finished it on August 29th, 2016.) This play is The Myrtle, the fairy...
You can always tell when I'm catching up on my inbox when I do a lot of mailbag posts in a row. Relatedly, here's another one: We met last year during NaNoWriMo (October 2016) in preparation for our arduous month ahead. Thanks for all the great info. I wrote 50K words...
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