Or… How I Learned to Shut Down My Internal Editor I officially completed my personal NaNo goal on November 30th, just before 11:59pm. I reached 50,000 a few days prior and called it officially “done” but still managed to get a complete MS on the last night, just shy of the end of the month. [...]

Or… Now what? I am DONE! With the word count part, anyhow. The story still has a bit of work to be done, of course. NaNo was fantastic this year – what a great way to try a new writing process on for size. I’ve learned a lot, and I think my writing is better [...]

Or… Oh No NaNo, November is almost over! So, I’m sitting just shy of 41,000 words right now, and staring down the barrel of an insane goal: I want to finish today. How do I plan to do this? 1) Write or Die. 2) Coffee. Best of luck to all NaNo participants as we close [...]