It’s that time of the year again, folks – time to deprive yourselves of sleep and sanity, to be replaced with copious amounts of coffee. It’s time for the National Novel Writing Month- NaNoWriMo.
I have taken part in NaNo every year since 2004, but only ever met the challenge that first year. The idea is to [...]

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Whew! I got started earlier this afternoon, and caught up. I am currently around 3500 words. You will notice on my sidebar that I have a word war widget (try saying that five times fast!). I am Kendra, and I’m sparring with my friend E.L. who is currently in Iraq.
Anyhow, you can keep an eye [...]

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You’d think I would have spent this last 24 hours tippity-typing my little heart out onto the page for NaNoWriMo. Alas, it didn’t work out that way. I have fallen behind with client projects, and they must come first. Plus, we are doing construction here on the farm which I must assist with at times. [...]

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Our last day of freedom before the feverish writing begins.

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Chick lit. I decided I would write nice, pink, fluffy chick lit for this years NaNoWriMo. I like the genre – I always take it on vacation to Hawaii, because the flight is interminable and I like the light fare to help me through.
There is one problem though – I haven’t the slightest clue how [...]

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NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a little over a week away. Have you signed up yet? If so, have you started waking in a cold sweat, worrying how you’re going to make 50,000 in 30 days? I hear ya.
PoeWar has a bit of a how-to (mostly it’s a how-to not panic!).
Don’t Expect Perfection
Accept that [...]

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