Let me just go down on the record saying this: NanoWrimo is no joke. My original thinking: oh, a novel in a month? Nooo problem. 50,000 words you say? Sure! Of course! Why not?
Then it becomes very clear that life is going to get in your way and you are going to struggle […]
Please enjoy an excerpt from my NanoWrimo endeavor, a fiction story titled “The West Side Streetcar Desire Story.”
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There is a bullet hole in the window, and this is how I chose my seat on the bus. Perfect and dangerous. I sink my body against the glass, run a finger down the hairline extending […]
Nanoooooo Wrimooooo(as I prefer to call it) has begun! And yes, I started writing at 3-something a.m. from the Greyhound bus station in Columbus as predicted. I just finished typing up the handwritten beginning, and boo–I can’t update the wordcount on my NanoWrimo site from here at work. Oh well. Just know that the word […]
Tonight I climb into ye olde trusty chariot (aka Greyhound) and head to Ohio for a quick trip to see the family. It’s been…months, really. I’m hoping some quality time will do my spirit some good. One can always use a little rejuvenation I suppose. My niece Maddie is growing up so fast…I wonder if […]