#nanowrimo – Classic Reads

The Cursed Ruins Excerpt

During Nanowrimo, I’ve been working on the third book in my adventures in Eridu series. Here’s a chapter I’ve written this past week and a video update on my writing progress at the end! If you haven’t seen the first book in the series, The Land in the Woods, you should check it out onContinue reading “The Cursed Ruins Excerpt”

Nanowrimo Week 1

So far, I’ve written over 5,000 of the 30,000 words I am shooting for during Nanowrimo on my WIP, The Cursed Ruins. It’s the third book in my children’s fantasy adventure series, and the second is being edited so that I can publish it in December! Here’s a chapter I wrote this week: Chapter 2Continue reading “Nanowrimo Week 1”

NaNoWriMo Week 4

Well, the truth is, I did not hit the 50,000 word mark for NaNoWriMo- at least not on the book I was working on. I did more like 28,000 words, but that’s okay! I figured out I have too many different projects going on at once to really sink my teeth into one at theContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Week 4”

NaNoWriMo Week 3

So far, I have to admit I have a love/hate relationship with NaNoWriMo. I love that it’s getting me to write MORE, but I’m not convinced that simply writing a large quantity of words helps my life goal of continually learning how to write better. Total words so far: 25,013 What I’ve learned about Nanowrimo:Continue reading “NaNoWriMo Week 3”

NaNoWriMo Week 2

Well, I didn’t make amazing progress in this second week. I have the usual excuses: tiredness, doing other work, the malaise that the election and the uprise in the pandemic leaves in its wake. Still, I am enjoying working on my modern Jane Austen tale, which follows four sisters in their teens and early twenties.Continue reading “NaNoWriMo Week 2”

NaNoWriMo Week 1

Keeping in mind that I only decided to start NaNoWriMo on November 4th, and not counting any other writing projects I am working on besides my YA Modern Jane Austen novel, here are my stats for week 1: Weekly total: 6,215 words Are these wonderfully-written, publishable words? NO. But then again, that’s what NaNoWriMo isContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Week 1”

NaNoWriMo Newbie

I honestly hadn’t heard of NaNoWriMo before I started blogging at the end of November last year. Since I have never done it before, I thought I would give it a shot.