Monthly Archives: October 2015

NaNoWriYear: A Post a Year in the Making

Last November, I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for the second time. I hit my 50,000 word target, also the second time I’d accomplished that. I went there, and got the t-shirt (I always get the t-shirt, and I … Continue reading →

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You Obsess Over Every Word. And You Should.

This post is primarily for my writer friends (God bless them and make their books sell like ice on the 4th of July), but anyone, in any endeavor, will hear a familiar echo, I suspect. For the sports-phobic, hang in … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, Sheer Cussedness, Writing | Tagged #NoQS, #pitchslam, #pitmad, #SFFPit, Brandon Mull, Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers, JK Rowling, MLB, Orem Owlz, Salt Lake Bees, Shallee McArthur | 1 Comment

I’m Ashamed of How Good This Feels

I won something. By all the holy saints and blessed martyrs, I WON SOMETHING. Nightmare on Query Street (#NoQS), a Twitter-generated pitch contest in which a few hundred desperate writers post their query letters and the first 250 words of … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: October 2015

NaNoWriYear: A Post a Year in the Making

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