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Prepping for NaNoWriMo
I’ve made my decision – I’m trying NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) again this year! This time around, I’m prepping more than I did before. This is my 9th year competing and while I’ve only reached 50,000 words twice, I’ve learned much from my successes and failures. I’m confident that, if I follow the steps…
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Writers Who Disappeared Mysteriously
I enjoy reading about fascinating unsolved mysteries year-round, but especially in autumn. As the days grow shorter and Halloween nears, I spend hours researching unexplained phenomena and mysterious disappearances. This year, I’ve found several accounts of novelists, poets, and other writers who disappeared under unusual circumstances. Some of them were emotionally or financially troubled; others were…
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Where I’m At: October 2018
Autumn is my favorite time of the year, and I hope to spend much of the month Basic Bitching at coffee shops, writing and drinking pumpkin spice lattes. In fact, I’ve dropped several prior commitments so I could dedicate October to writing as much as I can.