At the end of April I was pleased to announce that I had written more than 20,000 words of the YA science fiction novel that month, meeting my Camp NaNoWriMo goal for April. I’ve been writing since then, and today went to add up the words to see how much further I had progressed inContinue reading “Novel Progress: One Step Forward, Two Back”
Category Archives: NaNoWriMo
Happy NaNo Camper
Woo hoo! I just hit my Camp NaNoWriMo goal for the month, and with a whole day to spare. Camp NaNoWriMo, which happens every year in April and July, is the more flexible version of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which happens in November. The November version is a challenge for writers to startContinue reading “Happy NaNo Camper”
NaNo No No
Darn. I was doing so well on my Camp NaNoWriMo goal this month. For most of the month, I was ahead of my target word count. Then I went away to take my kid back to campus a few days ago, and even though I’m back, my writing came to a screeching halt. I haven’tContinue reading “NaNo No No”
Camp NaNo: The Halfway Point
It’s April 15. You may know it as tax day (though the IRS has given us more time this year). But to those of us involved in this month’s Camp NaNoWriMo, it’s much more important than that. It’s our halfway point. Camp NaNoWriMo is the more flexible version of National Novel Writing Month, which takesContinue reading “Camp NaNo: The Halfway Point”
Novel Progress
I finished the outline near the end of March, and began writing Chapter One of the new science-fiction novel on April 1. As I mentioned a few days ago, I’ve made it a Camp NaNoWriMo project (National Novel Writing Month). My goal is 20,000 words in April, which comes out to about 667 words perContinue reading “Novel Progress”
Photo Friday: Write-In
I posted yesterday about the April writing challenge known as Camp NaNoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month). Most NaNos include write-ins. These are events at which a bunch of writers get together to write, each on our own projects. These are usually my favorite NaNoWriMo events, but the pandemic means we can’t hold them this time,Continue reading “Photo Friday: Write-In”
Writing Camp
It’s NaNo time again! In November, I took part in National Novel Writing Month, as I almost always do. This is the annual event that challenges participants to write a 50,000-word novel, or 50,000 words of a novel, all in the month of November. For 2020 NaNoWriMo, as it’s abbreviated, I deemed myself a NaNoContinue reading “Writing Camp”
Notes on NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo starts today! For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, which challenges participants to write a 50,000-word novel (or 50,000 words of a longer novel) during the month of November. I have been participating for years in this event and in Camp NaNoWriMo, a more flexible, informal version that takes place twice aContinue reading “Notes on NaNoWriMo”
