November was intense and so was September, so I'm going to take it somewhat easy in terms of writing this December. I'd like to revise some of the short stories I wrote during September and get them resubmitted. I have a list of ten stories, maybe eleven if I get to a story that I... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo and the Battle Against Perfectionism
I spent a lot of time this November, while in the throes of NaNoWriMo, thinking about perfectionism, specifically the relationship between my perfectionism and my writing. According to dictionary.com, "perfectionism" as a word dates back to the 1830s-40s and refers to "a personal standard, attitude, or philosophy that demands perfection and rejects anything less." That... Continue Reading →
NaNo 2020 or That Time I Wrote 73,000 words in 30 Days
NaNo by the Numbers That's right, my lovelies, not only did I "win" NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for them that's new here) for the second year in a row, I gave it a thorough trouncing. The goal was to write 50,000 words in 30 days; I wrote 73,292 words. So, as I said, 73,292... Continue Reading →