Writing A Writer With No Story 8 Dec 20177 Dec 2017 Hello, and Happy December! NaNoWriMo is officially over! I wasn't originally going to do it this year, but changed my mind at the last minute so I could work on…
Writing How to Win NaNoWriMo When Sick 14 Nov 201714 Nov 2017 November holds many great things such as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), American Thanksgiving (stuffing anyone??), and the excuse to pull out cute fall outfits. Unfortunately, November also means that…
Music… Music to Tell Stories to 10 Nov 20172 Nov 2017 NaNoWriMo is right around the corner, and---wait, what? It's November already? We're already 1/4 of the way through November? Well, okay...uh...okay then. Not to panic! There's plenty of time left to make words…
Writing NaNoWriMo is almost here! 31 Oct 201731 Oct 2017 Hello, all you readers out there! Happy last day of October! Also, for those who have decided to participate in November's National Novel Writing Month, happy writing season :)! Tomorrow…
Writing It’s the Final Countdown! 27 Oct 201716 Oct 2017 Duh-nuh-nuh-nuhhhh...neeneeneeneenee.... That's my textual rendition of The Final Countdown. You're welcome. My last post was about prepping for NaNo, and here we are but a few days away. The novel…
Writing Tips on How to Get Through 3- Day Novel: A Writing Marathon 10 Oct 20178 Nov 2017 When summer is nearly over and kids start heading back to school, you know that three seasons are quickly coming up: pumpkin spice season, the holiday season, and novel writing…
Writing ’tis the Season! 22 Sep 201722 Sep 2017 NaNo Prep season, that is! Okay, I know what you're thinking. "Emador, it's September. Fall literally just started today. NaNoWriMo isn't until November. And who PLANS NaNo anyway?" I'm a big…
Writing Playing RPGs for Character 8 Sep 20177 Sep 2017 I've mentioned before how much I love tabletop RPGs like D&D, so it will probably come as no surprise that I have just as much love in my heart for…
Writing When You Hate What You Love 9 Jun 20179 Jun 2017 Art is hard. Creativity is painful. At times there are glimmering moments of clarity, sweet seconds of purity, fragile and powerful rushes of inspiration. You know the ones. If you…
Writing Boring Beginnings 5 May 20175 May 2017 Well hello again. We're back on the writing train and today I'm coming at you with some tips for fixing your novel's horribly boring beginning. I can say these things with confidence…