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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…

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…

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…

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…

’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…

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…

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…

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…

Camp NaNoWriMo ~ April 2017

It's that time of year again! Twice a year, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) holds camp. Camp takes place in April and July and it's pretty much simply a precursor…

Passing Time (Short Story)

10 Mar 201714 Apr 2017

It was a hot day in the drowsy weeks of early September, and Time seemed to stand still. He wasn’t truly still, of course. Nothing ever is, except perhaps mountains…