Archive for November, 2008

Yay! I won!

November 29, 2008

nano_08_winner_large, originally uploaded by kathieshoop. Well, if finishing means you won, then I did! Fifty-thousand two-hundred thirty-seven words and I’m done. Well, the first draft is, anyway. Now I have something to work with so I’m off to make the book actually be readable. Hope you all had great Thanksgivings!

National Novel Writing Month

November 4, 2008

NaNoNovember120x90Paper, originally uploaded by kathieshoop. November may be well known for turkey and stuffing and being stuffed and shopping for Christmas, but for many writers, November means hunkering down and writing a first draft of the novel that has been knocking around their head for six months. I love this process–it’s the one I use [...]