Tag: NaNoWriMo

  • Marsha

    DAY 20 National Novel Writing Month- A WRITING BREAKTHROUGH!

    An unexpected opportunity to write, or perhaps not. Yesterday I wrote about writing challenges, various life events can become a greater priority than writing. Developing a lifestyle that anticipates annual events such as holidays, advanced notices such as weddings and unexpected happenings such as illness or funerals helps maintain the discipline needed to writing, especially […]

  • Marsha

    DAY 19 National Novel Writing Month – Holiday distractions

    There are holidays in which writing is not a problem: Memorial Day, 4th of July, Veterans’ Day and even Valentine’s Day but, writing during Thanksgiving and Christmas is a challenge. If you have a full time job, in a relationship and it is the holiday season a decision has to be made: To write or […]

  • Marsha

    DAY 18- NaNoWriMo God is my Editor / Publisher

    Today I actually did some writing before I started writing my daily thoughts. Eighteen days into NaNoWriMo and I have decided to start writing my mini-book. It will be about six-thousand words and hopefully I can get it published in January as an ebook of course! But, I am not excited about that.It’s the burden […]

  • Marsha

    DAY 17 NaNoWriMo – EDIT THIS!

    I hate editing! When I wrote THE TRUTH ABOUT VASHAI I could not afford an editor so I gave 4 people a copy of my manuscript and a red ink pen and asked them to read it and make notes, edit it. After publishing the book my father, a newspaper owner, read it and informed […]

  • Marsha

    DAY 16 NaNoWriMo I don’t feel like writing

    Writing when you don’t feel like it is not a good thing. Those are the days in which what you write usually ends up being edited out. Today is one of those days, I am tired. I spent most of the day with my 99 year old great uncle, it was a very enjoyable day […]

  • Marsha

    DAY 15- NaNoWriMo Writing what is Truth

    As a non-fiction writer who does not have “formal” training the challenge is to make sure the reader understands the words presented are the beliefs of the writer and make sure what is being written is credible. Like any book ebooks can be revised, it is easier to update an ebook than a print. My […]