Tag: National Novel Writing Month

  • Marsha

    DAY 24 THE END- No more NaNoWriMo

    I was thinking about sharing the things I am thankful for but that is so cliche’. Therefore, I decided to continue working on my manuscript. Most of the participants of National Novel Writing Month are probably finished or close enough to that they can take this day off, Thanksgiving in America. As stated before, I […]

  • Marsha

    DAY 23- NOT WRITING : Can you see it?

    I thought about writing yesterday but I was busy grocery shopping. I traveled with a notepad and made a few notes and I spent time thinking about writing. I think it is better to visualize your manuscript before you start writing. Habakkuk 2:2 comes to mind again. Habakkuk 2:2-3 (KJV)2 And the LORD answered me, […]

  • 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 […]