NaNoWriMo update | join me on the struggle bus

We're halfway through NaNoWriMo! How's everyone doing? I hope you're all doing well with your NaNo progress, because I very much am not. Oops. Here's what my graph looks like: Not great, Bob. I haven't written yet today, but I'm currently at 15,201 words, whereas the target for today is 26,672. I'm over 11k words …

Writing update | racing to finish a draft + my NaNoWriMo project

Well hello there! I haven't written a writing update since July. I guess I should probably do that now, then, huh? So. Progress updates.  Currently, I'm working on the second draft of a novel that I wrote last year (hereafter referred to as "the dragon WIP"). My progress on that has been all over the …

The best piece of writing advice ft. six amazing bloggers

Hello, writers! With NaNoWriMo right around the corner (I'm not freaking out, are you freaking out??), it felt like the perfect time to get into the writing mood by — what else? — giving some writing advice. But this post isn't just going to be me rambling on and pretending to know things. We've got …

Never Have I Ever Writing Tag

Hello, it's time for a writing tag! My writing lately has been, uh, very inconsistent, so there's not much to update on that front. But this tag looks fun and still gives me an excuse to talk about writing a bit. Also, WordPress finally forced me to switch to the block editor and I'm annoyed …

Writing update | second draft, July Camp NaNoWriMo, and dragons

It has been over two months since my last writing update (how??) so now seems like a good time to talk about what I've been working on since then. Quick recap: I wrote the first draft of a novel last year. I started revising it earlier this using using Susan Dennard's Revision Guide. In my …

Writing update | treating writing like a job during social isolation

Like everyone else, I'm currently stuck at home. While I'm lucky enough to still be working, it's very part time and leaves me free more days than not. So I'm trying to make the most of it and using this time to get some serious work done on my WIP. First of all, I've gained a …

Writing update | into the unfamiliar waters of revision

Over the years, I've written several first drafts of novels. I even think that I've gotten pretty good at writing first drafts - not at writing good drafts, but at pushing through even when it feels terrible. But I've never gone back and seriously worked on revising any of those drafts. Usually, by the time …

Writing update #14 | my writing in 2019 + 2020 plans

We're into the final week of the year, which means it's the time for looking back and reflecting on what I've accomplished in the past twelve months. And when it comes to writing...well, I'm happy to say that there's a lot to talk about. 2019 has been my best writing year since...pretty much ever. (I …

Writing update #13 | I wrote an entire Jane Austen retelling in a month

Well, it's official: I won National Novel Writing Month! Although this probably isn't a surprise to anyone who's been following along, since I haven't shut up about it anywhere, I thought I'd do a final post for this year's NaNoWriMo, wrapping up how it went! I set out this month to write 50,000 words of …

Writing update #12 | NaNoWriMo: it’s the final countdown

6 days left, NaNoWriMoers! How we feeling? I don't know about you, but for me, this month feels like it's flown by faster than usual. We shouldn't already be in the last week of NaNoWriMo! Didn't we just start?? What is time and why does it keep passing. Despite my ongoing existential crisis, I'm actually …