Author Archives: Lissa

I’ve mentioned before that it’s my curse to do a whole heap of research so I know exactly what I’m talking about for something that may just be an incidental prop. It’s based on the whole ‘write what you know’ standard. If I want to write about, for example, a pig farm, even if it’sContinue reading “NaNoWriMo: Research”

NaNoWriMo is upon us, and although I said previously I was writing in silence (I still am), I have found a great song to get me motivated in the mornings, and I’m finding it applicable to NaNoWriMo wordchasers as well! If you haven’t heard of him (and I hadn’t until a few months ago), JackSepticEyeContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Motivation: Schmoyoho & JackSepticEye’s ‘All the Way’”

Someone from Book Riot whom I’m not even going to bother naming or linking to because it’s just the most riiculous thing I’ve ever read wrote a post on how ‘you don’t have to write that novel during NaNoWriMo’. NaNoWriMo is a tool. NaNoWriMo is an excellent time of year for those of us whoContinue reading “NaNoWriMo: No One’s Forcing You”

Now, I didn’t write a post yesterday on NaNoWriMo’s inaugural day because I was too busy once I’d finished my words to write a blog post. And I didn’t write a ‘Prepping for NaNo’ post earlier in October because I actually did my prep back in April when I did Camp NaNo. Which is aContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2016 kick-off!”