Technically we have a winner. My aim was to finish the novel I started in NaNoWriMo November 2014. I didn’t know how many words I would need to finish it and I wasn’t 100% sure of where it would actually end, but I estimated I might have needed around 20,000 words. I couldn’t change thatContinue reading “Camp NaNoWriMo April 2016 – We Have A Winner!”
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Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?
Recently I’ve come to realise that my perfectionism is holding me back when it comes to delivering complete manuscripts. I’m afraid that once I finish it, that’s it. And it’s true, that is it. Except for editing. But you know, it’s always better in my head. So I don’t want to finish. And my excuseContinue reading “Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?”
New Year, New Ambition
I didn’t make a single blog post in 2015. That’s because due to personal reasons I decided to take the entire year off from writing. It was awesome. Instead of feeling guilty for not writing, I simply said, “I’m not writing this year.” It was liberating. I spent lots of time on my otherContinue reading “New Year, New Ambition”
NaNoWriMo Prep in October – The Writing Playlist
Every year I prepare a writing playlist specifically for NaNoWriMo. Sometimes I need absolute silence to write, other times I can do with some tunes to get me in the right frame of mind. I find that film soundtracks work best of all. This year I discovered Spotify. It’s a free web player with aContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Prep in October – The Writing Playlist”
NaNoWriMo Prep in October – Planning
I’ve been super busy this year producing work under a couple of different pen names, but I always find November’s NaNoWriMo to be a good writing exercise and time to produce something under my real name. I’ve done NaNoWriMo every year since 2010. Two of the books I completed and self-published under NaNoWriMo were highlyContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Prep in October – Planning”
Lissa Bilyk 