NaNoWriMo Week 3 Check In & 2011 Excerpt

Hello Chickens Turkeys! We're well over 2/3 done with that NaNoWriMo Beast. Are you still alive? If you need some advice to keep rolling, I've got  a few words for you: keep that butt in the chair! It might be sore, but you can do it! Some fools are already done and bragging about it. If they … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Week 3 Check In & 2011 Excerpt

Mortification Monday

Note: I'm about to share my most mortifying moment ever. I've only ever told one person about this and she laughed. Please be nice. 2/13/94 Dear Diary, I'm worried, upset, and bored. I'm worried about what happened in Sunday School. See, near the end I looked under the table and there was a pair of … Continue reading Mortification Monday

Inspiration Playlist Volume 1, Track 3 “Conjunction Junction”

Hello fearless writing friends! How goes NaNoWriMo? It took me about four 2500+ word days to catch up, so as of yesterday I was caught up with a sexy 27,000 words. Now I'm stuck again, but that's okay. I have a new jam to get me out of my writing funk. While brainstorming songs for … Continue reading Inspiration Playlist Volume 1, Track 3 “Conjunction Junction”

Bad Poetry Friday

Another one written for a friend.   Hillary (7/29/00) Sipping mocha lattes on Broadway watching hippies, hipsters, and homeless men with our heavy hearts holding hands trying not to think about tomorrow next week next year holding onto each second wondering why we chose to walk this path all we know is that we're in … Continue reading Bad Poetry Friday

NaNoWriMo Week 2 Check In & 2010 Excerpt

We're nearly two full weeks into NaNoWriMo and I'm already 5056 words behind. I don't know about you, but this year NaNoWriMo is kicking my ass. It doesn't help that Scrivner is missing over 2000 words I wrote yesterday. It makes me want to cry and punch my computer in the face. My daily word … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Week 2 Check In & 2010 Excerpt

Mortification Monday

2-6-1994 Dear Diary, I wish I could run away. I am on restriction until next Monday morning. No music or phone! This is torture. Grandma's so boring. I hate it. Love, Danielle 2-7-1994 Dear Diary, Today is Garth Brook's b-day. Brinn isn't my real friend. She is so mean. I think Jimmy Lee's real cute. … Continue reading Mortification Monday

Inspiration Playlist Volume 1, Track 2 “Everyday I Write the Book”

We're ten days in to NaNoWriMo and as you chug along (or speed race- maybe you're lucky) on that great novel of yours, I have found the perfect song to continue to inspire you: Elvis Costello's 1983 jam "Everyday I Write the Book." After all, for the next 20 days (0r until your brains explode) … Continue reading Inspiration Playlist Volume 1, Track 2 “Everyday I Write the Book”

Bad Poetry Friday

Here's another one from college, complete with plagiarism! I know it's from college, probably my sophomore year, because it's a total rip off of Tegan and Sara's song My Number (featured below). I pretty much listened to that album, This Business of Art, nonstop in 2000. I'm surprised my roommate didn't murder me in my sleep. Untitled (12/15) If … Continue reading Bad Poetry Friday

NaNoWriMo Week 1 Check In & 2009 NaNoWriMo Excerpt

Hello, Lovelies. I hope Week 1 of NaNoWriMo is treating you well and that you've made your word count goals and have pretty much made this novel your bitch. If you are following the word count daily goal, you "should" be at 11,669 words. I'll be honest. I am already behind. I skipped a day, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Week 1 Check In & 2009 NaNoWriMo Excerpt

Mortification Monday

2-5-1994 Today is my sister's birthday. Who cares. We have to go to dumb Inverness to visit Grandma. I lost my checks and birthday money. I'm on restriction until it is found. Mom is not with us. On Wednesday we were in a car crash. I hope the man that hit us will rot in … Continue reading Mortification Monday