Yes, folks, it’s the last day of NewNoWriMo!! For those of you who have made it this far, keep going! In less than 24 hours, you can rest, so give it your all RIGHT NOW. Write all day if you have to, but don’t stop until you see your goal in the rear view mirror. … More Day 29

Lazy Sunday, but you’re writing, right? Right. “Fiction is about stuff that’s screwed up.” – Nancy Kress So, let’s get a little screwy. I managed to get in 2,979 words yesterday, bringing my monthly total to 13,491 words. I plan to write the same amount today. How about you? Record your daily word counts here: NewNoWriMo Tracking. Remember, … More Day 28

Three days left, folks. Three days to go out in a blazing glory. Three days to write until your butt develops pimples. (No, you cannot unread that.) Three days to continue the hard work you started way back on Feb 1st, 2016. Though I know many have fallen off this space shuttle, there’s still a … More Day 27

“This is how you do it: You sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until it is done. It’s that easy. And that hard.” ~ Neil Gaiman Less than four days to go to reach our writing goals. Skip breakfast and ignore email. Oh, and forget about eating lunch. But don’t forget … More Day 26

“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.” ~ Ray Bradbury Less than five days to go to reach our writing goals. Skip breakfast and ignore email. Oh, and forget about eating lunch. But don’t forget in … More Day 25

“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.” ~ Elmore Leonard Less than six days to go to reach our writing goals. Skip breakfast … More Day 24

“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.” — Allen Ginsberg Less than seven days to go to reach our writing goals. Skip breakfast and ignore email. Oh, and forget about eating lunch. But don’t forget in these final days to record your daily word counts here: NewNoWriMo Tracking.

And we have a winner! Joe Bailey, our graphic artist in-residence, has completed his NewNoWriMo Challenge. I want to congratulate Joe on his accomplishment. Not only did he get the words he wanted written out, while doing it, he had an epiphany. “from the beginning of this i’ve said that i’m just going to tell … More Day 22

Yesterday, a group of intrepid writers had a great, and productive, time during our two write-a-thons. Between us all, we wrote nearly 10,000 words. Astonishing, no? Someone even said, magical. I’m so glad I decided to do this crazy thing called NewNoWriMo. My story is shaping up nicely and I think I’ll probably even make … More Day 21