Here are the opening paragraphs from this year's NaNoWriMo novel, The Law of Immediate Forgiveness. Read more on the page that will be dedicated to it all month! One Sunday evening, at exactly eight – sixteen pm, Amy June Pilgrim made a decision. It was a decision she’d made at least twenty-three times before, but … Continue reading The Law of Immediate Forgiveness – NaNo is on!
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The Journey at Home (Hint: Word Hunters, Look Here!)
Most stories involve travel, in the form of a journey. You know the cliché about the “hero’s journey.” It’s used all the time because it’s something we can relate to – the need to get away, to explore, to experience the unfamiliar and unknown, to travel far and wide before we can find our way … Continue reading The Journey at Home (Hint: Word Hunters, Look Here!)
NaNoWriMo Countdown
It starts in about ten days: National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The joyous, crazy, intense, freakish experience of voluntarily committing to write fifty thousand words in the month of November. This will be my third year as a participant; I confess I'm addicted. I've learned a lot about writing from reading, and from workshops, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Countdown
You, Jane: The Pitch
The PNWA writers' conference is coming up, and here's a draft of a pitch for novel number two, You Jane, first constructed in 2010's NaNoWriMo frenzy. I'm not sure I've got it right yet - tell me what you think: Jane’s a frustrated writer who’s been in love with her best friend Charlie since their … Continue reading You, Jane: The Pitch
Cooter’s Tale
I'm reading my NaNoWriMo novel from 2010, hoping to get it in shape to pitch at the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association conference in Seattle this July. It's called You Jane, and its heroine writes little fables that just happen to come true, and cause havoc in her life and the lives of those around her. … Continue reading Cooter’s Tale
Follow Guinn’s Life and Death
I'm posting the NaNoWriMo story as I go, every other day or so. You can read along here. Dang, this is fun. November 8: Getting caught up - I posted another couple of episodes. I have some serious cleaning up to do of the sections I wrote in Ballard's Old Pequliar pub. (No further comment.) … Continue reading Follow Guinn’s Life and Death
Warning: NaNoWriMo Dead Ahead
National Novel Writing Month starts November 1. The commitment: write fifty-thousand words in thirty days. The insanity for which one should be committed: agreeing to write fifty-thousand words in thirty days. Last year's tale, You Jane, is coming down from this site's NaNoWriMo Story page on Sunday, October 23. The great empty space that will be … Continue reading Warning: NaNoWriMo Dead Ahead
You Jane: The NaNoWriMo Story
Ending posted! It's complete...as in complete mess! Happy reading, and happy December!! You can click here to read You Jane, the NaNoWriMo novel-in-a-month. Here's a synopsis: Jane and Charlie have been best friends since college. Charlie’s stuck in a less than happy marriage, and Jane’s at the bar again, drinking to try to stop the … Continue reading You Jane: The NaNoWriMo Story
Let the 50,000 word insanity begin – NaNoWriMo!
I've done something completely crazy, I'm afraid. I signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an online event where participants agree to write 50,000 words in one month, November 1-30. The result doesn't have to be any good, thank dog. It just has to be 50,000 words. That's not the crazy part. The first … Continue reading Let the 50,000 word insanity begin – NaNoWriMo!
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