Here's a teaser from the end of November 2's NaNo-ing. Amy June Pilgrim, age eleven and a half, has decided she is too old to play the weekly hide and seek games that have become a habit with her Grandpa Marq. She looks for him to tell him her decision, but can't find him anywhere. … Continue reading Amy June’s long night begins…
National Novel Writing Month
The Law of Immediate Forgiveness – NaNo is on!
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!
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 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!
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 