I was struggling with my daily goals, but now have caught up. The NaNoWriMo site says I need to write 1666 words a day to finish on time, which totally freaked me out because of the story I’m writing. I’m sort of fearing my story. Is it bad to have hot priests in my story like the guy above? Or the possessed priest I posted in an earlier post? The Catholic guilt is getting Read more…
It’s day fourteen of NaNoWriMo and I’m a bit behind. I’m working hard to get the word count back up to goal. I lost a couple of days due to family time. What I’m noticing after I write, and look back at what I’ve put on the page, is the use of filler and filter words. So many. I’m not worrying about them right now, I’ll remove them during revisions. Here’s a few examples of Read more…
I’m coming out of my writing cave to give an update. I’ve been making goal each day, barely. My writing friends are amazing. We hold Word Wars at night and it helps push me to the end of my goal for that day. I absolutely love the story that is unfolding as I go. It’s like unwrapping a gift, finding out where the characters will take me. Actually, I’m pulling from my beliefs and shaking Read more…
Dark C.A.R.M.A. Tour Book Summary Stubborn, sixteen-year-old Princess Venus of Kelari wants one thing, to become immortal, that is, until someone exiles her to Earth, kills her irrihunter and takes her family. Now she wants revenge. First she’s got to get home. But before she can return to Kelari, the Gods have commanded her to help an arrogant boy named Michael find his soul mate. Only she doesn’t know the first thing about Read more…
I decided to do quick posts for the month of November with updates of my NaNoWriMo progress. The first day I made goal. Yay! I’m really concentrating on plot this go around and not worrying about the small details. Those I’ll add during revisions. I’ve been watching a video each day by The Plot Whisper, which has been helpful. Check out all the Plot Whisperer’s videos here. There are twenty-seven videos and viewing one a Read more…
Winners! We have winners! I have to say, in my witchy tome you all are winners. With that said, never give up, you win some, you lose some, but you learn a lot during the journey. I called for the participants to chose an honorable mention, but since there wasn’t a big enough response for nominations, I’ve decided to forgo awarding a prize for one. I do, however, have a prize for the runners up. So Read more…
After plates of ghoulish treats and glasses of gummy worm martinis on Saturday evening, the judges have chosen their top six picks for the Can You Leave Us Breathless? Blogfest Contest. I just want to say, you all made it difficult and we had to meet again on Sunday for coffee to come up with the semi-finalists. There were kisses and bugs and oh-my-moments galore in the posts. This group is talented and we enjoyed Read more…
It’s time to post to your blogs for the Can You Leave Us Breathless? blogfest contest. Yes, you can still join in, just sign up below. The linky will close sometime on Saturday when the first judge gets to the end of the list. Here’s a recap of how it’s going down … Can you leave us breathless? On October 21 post an excerpt from your novel or other writings to your blog. Read more…
It seems like time flies as fast as a bat out of a cave. It’s hard to believe that the holidays are just around the corner. So, of course, I had to have my next blogfest contest be a Halloween theme. Can you leave us breathless? On October 21 post an excerpt from your novel or other writings to your blog. If you want, you can write something new for the contest. Only Read more…
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/virtualreadout# The winner of a copy of The Secret of Spruce Knoll by Heather McCorkle chosen by Random.org is Laura Pauling. Yay!!! Please email your address at brenleedrake(at)gmail(dot)com. If you entered to win on the DNA Writers’ blog, there’s a winner posted on that site too. Click the link below to go to the DNA Writers’ site. It’s Banned Books Week. So I thought it would be a wonderful idea to celebrate a book from Read more…