Planning for your Draft and maybe Nano…

I know many of us are planning for NaNoWriMo.  I encourage you to set realistic goals and use NaNo to accomplish something meaningful for your book.  If it’s 50,000 words, great!  But maybe it’s a complete outline, or a Blueprint with a few scenes, or a specific number of scenes, or something else… I wouldContinue reading “Planning for your Draft and maybe Nano…”

Top Five Takeaways from the Historical Novel Society Conference

I recently went to an in person conference, and wanted to share some of the wealth with you, dear reader. It was so much fun to rub elbows with writers and other industry professionals. Plus, who doesn’t love to visit a real castle… Below are my top five lessons. I have pages of notes, butContinue reading “Top Five Takeaways from the Historical Novel Society Conference”

Read Like a Writer Book Club Recap

We had a great July meeting and discussed Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty.  If you missed it and would like to see the notes, click below. One thing that came up in the meeting was that we would all like to see a Story Grid/Bookmap analysis of this novel.  I am not promising anything,Continue reading “Read Like a Writer Book Club Recap”

Mindset Shift: Is it a Cold Dark Night on the Side of Everest for you as a writer?

Writing a novel is hard.  If you’ve been writing for a while, you know this, it is not news.  But sometimes we scare ourselves out of doing hard things, because we think of stress as only a bad thing.  You are not alone; our culture embraced the idea that all stress is bad stress aContinue reading “Mindset Shift: Is it a Cold Dark Night on the Side of Everest for you as a writer?”

Save the Date:  October 21-23 for the First Annual Readerly NaNoPlanMo Virtual Writing Retreat

Do you dream of joining in with others during NaNoWriMo, but run out of gas about half way through? Do you have an idea for a novel, but you are not sure how to get started and make real progress? Do you struggle with finding time to write, because you have a busy schedule andContinue reading “Save the Date:  October 21-23 for the First Annual Readerly NaNoPlanMo Virtual Writing Retreat”