Monthly Archives: October 2011

NaNoWriMo

In 2006, when I lived in Dayton and was part of a local writers’ group, I participated in the National Novel Writing Month challenge: complete a 50K word novel in 30 days (that’s about 1667 words per day or about … Continue reading

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Zombies and Such

I write fiction, and most of my stories are about failed (or failing) relationships, romantic or otherwise. However, today I wrote a story based on a photography prompt (http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~creativewriting/Prompts.php), in which we had to find black and white photographs of … Continue reading

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Writer’s View

Dreary day in South Florida. I’m catching up on school assignments; I’m drinking too much coffee. One project for this week is a brief report on the state of publishing. I’m researching writing contests and had no idea that they … Continue reading

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