by Kristin | Dec 20, 2018 | Adventures on the Epi, Creative Writing, NaNoWriMo
This is part 2 of my 2018 NaNoWriMo journey. To read part 1, click here. What was the hardest part? For me, the most difficult thing is getting the words down on the page fast enough. Once I have an idea where the story is going, I need to get it down on paper/on...
by Kristin | Nov 5, 2018 | Adventures on the Epi, Creative Writing, NaNoWriMo
So I hit the 5th day of nanowrimo. I tend to start off slow and play catch up for the rest of the month, so my 4181 word count is not unusual. If I get in the zone, I can get a couple thousand words out, but – as I’m sure you know – it’s quite...
by Kristin | Oct 29, 2018 | Creative Writing
About a week and a half ago, one of my writer groups had a thread about your day was going – the only catch was that the response needed to be in haiku form. That was the second day of stomach flu at our house, so this was my response: Rest on the soft couch TV,...
by Kristin | Sep 10, 2018 | Creative Writing
There are 52 days until NaNoWriMo begins (but who’s counting). Before I go any further though, let me explain what NaNoWriMo is. Basically, it’s a challenge to yourself to complete a 50k first draft of a novel. The strange name is an acronym of sorts; it...
by Kristin | Sep 3, 2018 | Creative Writing, Submissions and Rejections
As you know, I’ve been working on building my author platform, and part of that is getting a few publications under my belt before I query agents with my first manuscript (Zombie Love, if you’re keeping track). With that in mind, I’ve been looking...
by Kristin | Apr 30, 2018 | Creative Writing, writing lessons
I love writing poems. They are self contained and generally come easy to me. I began seriously writing poetry back in college, and was even part of a poetry writing group. I went through a personal challenge in 2012 to write a poem at least once a week, so...
