Dec. 1, 2012

NaNoWriMo!!!!!!!  I just finished 51,619 words in 30 days during National Novel Writing Month.  Along with 300,000 crazy and quirky story-makers, I went to Write-Ins, did Word Sprints, and basically devoted every free waking moment to my new MG historical novel: Jack in July.  It’s set in 1934, New Jersey, and is full of comic strip, baseball, super hero, and gangster intrigue.  I’m looking forward to a major revision adventure, come January.  This process truly frees up your imagination to go wild with your story.  I worked from a VERY BASIC outline that needed constant revision because of the roller coaster nature of speed writing.  Before I knew it, my characters were doing the most outlandish things and appearing in the strangest of places.  I highly recommend  you try this at least once.  It’s ridiculously addicting and creates a writing habit that is hard to break!  Check it out at www.nanowrimo.org.