He’s A Keeper

Storytelling is often the waging of a war within a writer's head and it's a battle not too many others get. Allow me to share a quick story with you from the writing trenches that my fellow writers out there will hopefully get a laugh from. 

This is the first November that I’ve ever had a significant other. I know, I know; I can hear the cries of the characters from WeTangent's No Dating During NaNo [NaNoMusical E3/6]. 

Anyway, before meeting me, my boyfriend claims he had never heard of NaNoWriMo. And while he has been really supportive of his crazy girlfriend in my quest for 50,000 words, something he said the other night made me question how truthful he’s been with me about the traditions of November.

He said something along the lines of, “I was thinking, if you needed to boost your word count, couldn’t you just introduce a new character, describe him in great detail and then kill him off on the next page?”

And he swears he’s never heard of National Novel Writing Month before.


Yes, I’m in love.

What does your NaNoWriMo support system look like?

It Pulled Me Back In | NaNoWriMo 2015

Okay, I'm in. 

I wasn't going to do it because, you know, life. But I couldn't resist the lure of it anyway. NaNoWriMo 2015 got it's hooks in me.
So, my dear writer friends and readers, National Novel Writing Month began this year with me hardly having any clue as to what I would write. Luckily, I always seemingly have some sort of plot just laying around that needs finished.
So onward I go.
Viking and adventures and dreams and words.
Lots of them.
Fifty thousand of them to be exact.
Because, you know, words and stuff.
I am, after all, a writer at heart.

Another Win on the Books | Now to Finish Said Book

I did it. I won.

Oh my aching fingers!

Ever since the calendar flipped to December 1, I’ve felt like breaking out in song: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” 

At least, that's what I imagine it feels like for many writers across the globe right now.
November is over and it feels like I can finally get my life back! This monster known as NaNoWriMo has taken over my life for the past 30 days. But for the second time I crossed into the National Novel Writing Month winner’s circle by successfully penning 50,000 words worth of a novel in just one month’s time.

That oh-so-wonderful 50,000^th word was written November 30^th at approximately 8:53 p.m. Upon realization that I had crossed the magical word count threshold, I promptly jumped up from my computer desk, grabbed my cat and danced with her around the house for a solid three and a half minutes (or until the song on the radio was done, at which point my cat decided she didn’t really like her dancing partner and I decided I should get back to the task of finishing the novel).

But upon sitting back down to my desk to continue the not-yet-finished-story, a rush of emotions overcame me that anyone would expect upon coming out the other side of such an audacious task as a winner.

On Deadline | A NaNoWriMo Update

Hey there internet and happy Saturday! I know what you must be thinking:

“Whoa! What’s this, an update from Amanda in November? But isn’t there, like, that thing going on?”

This blog post is brought to you by Procrastination! Keeping you from getting stuff done!

Well, yes, there is in fact that one thing going on. That thing called National Novel Writing Month, that which has consumed my very being since 29 days ago. Almost every spare second of my time has been dedicated towards writing my novel The Light Within the Darkness.

I know it’s the day before the deadline and while I haven’t validated my novel yet, a little bit ago I crossed the threshold of 45,000 words on my project. That means I have just under 30 hours to come up with 5,000 words in order to win this year.

So why am I over here on my blog writing an update to you my lovely reader?