Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo: Planners versus Pansters

Tomorrow starts NaNoWriMo 2017. (That’s National Novel Writing Month which starts November 1.) And after my weekend in Ellicott City, Maryland attending Hallowread and talking to many of the authors, I am rather stoked and motivated to write my 2017 NaNoWriMo novel. Now if you’re familiar with NaNoWriMo, you know that traditionally NaNoWriMo divided writers into … More Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo: Planners versus Pansters

Perfect on Paper

When writing about yourself, your story is just that . . . your story. You script your life to meet whatever end you need. You can neglect the bad, highlight the awesome, and accentuate the funny. In other words, you can be perfect . . . at least on paper. Or you attempt to do … More Perfect on Paper