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My NaNoWriMo

Ah, November has come once again to the writing community. That means that scores of writers will be trying their hand at the challenge of NaNoWriMo. For those of you not hip to it, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. And therein it is the challenge for each writer participating to attempt to write…
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Mining for an Answer
My heart is pounding. I am slowly moving forward in the dark, trying to put as much light as possible in front of me so that I can see what is ahead of me. There’s danger ahead. Creatures are lurking there waiting to kill me. But I am in no real danger. I am sitting…
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Good Habits Die Easy
Resurrecting good habits has been on my mind lately. Specifically I speak of some old writing habits that I had in the past. Even the recent past. Two come to mind as habits that I should look into bringing back: writing 100 words every time I log onto a computer and writing 500 words before…
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The Close of a Weekend
With this weekend coming to a close, I can say one thing with a degree of certainty: I feel like shit. I am not sick. No. Rather I’ve binged, on carbs, lounged around, and played for hours on end on one device or another mindlessly scrolling through mindless app after brainless activity. No writing. No…
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Finding People
Finding people can be tough. Well, not really. But what I am looking for is a little tricky. Having gone to the event in Plainfield for indie-writers this month, my desire to join a writing group has spiked. Finding those chasing the same dream is just an idea that even my social-anxiety-riddled-self cannot fight against.…