Doing/Not NaNo...

I've never done NaNo before.  I'm not going to start doing it this year...I'm not ready for that kind of pressure.  Maybe next year, I can start gathering the research for one of my pending stories in December.  By next November I can just concentrate on the writing part.That's all NaNo is...writing.

I may not be doing NaNo but I will be working on my "Work in progress" as much as possible this month.  I want to see how much I can truly get done in one month.

Here's to NaNo and everyone who is participating...good luck to you all.   

Now Hiring...

I need to figure out what Kacey will be doing for her occupation.  I think she's telling me that she is a classical musician.  Not sure what instrument she plays.I am seeing her playing a flute or some type of wind instrument I'm sure she'll clue me in when I need to know. 

First, I need to work on Francine's situation.

Websites for Writers...

I was thumbing through my Poets & Writers Magazine I saw this ad for a writing software. I went to their website My Story Writer and I was more interested in their link list for writers than their software.
Websites for Writers website has four pages full of website's for writers. Here are just a few that caught my eye.

1. Write to Done - Blog from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits fame: “That’s what Write To Done is about, at its core: the craft and the art of writing. But from that core we’ll be covering many topics: journalism, blog writing, freelance writing, fiction, non-fiction, getting a book deal, the business of writing, the habit of writing.
2. Autocrit - The AutoCrit Editing Wizard automatically analyzes your manuscript, checking it for a wide collection of writing errors and weaknesses. The Editing Wizard finds:
   
   • Overused Words & Phrases
   • Repeated Words & Phrases
   • Slow Pacing
   • Dull Sentence Structure
   • Cliche's & Redundancies
   • Incorrect Homonyms
   • Incorrect Readability Levels
   • Overused Dialogue Tags
3. Procrastinating Writers - Procrastinating Writers offers advice, motivation and inspiration to help creative writers overcome procrastination and complete the writing projects they've been putting off.
4. Word Hustler - WordHustler is the first and only website to take care of the whole process of submitting work to literary markets. Our free database features 4,000+ agents, publishers, contests, and publications. Our over 5,000 clients use WordHustler to send and track their physical submissions, which saves them time so they can do what they’re supposed to be doing: WRITING. Our goal is to make the submission process easier and more organized for writers AND the markets who receive their work. In fact, Bnet.com called us “The Match.com for the publishing industry.”

Whoever is a writer or wants to be a writer will find something at Websites for Writers.
Note: Description of websites were snagged from Websites for Writers

The Voices In My Head...I, I Mean Stories...

Meet Kacey...she's one of my main characters in one of my works in progress.  I started working on her story after Tessa stopped talking to me.

Kacey has a very interesting story to tell, I just hope I can tell it well.

There are several stories inside the challenge is getting them onto the page. Writing seems harder then it appears. The biggest problem I have is procrastination and discipline when it comes to writing. Right now, I have two works in progress and two more in my head waiting just waiting for me to get to work.  I keep telling myself,  "How can you be a writer when you don't write?" You can't!

During the summer my sister got me addicted to Pinterest for those of you who don't know, it's a virtual cork board and you pin web pictures to your virtual boards that you create.  Well, let just say, Pinterest has gotten my creative juices flowing.  I've found some great writing websites and blogs through pinning pictures, which I have add to my sidebar that anyone can check out.  These new sites are giving me inspiration to start taking  my writing and the busness of writing seriously.

I hope I can get myself into a serious writing routine and become the writer I know I can be!

Putting Tessa On The Shelf...

For now, I will be putting Tessa's story on the shelf.  I am not giving up on Tessa I'm just giving her along with myself a rest.  I will be working on another project I had started awhile back entitled "Time of Death."  For the foreseeable future I will be posting my progress to writing this story.

More details of this story are coming soon.  So stay tuned.