NaNoWriMo is now behind us. Actually, it’s been behind me for nearly two weeks, but for most people it has just passed. I went in with a goal of 100k in 17 days, thinking that 6k per day would be totally doable. And it would’ve been, if I hadn’t been so stuck on the end product of my book that I began to hate the writing process. So about halfway through that, with my novel, The Shadow Raven, at about 33k, I switched to short stories. I decided to write short stories for my friends and family for Christmas, so I started working on those instead of TSR, because TSR needed a break. Continue reading “NaNoWriMo Wrap-Up”
Farewell to November
NaNoWriMo is ended (it actually ended for me somewhere around the 18th) and now it’s time to take stock.
November’s Writing
I’ve written 50k this month on varying projects. 33k of it was on The Shadow Raven, as intended, but then I fell off of that and I’ve been working on short stories and blog posts instead. Continue reading “Farewell to November”
Winter: A Poem
From today until Christmas, I’ll be posting a poem, post, or flash fiction every day that relates to winter, Christmas, in addition to your scheduled programming. Here’s today’s poem. Continue reading “Winter: A Poem”
Character Interview: Alleyn Everlind
Alleyn Everlind is king of Roenor and father of Detren Everlind. He’s Detren’s role model at the beginning of The Shadow Raven, and his son is a lot like him. Continue reading “Character Interview: Alleyn Everlind”
Worldbuilding: Festivals & Holidays
With the holidays coming up, I thought it would be fitting for this week to write a post about holidays and celebrations.
Festivals and holidays can be difficult to develop, but they’re easier if you have a starting point. That starting point is what I’ll attempt to give you in this post. Continue reading “Worldbuilding: Festivals & Holidays”