Sorry inner editor Illisa, you’re going back in the drawer. Oh man, I hate to admit defeat, but here I have to. No! Not on Nano...

Yep, we’re halfway through Nanowrimo and I hit the ‘I hate my f#%^ing novel phase right on schedule. And based on the threads on the Nano...

I’m reading a book on “outlining” a novel, and the emotional beats you want to hit. In it he talks about why people read and how a...

Okay, I have abandoned my poor blog and I am sorry, the last few months have been horrible but I’m back, I swear. And trying to do...

We’re there, smack dab in the middle of the third week of Nanowrimo, and if you’re anything like me, you’re climbing the walls either...

We have things called word sprints, wars and crawls on the Nanowrimo forums.  The wars are where you race with buddies for a set amount...

*Wacha* (Sound of whip cracking) It’s that time of year again, no not tax season, different whip.  Nanowrimo!  This whip is one you got...

You’ve all heard the expression, right?  They’re like armpits (or a different part of the anatomy) and they all stink. Excuses! We’ve all...

“There’s no such thing as writer’s block.  That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.” ~ Terry Pratchett. What do you...

Day 4 and still funny.  We’re going to have to turn this into a wacky, fantasy short story because Daydream has got the gift of crazy...

It’s been 3 rounds and the lawyers in the blood red heels are drinking champagne in a throne on their very own continent!  In non-dork...

Over on the Nanowrimo website we’ve started a Round Robin.  That’s when someone starts the story and sets the main characters and main...

It’s my birthday!!!  I love my birthday, it’s the day everything is about me.  I think I feel this way because technically it’s not just...

This is an excerpt from the second book in my Gods series, The Gods Appeal.  In it, Cassandra’s thrust into a vision walk to test her...

The rain twirled up behind Chet in another weird whirlpool and I grabbed my necklace.  No way… nuh uh.  It was the wind, it happened,...

I hit 30K words for July tonight AND I wrote 11K words this weekend!  11K words in about 50 hours, along with normal weekend chores and...

I’m doing a big writing marathon day to catch up on my CampNano word goal (at 4250/6600 now, so going strong!) so don’t have time to do a...

This is one of the pep talks from Nano in November (and is applicable for those of us doing CampNano now), but is pretty good for writers...

Don’t mess with Kung Fu Kitty.  Photo by Oleg Volk. “Evie!  Get your skinny ass out here,” Chet yelled and pounded on the door, making...

This is my inner editor, her name’s Illisa, The Corrector Kitty.  Along with her friends, Flights of Fancy, Plot Bunny, Grammar Monkey,...