Review: No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty
A WordsDay Special If writing a 50,000-word novel in a month sounds like a crackpot idea, it is. So admits Chris Baty, founder of National Novel Writing Month and author of No […]
NaNoWriMo Week Four: A double-barrel word deficit
A WordsDay Special It’s crunch time. I’m about 8K words off-pace on my novel, and I only have a few days to go. I’d like to say this update on my National […]
Pekar Tribute 6: Benjamin Frisch
Assassination fascination and the shooter on the grassy knoll
Monday, November 22 is the forty-seventh anniversary of JFK’s assassination. The weather in Dallas that afternoon could not have been more beautiful. President Kennedy, with the top down in his limousine, took […]
Reading to grandchildren
So I’m in Boston visiting a new granddaughter, born three and a half weeks ago but unseen by me until this past Thursday when I flew in from London, and boy, is […]
NaNoWriMo Week Three: The word count vs. the Inner Editor
I won’t lie. It’s getting ugly. I’m running about a day-and-a-half behind pace on my novel writing. According to National Novel Writing Month’s official website, the cumulative word count is supposed to […]
Pekar Tribute 5: Mike Keefe
NaNoWriMo: The Office of Letters and Light
A WordsDay Special Week Two usually takes a heavy toll on the writers participating in National Novel Writing Month, but for Lindsey Grant, the week has offered a little bit of a […]
NaNoWriMo: National Back Up Your Novel Day
A WordsDay Special Saturday is NaNoWriMo’s National Back Up Your Novel Day. I’m a pretty dutiful backer-upper, so I’m doing okay (knock on wood), but I figured I’d take the opportunity to […]
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