NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, officially appointed to November, likely because NOVember begins much like NOVel. Cute. No one happened to think that November was a positively awful month to hold such a national event, namely because of the approaching holidays and the whole traveling and planning and stressing and food-comas and seeing-extended-family bits. But despite all of this, November remains National Novel Writing Month and despite all of this, every year hundreds ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: Another excerpt from the novel!
Comments: Whoops! Almost entirely forgot that today was Wednesday! Today's snippet comes again from the novel-in-progress, a young adult fantasy entitled "Cheetah on the Roof". I almost told you who this conversation was between, but decided that instead I would love to hear who you infer these people to be from the conversation itself! Hope you enjoy! And thanks for reading! - JRF *** Arrelious smiled, looking up at him. “And what do you think became of Lua Mater, Loremaster?” “I’m still ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: A snippet from the novel!
Comments: Another snippet from the novel rough draft WIP, a young adult fantasy entitled "Cheetah on the Roof". Hope you enjoy!***“Why don’t you eat something?” Baba Yaga asked, and the bottom of the wooden bowl scraped against the scuffed tabletop as she pushed it toward Deanne, sloshing the contents within. Deanne shook her head, instinctively breathing through her mouth to avoid the smell of it, the steam rising off it’s still-bubbling surface to push against her face like a suffocating ... View Post
Pushing Through the Romanticism of Being a Writer
I think probably the most valuable thing I learned from NaNoWriMo last November (aside from the very important fact that I could, indeed, write a whole lot of words in a short amount of time) was that sometimes, writing could actually feel like work. I feel that many creative people, especially when they are younger, feel that if they could just get a job doing their creative enterprise of choice, and make a living off of it, they could be happy working all day every day for most of their adult ... View Post
Project List for April 2013
*trying not to panic*breathe...breathe* Write 30,ooo words for Camp NaNo (you will notice I dropped it another 10k words - that is because I am both drastically behind at this moment and because there are actually other items that need to be accomplished this month as well... see below!) (Hrm... haven't hit 5000 words yet... think I'm in trouble! :P 4.24.13) (Well, I wrote 5750 words total... meh. 4.30.13) Submit short story to Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition, Early-Bird Deadline ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: A snippet from the novel!
For the month of April, being that it is Camp NaNo month, all Writing Prompt Wednesday posts will be small sections of the part of the novel I am currently writing. For today, please enjoy this little bit of Chapter 12, as of now the first chapter in Act 2. Keep in mind, however, that this *is* still the rough draft, heh. *** She never thought she would wish so hard for the familiar trials of a modern airport - long lines, lots of waiting, lots of procedure, sure… but warm. Enclosed. And ... View Post
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