Category: NaNoWriMo
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I am a 2017 NaNoWriMo Winner
I made it to the finish line. I am a 2017 NANOWRIMO WINNER! This year was tough. I didn’t think I could make it. Back in October, I was not even sure I’d do the challenge. With encouragement from some friends, I took the challenge. I knew if I joined, I would finish. I knew…
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NaNoWriMo Update – Day 10
It’s Day 10 on my 2017 NaNoWriMo challenge. I’m a third of the way to the finish line. So far so good. The story is moving along at a steady pace. Since I started on Day 1, I have a faint idea of what I wanted to write. Unlike my previous books which are all…
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Do I take the 2017 NaNoWriMo Challenge or not?
I took the NaNoWriMo challenge in 2013 with The Iron Butterfly, a story based on the life of my grandmother, a young widow with nine children to support after her husband died unexpectedly. She was a strong woman of great conviction. I won the challenge and self-published The Iron Butterfly in 2015 after several edits…
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Final Report on my 12-week Challenge
Here is my 12th and final report for my twelve weeks challenge: 1. I made my reading goal for my 12-week challenge. I finished two books this week which means I’m also on track with my Books To Read in 2016 Challenge for Goodreads. 2. However, I did not make my marketing goal of…
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Excerpts from “The Iron Butterfly”
Chapter 3, page 31-35 The orderlies placed Eugenio on the far end of the ward. Dr. Contreras went back out of the emergency room and came back with a surgeon in tow. The doctor acknowledged Regina’s presence by merely nodding his head and went right to take Eugenio’s vital signs. His pulse was terribly weak…
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I am a NANOWRIMO winner
I did it! I am a 2015 NANOWRIMO WINNER. I finished the NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month) Challenge for 2015 in spite of all the distractions in November. It is the third book in the series “Journey to Freedom”. I’m proud of myself having achieved my goal. I knew if I put my mind into…
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TIPS ON BECOMING A BETTER WRITER – Day 30
Today is the final day of the NANOWRIMO Challenge for 2015. I made my goal of 50,000 words on Nov. 23 and reached 57,632 to finish the first draft of my novel, “Courage and Endurance”, the last book on the series “Journey to Freedom”. Tomorrow, the draft will be put away for a while and revisited…
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TIPS ON BECOMING A BETTER WRITER – Day 28
The next three days are tough ones since I have another deadline – to work on the December newsletter for my rose society and send it out on Monday. In spite of that, I was able to squeeze some ideas into my novel and I made it to 54,926 words. Not bad at all. The…
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TIPS ON BECOMING A BETTER WRITER – DAY 27
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. I missed the old Thanksgiving dinners when I used to cook for my extended family. The last time I had them, I had 23 guests in my home. Those were fun times. Yesterday, we had plenty of food for just my husband, me and one of…
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TIPS ON BECOMING A BETTER WRITER – DAY 25
In between my cooking and cleaning the house preparing for Thanksgiving, I managed to add something to my manuscript. I was able to type in another 923 words. My new total is now 52,650. The tip for today is: Revise or rewrite your manuscript. After you have reread your manuscript, it is time to rewrite…
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