Using a Spreadsheet for Revision

Small update for anyone who’s interested: My April Limited Internet Challenge was amazing! I felt more energetic and had a lot more time to make good use of all that energy. I even finished a draft of a manuscript that I’m going to spend the foreseeable future revising. I highly recommend cutting back on the …

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Writing Journal

I never seem to remember just how crazy the end of the year is until it’s here. But I’m back! Over the break, I started compiling a writing journal. It’s not a journal where I free write or jot down ideas—though I do have one of those. Instead, it’s a place for me to keep …

Deadlines and Accountability: My NaNo Announcement

I work better with a deadline. A lot of people do. And it’s always been sort of built into my life in school. But when you’re doing something for yourself, something that doesn’t have a built-in deadline, then you have to make your own. So, I’ll choose a date and put it in my calendar …

Preptober: NaNoWriMo Prep

How do you prepare to write 50,000 words in a single month? The same way you would any other time. It’s easy to feel like it’s overwhelming or you don’t know how to do it because participating in NaNo is such a big undertaking. (Or, is that just me?) But you’re not preparing for NaNo, …