Ever since I first heard about NaNoWriMo in the late 90s from a friend whose nephew was doing it, I wanted to give it a try. It seemed like an incredible undertaking, and for a while I didn’t think … Continue reading
Category: Biography
WNFIN–Great NaNoWriMo Counterpart!
Radical Shift
Every year–and I mean every year for as long as I can remember– I have written my annual goals in January. Last December as the new year approached, I kept reading admonitions about how writing goals is useless. “It doesn’t … Continue reading
A Study of Biography: 3 Resources
Earlier this year, just about the time I realized my biography project was stalled (see From Stalled to Inspired), I read an interview with Penelope Niven in the March/April issue of The Writer’s Chronicle. Talk about timely! Niven is the … Continue reading
Project Management: Attitude & Action
In my last post, I wrote about my stalled writing project and how I took the problem to my writing group. You can read about the stall here. In this post, I’m going to discuss how their gentle shove resulted … Continue reading