In addition to the 40,000-plus handwritten words and nearly 7,000 typed words that I’ll have in hand by the time I finish National Novel Writing Month on Friday, I also have a secret weapon: my writing journals. The poet Deborah Keenan encouraged all of her students to keep writing journals and over the past few… Read More
A row of red-and-white candy canes light the path to my neighbor’s front door. Walking my dog at dusk last evening in the newly fallen snow, the decorations reminded me of Candy Land, my favorite board game when I was a child. This “sweet little game for sweet little folks” has an interesting backstory: a… Read More
On this final day of National Novel Writing Month, I have written a total of 45,111 new words in 30 days. My tally for the draft of the novel itself was 38,767 words, and for the 33 Reflection posts, a total of 6,344, for a grand total of 45,111. While the total for the draft itself… Read More