Today, in preparation for NaNoWriMo, I created a working notebook for the 45,000 words I hope to write in the 30 days of November. Because I know that my best, first-draft work happens when I write longhand, I now have a 3-ring binder filled with 300 blank, college-ruled sheets of paper, for an average of… Read More

National Novel Writing Month starts in three hours, at 12:01 am on Thursday, November 1st—a little too late (or too early?) for me to start writing. But my alarm clock is set for 6 am, my coffee maker is set and ready to turn on, and my favorite coffee mug is waiting to be filled:… Read More