If you’re an indie author involved with other indie writers (or NaNoWriMo in November), you’ve probably heard of Camp Nano taking place in April and July. In honor of that, I wrote about what my process was for deciding to participate last year. And that was to make myself be okay with the possibility of failing. Here’s my story of learning to be OK with not finishing NaNo.
Tag: Wynbourne Manor
Can you believe we’re already a week into NaNoWriMo? It’s passing in a bit of a blur so far. This time around I get my best writing in after my daughter goes to bed too. It never ceases to amaze me how much my NaNo experience changes every year.
For those unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo is, it’s a challenge to write a novel in the month of November.
Nation
Novel
Writing
Month
If you participate, you are pledging to attempt to write 50,000 words throughout the month. If you break that into all 30 days, it comes out to 1,667 words/day. At its heart, NaNoWriMo is our kick in the pants to get off our behinds and buckle down on writing.
Meet Jasper Cole
I really wasn’t sure exactly how Jasper Cole would turn out when I started writing Learning to Love, but that’s not a huge surprise for me. My characters tend to develop themselves and tell me the things I need to know as we go through the writing process. However, he did a pretty good job of surprising me a couple of times despite everything. Humble, persevering, and gentle, Jasper really defied the odds he was given. In the end, he’s now one of my favorite characters and I can’t wait for you to get to know him too.
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Elanor Tisdale and Learning to Love (Wynbourne Manor Book 1) are coming soon! For those waiting for the next Wildwood story, apologies, you’re going to have to wait a little longer, but I know you will love Elanor too.
ETA: Buy Learning to Love here!
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