Please excuse my little happy dance. November was rough y'all. During November I participated in the 30 Blog Your Brand Challenge sponsored by Indie Business Network and National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. Even for a prolific writer this November was definitely a huge challenge. After my interview with ABC.com where I declared I … [Read more...]
NaNoWriMo Day 1 of 30
Today is the first day of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2015. In 2012 I wrote Puffy & Blue: The Chronicles of Nine Lives Together during NaNoWriMo which I published in 2015. In 2013 I wrote The Tough Side of Love during it. It was a book I needed to write, but am not ready to publish it. Both years I reached the 50,000 word count and … [Read more...]
Joining the 30-Day Blog Your Brand Challenge
Today I am starting the first day of a thirty day blogging challenge with a group called Blog Your Brand on Facebook. I love challenges! I am not much of a follower I have learned to harness the power of following the leader from following my good friend Donna Maria. She is the powerhouse behind Blog Your Brand and kicked off this new challenge … [Read more...]
National Novel Writing Month is Approaching
This year I am giving one month advance notice that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starts November 1, 2013. Take the month of October to consider joining me in November on this crazy adventure. If you want to get a jump start learning about how to self-publish your work check out my book How to Self-Publish: The Author-preneur Guide to … [Read more...]
Reach for Unseeable, Seemingly Unreachable Goals
When I was 8 years old we moved to Munich, Germany from Dallas, Texas, where if there was even a light dusting of snow on the ground, school was cancelled. That year I remember that I stood 4 feet, 4 inches tall and overnight it snowed 4 foot 6 inches. I woke up delighted at the thought of a mega snow day. Much to my surprise this was only the … [Read more...]
Writers Unite in NaNoWriMo
November marks the beginning of NaNoWriMo, otherwise known as, National Novel Writing Month. It is thirty days and nights of literary abandon. During NaNoWriMo 300,000 writers commit to writing 50,000 words in 30 days. Sound crazy? It is and it isn’t. If you are a writer or an aspiring writer I challenge you to choose a camp: Camp Crazy … [Read more...]
