As my goal of 50,000 words by the end of November becomes more and more of a logistical impossibility, I've begun to turn my focus toward shorter and shorter fiction forms. After wandering around various news sites, I came across a book review on Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer,…

While I'm having fun just writing whatever I want that is even remotely related to my novel idea, I am not as productive as when I actually have a plan. Right now, I'm exploring the world I've created through writing, putting down the rules for how things work in the actual text, so for the…

So I'm two weeks into NaNoWriMo and realize I have not posted anything here yet. I'm so far off schedule that it's not even funny (I should have 21,000 words right now; I only have just over a 1,000), but I am having fun. I'll make sure to post the rest of the pep talks…