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NaNoWriMo so far…

So far, National Novel Writing Month has been a dream come true. I am writing, not critically editing and spending time rearranging, fussing here and there. The goal is not perfect prose, but prose in quantity! I feel fortunate that I had a story burning for the past...

First 10,000 words done!

I have crossed the 10,000-word threshold! Perhaps I'm just really inspired, but the first 1/5th of the book has flowed onto the computer screen. I love the characters, the conflict and the break from my other WIP. Okay - no more distracting blogging. Back to work,...

NaNoWriMo has begun!!

Here we go - day one of the National Novel Writing Month. The goal? 50,000 word novel in one month. I have started another World War Two historical romance, with a different take than In Dawn's Shadows. This story takes place in a small town in America during 1941,...

November plans

Some of you may know, November is National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word  novel from November 1 to 30. That means 2,500 words or so a day. Whether it's a good idea or not, I have signed up and plan to forge ahead. For the month of November, I...

Book Review: Catching Fire

I indulged this weekend. Rather, I was trapped by this book. Somehow my hands were chained to the hardcover binding and flipping pages madly. I simply couldn't put it down. So I ignored all other life around me and barricaded myself in my office to read Suzanne...

Book Review: The Hunger Games

Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and...

OCW Fall One-Day Conference

This past Saturday, the Oregon Christian Writer’s Fall One-Day Conference featured keynote speaker, author Eva Marie Everson. I always look forward to these one-day conferences, and this one was no disappointment! Everson is a fiction and nonfiction published author...

Why I’ve been absent…

The end of September and beginning of October turn into an event marathon at my day job, as events coordinator for the OSU College of Pharmacy. That means nights worked, constant errands and little time outside of work to unwind. In effort to keep myself sane, I...

Blogging hiatus

Hello all - I have taken a break from blogging due to other responsibilities with the "day job." I will be back to post on Thursday, October 15. Until then - visit my links page and read the many wonderful blogs that I follow as well! Blessings, Nicole