Writing Camp NaNoWriMo 2015

Where to get the motivation
for August, now?

I am glad it is over.  I am officially a winner! My word count has been validated and now the prizes are online to scoop up goodies and 'go home'.  This camp was low key, for me.  There seemed to be more video pep-talks, enthusiastic camp counselors, and useful tip-givers; but, I took a sort of 'just get through this' approach.  And, I did!  I'm happy.  34,000 words of a novel I really like, so far, and intend to work on just as much in August as I did in July (honestly, maybe a little more) until I have a novel I love.  My book title transformed from Camp to Dragon Camp to The Butterfly Specialist.  I hope, with the goodies and prizes, to have it line edited and ready to publish in September 2015.  Fast and friendly would be my summation of Camp NaNoWriMo 2015.  If you want to write novel - fast - with friendly enthusiasts and helpful tips, it really is priceless and very worth the cost!!  No commutes, just a lot of walking and walking.

Two indie author resource sites - from some of the NaNo campfires - that I thought deserved a look or the full, video tour:  Two New Resources Found At Camp.

Free Promotions End Today - NaNoWriMo Begins!

Make an Art Journal for watercolor and mixed media.

Ah, must be November and I am already 2 days behind.  I started writing my NaNo novel this morning.  I think I am writing the novel I pre-wrote in July; however, things may change - its still early.
Thanks to every trick-or-treater, Facebooker, Twitter retweeter, and Pinterest pinner who downloaded one, or more, of my vampire trilogy novels this past two weeks.  I haven't checked lately, but last count there seemed to be 45, 82, and 30 downloads of each novel and there is one-half day remaining for the latter book, The Quill Pen Killer.  Requesting reviews from those who enjoyed the free e-books!  I hope you had an awesome Halloween!
Any NaNoWriMo writers reading this?  If so, you know how busy this month can get.  I won't be posting to my blogs or Youtube channel, as much.  I tried in October to give you lots to look at, so, if you find yourselves expecting new blog posts while I am writing with wrimos, instead, check out this Pinboard and Youtube Playlist (click on the angel).  Make yourself a journal, or join NaNoWriMo and write a novel.  Don't forget to comment with a link to your work, so I can comment on your work, too. Happy Turkey Month!!

Writer's Camp - New Novel in July

As an author, I am third.  I am not a clone with two other me's, and I am not a baseball player on third base, instead I am a re-writer and 3 is my number.  Even writing blog posts, I write out my thoughts, ideas, my personality in (what I imagine to be) a great post.  Then I gasp, "Did I write that?!" at the typos and incorrect sentence structure.  I furiously rewrite, edit, and fix the mistakes.  Am I done?  No.  Never.  For me, as an author, there is always a third.  I imagine I'll grow out of this 'stage', but I don't.  Acceptance is my only defense.
"I am a third.  I am a third," is a mantra that keeps my second time anxiety gasp to a low-level lately.  If you are a writer, I hope I've helped you, because some great 'bones' are thrown out by perfectionists who haven't allowed themselves the second glance without crying.  Can't say I've never cried, but especially blogging and tweeting where every typo is immediately exposed to the world (although, according to the comments, here, I can't say, well really anyone but Sonic, has seen my mistakes) I've become accustomed to my second glance freak-out.  Now, at best it makes me reach for the gummie bears, and at its worst it makes me anxious enough to typo in the third writing, but I almost never throw the 'cr*p' across the room.
What does this have to do with Writer's Camp and a New Novel in July?  Everything!  NaNoWriMo's Write-a-Novel-in-One-Month campaign in what's been fashioned into Summer Camp for writers, online, now includes the category Pre-Writing.  I am ecstatic!  Because I am one of those NaNoWriMo losers who actually finished, in time, an entire novel in one month but had to rewrite this, "O gads, and then that!" until the midnight deadline was actually missed by an author (me) who had finished a week early.  That's the hare, folks, from tortise and the hare?  But I wasn't sipping a drink by the pool with a little umbrella perched against the rim of the glass, I was agonizing over typos, punctuation, stupidity, and rewriting sections as fast as I could.  This year, I'll pre-write and get myself some new writing done on a novel I've been putting off for a long, long, long time.  Join us at camp - there's a camp for young writers - or comment, here, to keep Sonic company.
I'll be posting Portland locations where I'll be writing at least once a week in July.  Join me if you see me around.  Here's the link!