Month: July 2011

  • FINISHED! (Sort of…)

    Last night at 1 AM (okay, so technically this morning) I finished the first draft of my novel. It felt like this: However! I did not write 30k in 13 days. Here’s why: For the first week, I kept writing as I had been. Except more. I spent less time on blogs and email, I went…

  • Writerly Wednesday

    Psst! Don’t forget to check out the July giveaway for your chance to win HALF A LIFE by Darin Strauss or THE LOVE GODDESS’ COOKING SCHOOL by Melissa Senate. … I have just a few days left in July, and no idea whether or not I will finish my first draft. I think it’s still doable, but…

  • On death and closure (or lack thereof)

    Don’t forget to comment on the July giveaway for your chance to win HALF A LIFE by Darin Strauss or THE LOVE GODDESS’ COOKING SCHOOL by Melissa Senate. … Not to be a downer, but death has been on my mind lately. A week ago, a young alum from my college died in a car accident.…

  • July giveaway

    Same rules as usual: Please leave a comment below and let me know which of these 2 books you’re interested in. If you’re interested in both, that’s fine. You have until the end of this month to enter, and then I’ll draw names at random and announce the winners on Mon, Aug 1st. Must have US…

  • Crunch time

    So, my to-do list tells me that I’m supposed to blog today. However, my brain says that I’ve been telling people I want to finish the “first” draft of my novel by August. Y’all, that is only 13 days away. And I still have about 30k words to write. If you do the math (or…