Recently I’ve been sharing excerpts from my letters to my daughter, Reese. In the new year, and post adoption finalization last month, I’ve been inspired […]
Where I wrote more than a haiku
New experiment Writing 30 over lunch With new coworkers With Love, Natalie
NaNo Stats
I technically finished NaNoWriMo on Monday, but I had a goal to write every day in November as part of the challenge so today was […]
Winner, Winner
50,000 words in the books! There was confetti. And a certificate. And a video and an email with celebratory gifs. It feels nice—my first NaNoWriMo. […]
NaNoWriMo, Day 22
Eight days to go but 80% of the way there! I just crossed the 40K word count milestone. It has gotten . . . harder—the […]
Historical Slang Dictionary
One random writing reference I encountered in my research about the 1950s . . . this slang dictionary website: https://www.alphadictionary.com/slang/ You can search for keywords […]
Writing Badges
To no one’s surprise, I am heavily influenced by competition and gamification. NaNoWriMo’s dashboard gives you badges for different milestones and challenges. For example, today […]
NaNoWriMo: Weekly Search History
Thirteen days into NaNoWriMo. Here is an updated list of recent writing-related Google searches, all made in the last week. What a ride through my […]
NaNoWriMo, Week One
I’m one week into NaNoWriMo! Three more weeks to go. The last couple of days have been much harder than that glorious weekend writing sessions. […]
Tarot as a Writing Exercise
I was trying to think about my deuteragonist’s character arc and motivations tonight. We don’t get his direct perspective in the story and I need […]