Category Archives: NaNoWriMo

It Wouldn’t Be That Way

Posted on November 22, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

But first, a quick update: Writing is happening, but it’s mostly finishing up The Flip of a Coin instead of working on The Turn of a Phrase, which is my NaNoWriMo project. I am not going to win NaNoWriMo this year, but … Continue reading →

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Screaming Into the Void

Posted on November 16, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

My NaNoWriMo word count is 2,234. That used to be my daily average, but that’s all I wrote for that story in the first half of the month. I’m not giving up. In past years I’ve been better prepared and … Continue reading →

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Luxury of the Mind

Posted on November 9, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

A few years ago, NaNoWriMo was complicated by an emergency trip from Vermont to North Carolina because my father was going to have yet another heart surgery, and we were afraid he wasn’t going to pull through. (He did, thankfully, … Continue reading →

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My Spot

Posted on November 2, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

By necessity, there are three desks in our living/dining room, and only one love seat in front of the TV. Although my spot isn’t as comfy as I’d like, it works for me. Mostly. A couple of months ago I … Continue reading →

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The IF in SciFi

Posted on October 27, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

I am constantly amazed at the insightful, well-informed, funny and ironic answers I get on my SciFi Question of the Day. Of course I get trolls, too, and the inevitable random “Hey! That’s not science fiction!” comment, but most of … Continue reading →

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How Much

Posted on October 11, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

Writers are not the only professionals with “those” jobs. The kind of jobs that, if you need to take time off for illness, vacation, family emergency or whatever, your work simply continues to pile up. It almost makes me miss … Continue reading →

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Interruptions

Posted on October 5, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

I once took a test for a job where we had a set of written instructions to follow (simple stuff, like turn to page 93 and copy the first sentence in this blank) while a recording played that interrupted us … Continue reading →

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Pondering NaNoWriMo

Posted on September 21, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

ROW80 goals? Cruising by on the minimum. Preparing to ramp up for the fourth round. My eyes are bigger than my stomach. I’ve learned to deal with this, and I’m now OK with throwing away food instead of stuffing it … Continue reading →

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Tumbleweed

Posted on September 7, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

We’re almost to the end of Round Three in A Round of Words in 80 Days! Round Four includes NaNoWriMo, for those of us who partake.  November, for me, also marks the one year anniversary of finding out that our … Continue reading →

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August Already

Posted on August 3, 2016 by AmyBeth Inverness

The summer is flying by. School here starts in mid August, which might mean more writing time for me. Unfortunately, it also means I’ll be doing a lot more chauffeuring around as my kids and hubby have odd schedules. This … Continue reading →

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