Category Archives: NaNoWriMo

On the First Day of NaNoWriMo, My True Love Gave to Me…

Posted on November 5, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

It’s the first week of NaNoWriMo and I’m OK. Just OK. Not great, not even comfortable, but OK. At the dawn of day 5, my word count is a nice even 7k. I was above the line until yesterday, then … Continue reading →

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Icky-Poo

Posted on October 30, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

The only upside I can fathom to being sick is that I hope to get over it BEFORE NaNoWriMo. I’ve given up on one story I wanted to finish this month. The deadline’s just a couple days away, and even … Continue reading →

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Planning

Posted on October 28, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

How do you strike a balance between preparing and doing? One good thing about NaNoWriMo is that it gives the writer a defined time when they need to be writing. No longer plotting. No longer outlining. No longer cruising the … Continue reading →

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This, That, and a Million Other Things

Posted on October 23, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

Goals! I haz them. I’m barely keeping up, but I’ll make it. This round my goals are NaNo-centric. October is for NaNo prep, and there’s only one week left. I’m not sure I’m going to get the submissions finished that … Continue reading →

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ROWing to NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 16, 2013 by AmyBeth Inverness

My ROW80 goals for this round are to prepare for NaNoWriMo in October, win NaNoWriMo in November, then recover from NaNoWriMo in December. Last year I failed NaNoWriMo. Part of this was because I had a submission deadline for something else I wanted to work on … Continue reading →

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On Fire!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

OK, so I completely bombed NaNoWriMo this year. I have accepted that in a zen kind of way. And this past week of writing has been incredible, even though none of it has been on my WIP. I have two … Continue reading →

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The Next Big Thing

Posted on November 27, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

Betsy Tagged me in The Next Big Thing! For my ROW80 update, scroll to the bottom 1) What is the working title of your next book? My WIP is The Chapel at the End of the Universe. It’s the “next” … Continue reading →

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Get Ready, Get Set…

Posted on October 31, 2012 by AmyBeth Inverness

This week my level of writing has been below acceptable levels (less than 1k/day) however my level of preparing to write is exactly where it needs to be. Tomorrow, NaNoWriMo begins. I need to average almost 2k/day in order to … Continue reading →

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