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Life After NaNo

So many wonderful things came out of November this year! My second novel, which I loving call Hot Mess #2, is done! Well... okay the plot is complete. I'll probably spend months on rewrites and additions. Weekly write-ins that I facilitated at a local writing center are now going year-round. They're starting up again in … Continue reading Life After NaNo →

SarahHillDarrow Writing the novel 1 Comment December 1, 2017 1 Minute

Done with NaNoWriMo

The whole point of NaNoWriMo was to finish the second novel. I didn't have to start from scratch, I had a decent head start over 10,000 words, but it was still a push. I had days where I wrote a hell of a lot. I had days where I wrote zero. Today I finished. Because … Continue reading Done with NaNoWriMo →

SarahHillDarrow Writing the novel Leave a comment November 28, 2017 2 Minutes

When crappy days derail NaNoWriMo

Yesterday was a bad day. Today is shaping up to be a bad day. It's not the persistent, nagging slow burn of depression or grief, it's just several bad days where things just happen that suck. My trainer quit, for example. I had some family drama to deal with. And my beloved manuscript earned its … Continue reading When crappy days derail NaNoWriMo →

SarahHillDarrow Writing the novel Leave a comment November 16, 2017 1 Minute

Back to Morning Pages

Today my alarm went off at 5 a.m. I put my feet on the floor before I could talk myself out of it, shoved them into puffy slippers, and shuffled into the bathroom. I fed the cat, let the dog out, got myself a glass of water and sat down to edit. I opened Scrivener … Continue reading Back to Morning Pages →

SarahHillDarrow Writing the novel Leave a comment October 24, 2017 1 Minute

Writing is slow, slow work

Am I ever going to finish this dang book?

SarahHillDarrow Writing the novel 1 Comment October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 1 Minute

NaNoWriMo 2017

Let's talk about National Novel Writing Month. It happens every November. The idea is to take the 30 days in November, write every day, hammer out a novel in a month. nanowrimo.org has great resources for support such as message boards, accountability in the form of counters and reminders, and that doesn't even get into all … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2017 →

SarahHillDarrow Status Update, Writing the novel Leave a comment September 25, 2017 1 Minute

Well, I Submitted

Last weekend I went to my local writer's conference in Virginia Beach. The Hampton Roads Writers Conference is small, (at least I think it is, I've never actually been to a writer's conference before,) but there was a ton of great ideas, insight, networking, and practice for writers of all types. It was a completely … Continue reading Well, I Submitted →

SarahHillDarrow Publishing the Novel Leave a comment September 22, 2017 2 Minutes

Where I am in the Process

I guess technically the writing process for me already started, but this blog is new, so let's just say this is the "once upon a time."

SarahHillDarrow Status Update, Writing the novel Leave a comment September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 1 Minute
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