The Writing Chronicles Begin
November 29th, 2005Thanks for coming back.
Well, I finished NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Nov 29th. Over 50K. Woo. I felt pretty damn good until I looked at what I’d written.
Hmmm.
So. No more podcasts to help NaNoers. They’re done. I’ll leave them up because they help folks keep writing.
I do choose to finish my novel despite setbacks (yes Carpal Tunnel I’m talking about you). The book is a mainstream coming-of-age fiction about massage parlors, set in the late 70’s early 80’s when masseuses weren’t massage therapists. It’s based on personal experience.
Yep. That was me. My wrists worked better then.
This blog is morphing to a chronicle about the writing and sale of my first novel. My new deadline is March 3rd because that’s when I’m taking the book to a conference on Whidbey Island. I plan to write another 50K this month. A personal NaNo. I’ll podcast once a week about it. Hey, if everyone else can podcast a bunch of this-is-me crapola then why can’t I? So there.
Feel free to keep me posted on how your book is going. Don’t stop writing. Let me know your goal. The Writing Chronicles have begun.
Be Afraid.
December 15th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Dawn,
I started listening to your inspirational podcasts during NaNoWriMo. Each day before I started writing, the first thing I did was listen to your podcast!
I want to take this opportunity to share with you just how much the combination of your thoughts on writing, as well as the mini meditations helped me during November, and continue to help me on into December!
The topics of calming the inner critic, handling resistance, word flow and others help me center, address some of my challenges as a writer, and start to write.
Thank you so very much!
May 12th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Hi Dawn,
I just discovered your blog. Love it. Here’s to “diamonds in the ooze.” Cheers,
- S