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Category Archives: NaNoWriMo
Novel Cover Post Script
Click on the link below to take a look at a collage of all 30 covers created during the month of November based on 30 National Novel Writing Month synopses, one of which was mine. I’m still amazed and reeling … Continue reading
National Novel Writing Month Follow-up Stats
Click this link for interesting statistics (such as, out of this year’s 256,618 participants, 36,774 made it to the 50,000 word mark) about National Novel Writing Month: NaNoWriMo Follow Up Statistics I received my winner’s t-shirt in the mail (I bought it..the … Continue reading
Writers In The Mist – Dr. Argyle Schield’s Field Notes, Part 2
Here is the second part of Dr. Schield’s tweeted field notes recording his observations of writer’s in their natural habitat. (Writers In The Mist Introduction) (Writers In The Mist – Field Notes Part 1) WITM: I want to communicate with … Continue reading
Writers In The Mist – Dr. Argyle Schield’s Field Notes, Part 1
Throughout the month of November while I was frantically noveling, raking up words by the bushel and bagging them in a thumb drive, I mostly blogged items I had prepared before November began, being too busy with the book to bother with the blog. Imagine my … Continue reading
I Won!
I wrote 51,722 words of my first novel, Marigold Man, in 30 days, from November 1 to November 30. The folks who run National Novel Writing Month call that winning. Here is a quote from the organization’s Winner’s Page: Congratulations, … Continue reading
A Raw, Unedited Marigold Man Excerpt
(In which Paul’s neighbor, Condor, suggests that Project Marigold might be more successful with a team of people planting plants, instead of just Paul planting seeds on his own. Note: I haven’t re-written or edited this. It is raw, baby, … Continue reading
A Book and Its Cover
I wanted to show off the cover that an artist designed for Marigold Man, the book I’m writing. I wrote about the possibility of this happening here: They liked it, they really liked it…. Each day since the 50,000 word … Continue reading
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Writers In The Mist
Literary Lee feels privileged and lucky. So should all the many The Life Literary readers. Here’s why: The noted scribologist (one who studies the habits of writers) Argyle Schield has agreed to share his field notes, scribbled hastily in his … Continue reading
The First Paragraphs of Marigold Man
(I’m not going to do this often during November, but here are the first few paragraphs, the first 990 words of Marigold Man. I confess I edited them, something I won’t have time to do, can’t take the time to … Continue reading
The Synopsis of the Novel I’m Going to Write in November (and a Few Thoughts About its Impending Birth)
Reflecting on Being Heavy with Novel What’s happening to me? I am pregnant with a novel. I feel it growing, swelling inside my literary belly. In the last few days it has even started to kick. I only dreamed I … Continue reading