Review: Best American Short Stories 2019
The Best American Short Stories 2019 by Anthony Doerr My rating: 3 of 5 stars As a professional writer, I do my best to keep up with short stories in ...
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It’s the middle of December, and all I can say is NaNoWriMo fried my brain. I didn’t even hit 50,000 new words. Day job plus 3 a.m. job of writing ...
I think I probably could have planned my reading plus NaNo combo better, but here we are. I am reading about systematic racism in the United States and dredging up painful life memories to transform them into marvelous fiction.
How is your November?
NaNo Crisis: What’s the Point?
I’m paraphrasing, but as I browsed the NaNoWriMo-related posts on Facebook today instead of writing, I found a post that almost broke my heart: “I don’t see the point in ...
Attending Write Drunk, Edit Sober on Weds!
Yes, it’s that time of the year when coffee slinging writers across the country try to get those manuscripts at least to 50,000 words. I already have a draft that is about 50,000 words, but it does need more. It also needs a lot of editing. In other words, this NaNoWriMo for me is painful.
If you want to join me, check-out my profile here.
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Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
I wanted to enjoy this book, but I ran into a few issues that I just couldn’t get past. I like to preface my less than glowing reviews with ...
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Books by Native American Authors
Because if you’re not over Columbus Day already, you’re so behind. Actually, I am giving anyone reading this post permission to process whatever feeling or lack of feeling s/he/they has/have ...
The Newlyweds
Nell Freudenberger has been racking up awards for her writing and reading The Newlyweds, it’s easy to understand why. She chronicles Amina’s journey from being a studious young ...