Accountability Monday.

/ November 16, 2015/ achievement, goals, nanowrimo/ 0 comments

To keep myself on task with everything I have to do outside of my day job, I’ve started Accountability Monday where I’ll share my successes and failures from the past week and my goals for the upcoming one. If you too need something to keep yourself honest, feel free to join in. How I Did Last Week Write between 10,000

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Accountability Monday

/ November 9, 2015/ accountability Monday, achievement, goals, nanowrimo/ 0 comments

To keep myself on task with everything I have to do outside of my day job, I’ve started Accountability Monday where I’ll share my successes and failures from the past week and my goals for the upcoming one. If you too need something to keep yourself honest, feel free to join in.So, it’s November. It’s NaNoWriMo. I’m lucky I know

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Dear Blog, Part IX

/ November 2, 2015/ excuses, letters to blog, nanowrimo/ 0 comments

Dear Blog, I know. Today’s supposed to be Accountability Monday, but it’s NaNoWriMo time and I forgot to pre-game the post. I’ll be back next week with an update. My goal for this week is to hit 12,000 words. Cross all the things. Xoxo,Alicia

NaNoWriMo: Why I Participate

/ December 12, 2011/ nanowrimo, writing journey/ 7 comments

Oh god, y’all are thinking, not another NaNoWriMo post. It’s December for chrissakes. I know and I’m sorry, but we’ll all get through this together. Every year, NaNoWriMo gets a lot of flack, saying that it enables people who fashion themselves as writers when they’re really not. I disagree, but that’s a subject for a different day. Today is all

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Mandatory Writing Things

/ November 11, 2011/ Friday Fives, must haves, nanowrimo, SFLN/ 5 comments

Today’s post is super-late and I’m sorry about that. Lots of exciting things have been happening to Yours Truly as of late and since I don’t want to jinx anything, that’s as much as I can write.   The materials I need when I sit down to write vary depending on project, so this topic is challenging. Since it’s November

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