Week three of the 90-Day Novel

So, full disclosure, I am not attacking the prompts as hard this week. My brain space is already packing for the SCBWI conference in NY, worrying about weather related flight cancelations, where the best restaurants are and what Broadway show to see while we are there. It has become increasingly difficult to focus on poorContinueContinue reading “Week three of the 90-Day Novel”

Week two of The 90-Day Novel

This entry is an example of why I am struggling to follow Al’s wonderful advise in his book, The 90-Day-Novel.  He instructs us to spend five minutes answering the five or so questions for that day (so about a minute per question), then spend 90 minutes giving thought to the outlines structure, then 30 minutesContinueContinue reading “Week two of The 90-Day Novel”

WOOP Grant

I’m thrilled to share that the opening chapters of DAMNATION have qualified for the WOOP Grant! This grant, offered to regional members of the global children’s writers and illustrators society SCBWI, must be used to further the creation of my manuscript—a challenge I’m more than ready to tackle. To push myself even harder, I’ve pickedContinueContinue reading “WOOP Grant”