“November comes / And November goes, / With the last red berries / And the first white snows. / With night coming early, / And dawn coming late, / And ice in the bucket / And frost by the gate.” ~Elizabeth Coatsworth
Happy Halloween!
Act like a kid. Dress up, eat too much candy, be as weird as you want, tell silly jokes and enjoy time with friends.
Armchair Book Expo: Introductions
Welcome to Armchair Book Expo, an online conference for those of us who can’t attend Book expo in person. I’m pleased to be participating for the seventh year.
Remember, remember
November 5th marks the anniversary of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. A number of discontents planned to blow up Parliament but were caught before they could light the fuse. Guy Fawkes was found in the underground chambers below the building with dozens of barrels of gunpowder. He was tried and convicted of treason, though…
Tips & Tricks for Winning NaNoWriMo
I’ve “lost” NaNo many more times than I’ve “won”, but I never tire of trying. Along the way, I have picked up some tricks that really help me — with my writing in general but especially when you have a goal like 50,000 words in a short amount of time. Things to remember: It…