A Nano Haiku

Day by endless day, Brain to finger; straight to page. Somehow, a book made.

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As you may have guessed from the title, I’m participating in NaNoWriMo this year. It’s not my first time; I took part (and won) 4 years running, beginning with 2005. Then last year I took a break. My dad had just passed away and I wasn’t feeling particularly creative. Instead, I focused on rewriting a [...]

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November is fast approaching, and with it comes the question – to Nano, or not to Nano? Usually, the answer is a quick and resounding “Heck yes!” But this year I have a lot on my keyboard. I’m currently querying “How to Speak to Spirits,” my middle-grade Nano novel of 2008. And I’m deep in the [...]

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Life is good. As I type this, everything is better. The sun is brighter, my children are sweeter. The bacon is crisper. I have found my bliss, and it is the ending of my novel! Not ending as in I have finished, but ending as in I now KNOW WHAT HAPPENS! This may come as [...]

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I am a firm believer in education. After all, I married a teacher. And I work at a child care center, where in between the nose-wiping and getoffyourfriendhedoesn’tlikeitwhenyoubounceonhisheadlikeatrampoline, we do manage the occasional teachable moment. I graduated from high school, completed six years of college, and have since taken classes on everything from grant writing [...]

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