A Year of Great Fantasy Reads: June @Jen_McConnel #giveaway

It’s 2014 and we’re celebrating with an awesome fantasy-themed calendar. This calendar is for the background on your computer and you can get this month’s image below. Each month will feature a different book or series, so if you want to challenge yourself, try reading each book or series that is featured before each month[…]

#JuNoWriMo Update and Pep Talk by Nina Post #amwriting

JuNoWriMo is this little thing Anna Howard and I created last year, a spin-off of NaNoWriMo for those of us who wanted to write a novel in June. We had around ninety participants, which absolutely thrilled us. This year? JuNoWriMo isn’t so little anymore. We’ve quadrupled our participation and our current count is nearing 400![…]

A Giveaway for #JuNoWriMo Participants

Have you signed up for JuNoWriMo yet? If so, get in on this sweet giveaway, courtesy of Vicki Trask and JuNoWriMo.com! If not, sign up for JuNoWriMo now and join the adventure. Then enter the giveaway below (US and Canada only). (Go here to see the original post and list of prizes.) a Rafflecopter giveaway ~ You might[…]

What Are You Doing in June? #amwriting #JuNoWriMo

What are you doing this summer? I have big plans. In June I’m joining a group of other daring writers and writing a novel for JuNoWriMo (June Novel Writing Month). I’ll be writing the sequel to my recently published novel Gateway to Reality in a new character’s point of view. I don’t yet have much[…]

My Crazy Life and a WIP Update

Life has been incredibly busy lately, and it isn’t going to let up anytime soon. But that’s fine with me. I like a full schedule, as long as I can find a few moments in there to rest. Here’s an update on what I’ve been doing and what’s next on my plate. JuNoWriMo I created[…]

6 Ways to Maximize Word Count During JuNoWriMo

If you’re one of the participants in JuNoWriMo, writing 50,000 words in 30 days, you know that the end of the month is closing in. We have only 9 days left! I hope your writing is right on track, but if you’re a little behind, don’t lose hope yet! There’s still time to pick up that[…]

What Is JuNoWriMo?

I tweeted a few days back that I’d be participating in JuNoWriMo. Then I got a handful of tweets asking what the heck I was talking about. So what is it? JuNoWriMo is a motivational tool to write a novel (50,000 words) in thirty days. You’ve heard of National Novel Writing Month, right? (If not,[…]