Okay, guys, this is the pre-pre-MOTM call. Tell your friends, anyone who might want to join before kickoff, because we start Wednesday. This Wednesday! Waaahooo! And I seriously would love you forever if you want to help with the weekly writing articles; if I don't get some recruits, we're combining the advice column and the pep talk into one. May do it anyway. The first article will go up on Wednesday.
Are you all ready? Do you know what you're going to work on and what your word count goal is? Please remember that all the writing for this challenge must be on a single project to count toward your goal, and 10K is the minimum word count goal. However, also remember that there is no "winning" or "losing"; any writing that you get done during this month is a good thing, and that's the goal of MOTM, to encourage writers to do what they love: write, and be serious about it.
Okay, seriousness out of the way for the time being. If you're like me, you're just itching with excitement. I don't know if I can wait till Wednesday to start my story! But I'm going to because I still have character development to finish up with my heroine, and I want to get some descriptions down.
So, on your marks...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Hello! I'm Kendra
Hi! My name is Kendra Logan! I'm excited to try out this new writing challenge. I've never done NaNoWriMo or the April Fool's thing, so I'm new to the whole idea.
For the most part I write fantasy, but I've done some stories set in our world. :) Fantasy is my favorite. I started a Christian fiction once, but I didn't finish it. I sort of specialize in stories that start on Earth, and then sometime in the story the characters get swept away to another world.
Thanks for letting me join, guys! I'm really looking forward to this!
~Kendra~
For the most part I write fantasy, but I've done some stories set in our world. :) Fantasy is my favorite. I started a Christian fiction once, but I didn't finish it. I sort of specialize in stories that start on Earth, and then sometime in the story the characters get swept away to another world.
I'm not sure what story I will work on to achieve my word goal. I have quite a few stories, but since I have to focus on one work for the challenge, I don't know what to pick. I have the series that I've been writing, but I think I want to try to do something else. I will let you all know when I decide what!
Thanks for letting me join, guys! I'm really looking forward to this!
~Kendra~
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Enter Eva Turner
Greetings, all!
My name is Eva Turner and I am... Well, many things. First and foremost, I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I am a Patriot, a dreamer, potential journalist and a writer. But I won't bore you, so if you're curious, you can view my profile. :)
I'm not sure when my interest in writing started. It's always been rather innate for me. I've loved reading since my brain could make sense of the markings on paper. In most things (as with my writing and reading), I'm a chameleon. I can blend into and like any genre, really. A little bit of thriller, fantasy, historical fiction, modern.... you name it, I'll probably like it. My primary focus right now, though, is historical fiction.
As for what my project will be...I will either try to finish my current novel Mercy's War or try to jumpstart my languid upcoming novel, affectionately titled WWII Novel. :)
That's me in a rather short, hurried blog post. I look forward to getting to know everyone and giving our muses a little bit of adventure.
Ciao,
Eva
My name is Eva Turner and I am... Well, many things. First and foremost, I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I am a Patriot, a dreamer, potential journalist and a writer. But I won't bore you, so if you're curious, you can view my profile. :)
I'm not sure when my interest in writing started. It's always been rather innate for me. I've loved reading since my brain could make sense of the markings on paper. In most things (as with my writing and reading), I'm a chameleon. I can blend into and like any genre, really. A little bit of thriller, fantasy, historical fiction, modern.... you name it, I'll probably like it. My primary focus right now, though, is historical fiction.
As for what my project will be...I will either try to finish my current novel Mercy's War or try to jumpstart my languid upcoming novel, affectionately titled WWII Novel. :)
That's me in a rather short, hurried blog post. I look forward to getting to know everyone and giving our muses a little bit of adventure.
Ciao,
Eva
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Hi from Allie!
Hey y'all! I'm Allitrya Spelling, (you can call me Allie) and I'm friends with Elizabeth! I'm participating because I'm having trouble getting my muse to cooperate with me lately and I need something to get her going. And I'm going to be doing NaNoWriMo for my second year and I thought this would be a good warm up! :D
I generally write fantasy, and I ditto most of what Elizabeth said as far as who she is inspired by and what she writes etc. (though I must admit, her sci-fi is much better than mine...) Some of my favorite authors are J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Christopher Paolini, Meghan Turner, and Stephenie Meyer. My writing is pretty much a combo of all of that.
What I'm going to write for this is a story I started a while back that I want to finish soon.
It's about a guy named Simon who is the lord of a village (in a land that I made up but isn't really relevant to the story so I haven't named it yet), and he is visited by this mysterious man named Nicholas. Umm.. yeah, there's more to it, but it's kind of hard to explain as I'm already what... four chapters into it, and I still don't know what it's about. But I'm hoping to find out soon! :D It's kind of a fantasy thriller/horror type story.
Anyways, that's me! Can't wait to see what else people write!
Oh and many amazing thanks to Elizabeth for the awesome challenge!!!
God bless,
Allie
I generally write fantasy, and I ditto most of what Elizabeth said as far as who she is inspired by and what she writes etc. (though I must admit, her sci-fi is much better than mine...) Some of my favorite authors are J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Christopher Paolini, Meghan Turner, and Stephenie Meyer. My writing is pretty much a combo of all of that.
What I'm going to write for this is a story I started a while back that I want to finish soon.
It's about a guy named Simon who is the lord of a village (in a land that I made up but isn't really relevant to the story so I haven't named it yet), and he is visited by this mysterious man named Nicholas. Umm.. yeah, there's more to it, but it's kind of hard to explain as I'm already what... four chapters into it, and I still don't know what it's about. But I'm hoping to find out soon! :D It's kind of a fantasy thriller/horror type story.
Anyways, that's me! Can't wait to see what else people write!
Oh and many amazing thanks to Elizabeth for the awesome challenge!!!
God bless,
Allie
Come on in!
Okay, guys, this is where we start. Whoopty doo! 'Bout as elegant as it gets, isn't it? There's so much I want to do: podcasting, polls, lists of useful links and fun links for writers...but I have to say, for a first day, this isn't bad at all.
It would be nice if we all started out by introducing ourselves and maybe telling something about what we plan to work on during MOTM, so I'll start. I'm Elizabeth more (call me Liz, Lizzie, or Lizbeth...but never Eliza :)). You can read more about me on my profile if you're really super interested; I'll make this short. I've been writing for six years now, ever since I realized I wanted writing to be my life when I was twelve. My main genre is fantasy, but I've done historical fiction, Christian fiction, some contemporary short stories geared toward young adults, recently dabbled with a tiny bit of sci fi, and continue to produce a slow but steady stream of poetry and songs in many genres. I did LOTR fanfiction once upon a time, and am currently playing with Doctor Who now and then...only the coolest sci fi show ever. Tolkien's work first inspired me to write, and though I no longer am so conceited as to think I can write an epic of that scope and brilliance, I love what I do and continue to try to improve.
My MOTM project is a reincarnated resurrection of the ghost of my (disastrous and crappy) NaNoWriMo story from last year, most of which got eaten by my evil computer when I was about half finished. (Back up your work. Do it. Trust me! It's not fun to lose it!) It's called Faery Blood, and it's aboutt a human girl who falls in love with an immortal half faery who was exchanged for a human changeling in his infancy, and has grown up among humans. I'll go into more detail later; right now I'm tired and have other things I need to attend to.
So...come on in, enjoy yourselves! Yea!
It would be nice if we all started out by introducing ourselves and maybe telling something about what we plan to work on during MOTM, so I'll start. I'm Elizabeth more (call me Liz, Lizzie, or Lizbeth...but never Eliza :)). You can read more about me on my profile if you're really super interested; I'll make this short. I've been writing for six years now, ever since I realized I wanted writing to be my life when I was twelve. My main genre is fantasy, but I've done historical fiction, Christian fiction, some contemporary short stories geared toward young adults, recently dabbled with a tiny bit of sci fi, and continue to produce a slow but steady stream of poetry and songs in many genres. I did LOTR fanfiction once upon a time, and am currently playing with Doctor Who now and then...only the coolest sci fi show ever. Tolkien's work first inspired me to write, and though I no longer am so conceited as to think I can write an epic of that scope and brilliance, I love what I do and continue to try to improve.
My MOTM project is a reincarnated resurrection of the ghost of my (disastrous and crappy) NaNoWriMo story from last year, most of which got eaten by my evil computer when I was about half finished. (Back up your work. Do it. Trust me! It's not fun to lose it!) It's called Faery Blood, and it's aboutt a human girl who falls in love with an immortal half faery who was exchanged for a human changeling in his infancy, and has grown up among humans. I'll go into more detail later; right now I'm tired and have other things I need to attend to.
So...come on in, enjoy yourselves! Yea!
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