Nanowrimo: why I love November more than ever
I’m grateful for @NaNoWriMo and all the support writers give one another to get to their goals. It’s a great way to reach your goal of becoming a novelist.
Are you ready for NaNoWriMo 2021?
Do you NaNoWriMo? November brings lots of excitement to the year. Arriving on the sugar high of Halloween, it’s true pumpkin spice season. The fall colors are almost spent and the gardens are brown and withered. My little sailboat, forlorn and abandoned since the first chill in the air a few weeks ago, awaits its…
You can do this, NaNoWriMo, I mean
I’m proud of the success I’ve had during this month of crazy writing. There’s a lot to learn before you can tell a good story. But the most important lessons for beginners are these
1-Sit down.
2-Write.
Countdown to book launch
I’ve been having fun on Instagram while I’m in a holding pattern, getting to know writers and readers and accounts set in the places where INN BY THE LAKE is located: Deep Creek Lake, Western Maryland, Pittsburgh and Wilmington, Delaware.
Marathon NaNoWriMo write-in
By now, National Novel Writing Month fans, you should have written 32,000 words on your latest romance/thriller/mystery/memoir/adult-fiction/YA/historical. Right. Did life get in the way for you too? It definitely did for me. First came the house issues. Then we had to celebrate my son’s engagement to the most wonderful young woman in the world. Phew.…
A NaNoWriMo win
November 30 is one of my favorite days of the year. It’s the last day of National Novel Writing Month and for the past four years, I’ve completed a first draft, 50,000 words. I’ve “lost” a couple of years, too. But I was naive then, unaware of the massive amount of focus it takes to…
Cheering for NaNoWriMo
Welcome to National Novel Writing Month. For me, it has made all the difference. Without NaNoWriMo, there would be DIVIDED LOYALTIES, no Maureen, no Joe, no Eliza, no man with the gun. I wouldn’t have spent a month deeply engaged in the places the Battle of Antietam touched.I would never have even known about a…
Ready for National Novel Writing Month?
Are you ready for NaNoWriMo? There are as many ways to get ready as there are future novelists. Everyone I’ve talked to does something different. Until this year, I did nothing besides decide on a place, and a main character. From those meager preparations I have written three novels during NaNoWriMo or Camp NaNoWriMo. One…
Book signings set
I had no idea how wonderful it would be to talk to readers about my Maureen, Joe, Patrick and Eliza. It’s as if they have really jumped out of my mind and off the page and entered the world. They are living and breathing and winning the hearts of those who meet them. I’m so…
Mary K. Tilghman writes 