A Kinder, Gentler Contest

Good Morning! Day two finds me back on my couch at –gasp– ten a.m. local time, preparing to dive back into my novel. In past years, I’ve written my piece for this competition on just enough sleep to keep my vision from doubling when I stare at my MacBook screen. If I had slept until…

Plugging Away

A quick hello from behind my laptop. Writing my three day novel is going reasonably well, particularly considering I only put in ninety minutes of writing when the clock started at midnight before forcing myself to bed for the night. For the first time ever, I am writing the manuscript more or less in the…