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Writing more, blogging less

I’ve previously mentioned here that I plan to dedicate much of this month to working on my novels in progress. That also means less blogging in November. I’ve got a couple of Friday Fives planned for this month, and I may drop a post here or there later in the month. But for now, the focus is on writing, not blogging.

P.S. – Election day in the USA is tomorrow (Tuesday, November 5). If you are eligible to vote, please exercise your right and do so. There’s too much on the line for any of us to sit this one out.

Works in progress

My venture into novel writing: ‘like driving a car at night’

When I rebooted this blog last January, along with my intent to get back into fiction writing, I had in the back of my mind the idea that I would work on a novel in November.

For many years now, I’ve had a couple of ideas for novels rolling around in my brain like loose marbles, and a few months ago I decided November would be the best time to start putting one of them down in writing. I’d written several short stories by then, had had a few published, and had gotten in the groove of thinking like a writer, so why not? Plus, November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and what better time to start than then, along with scores of other wannabe novelists who share my dreams and my pain?