NaNoWriMo

I first participated in NaNoWriMo in 2009. That novel, Hagridden, is now out in the world, published in 2014 by Columbus Press!

This page, as an expansion on my NaNoWriMo profile page, is a record of what I’ve done each year I’ve participated since 2009, including blog posts, writing tips, links to things I’m reading or researching for the book I’m currently writing, songs I’m listening to as I write, ideas for exercises, and so on.

Blog posts about NaNoWriMo

2016

• NaNoWriMo 2016: starting over
• NaNoWriMo 2016: getting back to work
• Some observations as I enter my final week of NaNoWriMo 2016

2015

• Miscellaneous storytelling
• Against my better judgment: NaNoWriMo 2015
• NaNoWriMo 2015: inspiration
• NaNoWriMo 2015: plot, structure, shape
• NaNoWriMo 2015: revising without revising
• NaNoWriMo 2015: the end is the beginning

2014

• NaNoWriMo and my first published novel
• NaNo(Re)WriMo: the first few days
• NaNo(Re)WriMo: the next several days
• NaNo(Re)WriMo: the first big rewrite

2013

• National (I don’t have time for) Novel Writing Month
• NaNoWriMo, day 1
• NaNoWriMo update: Week 1
• NaNoWriMo update: Week 2

2012

• Writers Discussing Writing (Samuel Snoek-Brown, guest): part 1, part 2, and part 3
• A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo prep and notecards
• A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo 2012, week 1
• A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo 2012, week 2
• A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo 2012, week 3
• A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo 2012, dead and gone

2011

• A Writer’s Notebook: NaNoWriMo table of contents
• NaNoWriMo in a comfortable sweater
• More notes on my NaNoWriMo table of contents
• Apocalyptic landscape photos (Photo blog 69)
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo 2011, week 1
• The sounds of my NaNoWriMo
• Apocalyptic sunset photos (Photo blog 70)
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo 2011, week 2
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo 2011, week 3
• Apocalyptic sunset photos (Photo blog 71)
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo 2011, week 4
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo 2011, the recap

2010

• Some tips for new WriMos
• Character photos (Photo blog 28)
• Songs for NaNoWriMo
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo update #1
• Quantity vs. Quality: the purpose of NaNoWriMo
• NaNoWriMo when you’re busy
• Cemetery photos (Photo blog 29)
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo update #2
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo update #3
• A Writer’s Notebook:  NaNoWriMo update #4
• NaNoWriMo Conclusion

• NaNoWriMo beginning
• NaNoWriMo middle
• NaNoWriMo research
• NaNoWriMo writers block
• NaNoWriMo end (acknowledgments)