turn off

One of the hardest part about NaNoWriMo is forcing myself to Turn Off my internal editor, and just let it spew. I find this troublesome. But it’s a good prescription for what ails me: a hyper-perfectionist writer, who polishes and polishes until the life is...

nanowrimo: 1st day, 1990 words.

photo Why am I doing it? When it is obviously a CRAZY thing to do? (Nanowrimo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Participants write an entire novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. For this they get — more crazy. Plus satisfaction.)...

that other blog dealio

I’m excited and flattered that a publisher has expressed interest in publishing my “other” blog as a book. (Old School) Yay!!! Publishers liking my writing! That’s a good thing. There are so many questions, though. How long should it be? Which...

grammar–does it matter?

(cross posted from Mormon Mommy Blogs) You say what you want to say. You say it the way you want to say it. Right? Does it matter if your blog posts follow grammar rules? There are two sides (at least) to every argument, but the Damsel would like you to consider the...