NaNoWriMo #5: A Novelist’s Mission

Mia Shilpi
December 5, 2011

The end of the month is fast approaching, and the end of National Novel Writing Month with it. Over the course of the month I have typed my fingertips off from typing at a speed achievable only by the seven gallons of caffeinated beverages I have consumed this month. NaNoWriMo is mostly a mad rush of... Read more »

NaNoWriMo Memoir: Bunnies

Mia Shilpi
November 9, 2011

It takes a special kind of panic to make your fingers shake while typing, one mainly driven by too much caffeine, and too little sleep. But here I am, panicking, as on day three of National Novel Writing Month, I get to start all over – in a way. While the actual writing of the novel is saved for... Read more »

NaNoWriMo Memoir 50,000 words, 30 days

Mia Shilpi
November 3, 2011

November is National Novel Writing Month, a month-long challenge to write a novel of at least 50,000 words in 30 days. Described in its motto as “Thirty days and nights of literary abandon,” NaNoWriMo – as it’s known informally – is a massive challenge. Makers of writing software and coffee... Read more »