Ah, yes, my first NaNoWriMo win. I was a substitute teacher in 2003, affording me plenty of time to seriously participate in the “contest”. This was shortly after the unexpected death of Douglas Adams, hands down one of my favorite authors, so I had endeavored to write a science fiction comedy of sorts. What...
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Novel Excerpt: The Joys of Being an Intergalactic Hostage
Novel in progress: Craftsman
Let me preface this with explaining a hobby of mine. National Novel Writing Month occurs every November, and participants sign up with the intent of writing the rough draft of a novel of no less than 50,000 words. That’s right, 50,000 words in 30 days. And I’ve done this for seven years now, meaning...
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