NOVEMBER WAS NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH
THANK YOU NaNoWriMo and my writing buddies for helping me meet the challenge of writing a novel in 30 days!
ON NOVEMBER 27th, 2013, the draft of my upcoming debut novel reached more than 55,000 words as I finished writing the final chapter. If there are any writers or want-to-be writers out there who haven’t finished , or perhaps haven’t started, writing their stories yet, I highly recommend committing to the challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. You’ll find plenty of support and encouragement both online and through regional group write-ins.
For more information on how to sign up and commit to write your own novel in 30 days next November, check out http://nanowrimo.org/how-it-works
Here’s what my draft looked like at the end of the day on November 27, 2013. Since then, I’ve taken a holiday break. Come January, I’ll be reading, writing & editing my draft over and over before having a professional editor take a look-see… Winter here in Maine is a great time for all of that inside work. I’ll get in a little snowshoeing on warm (30+), sunny days and catching up on all the books I still have on my TO READ LIST, too. Have a wonderful winter. ~ Bette A. Stevens, author of PURE TRASH, The Story (the short story prequel to my upcoming debut novel)…
The CreateSpace (an Amazon affiliate for indie-authors and self-publishers) photo above was posted on my Facebook feed. The version you see, has been adapted by me for this blog post. I have self-published all three of my books using CreateSpace and recommend that you check them out if you’re considering self-publishing.
You can find my books—AMAZING MATILDA; PURE TRASH, The Story and THE TANGRAM ZOO AND WORD PUZZLES TOO! at http://www.Amazon.com/author/betteastevens
First draft of PURE TRASH, The Novel (working title) for Bette’s first novel planned for release in 2014.
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Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
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on 12/26/2013