writing community – Bringing Mae Flowers

October 12, 2024

Writing, Community, and NaNoWriMo

I’ve been participating in NaNoWriMo for nearly a decade. Over the years, I wrote about NaNoWriMo on this blog. I first heard about this annual event in my creative writing class in high school. While the thought of writing an entire novel in a month felt daunting, the community aspect excited me. Writers from all

The Real Reason for NaNoWriMo

It’s time to prepare for my annual attempt (And failure) at NaNoWriMo. Every year for about a decade I have participated in NaNoWriMo in some capacity. Some years I attempt the full 50,000 word challenge, and some years I make the modest pledge to write every day in the month of November. But every year,

The Literary Crowd is Meta

Writers like to write about writing, and readers like to read about reading. Look, I don’t make the rules- I’m just making an observation. I know it’s true, because I am both of these people. This realization struck me me as I spent 20 minutes trying to find the perfect book about the history of