Month: December 2012

  • A Little Brag with Celebratory Coupons!

    2012 was a challenging year in many ways, but as far as my writing goes, it was exciting and triumphant. After writing thousands and thousands of words over the last few years, I finally got around to publishing a few things. I am humbled that anyone would pay for my work, and even more at the…

  • Becoming

    For most of my life I was a wanna-be writer. Maybe I would have stayed in that rut all my life, but I got a kick in the pants. Or maybe it was a kick in the boob. You see, in 2008 I was diagnosed with Stage IIb breast cancer. I had a bilateral mastectomy,…

  • Looking back at NaNoWriMo 2012; Looking forward from Here

    I made it to 50K by the end of November, so I “won” NaNoWriMo, but it was a close call. I never got more than a day ahead and more than once something came up that caused me to lose that lead. On the 29th I had about 4000 words to go and got an…