Another response to a prompt! I love that I was able to write scene from my actual NaNoWriMo stories using these prompts. This one is from Victoria Byron. “You’re not my husband!” Kayla pushed away from the strange man and dropped to the floor. The rug that covered the creaking floorboards was worn and threadbare…. Read Post
Writing
Mandolin. Corrupt. Turquoise
I asked my Tweetpeeps to help me meet my NaNoWriMo goals for the day by giving me prompts. Here is what I wrote based on Nadia Halim‘s words: The palace was lovely though much too cool for Fuleia’s liking. The opulence of the space seemed contrived. As if the nobility had travelled and studied the… Read Post
Why I’m doing #NaNoWriMo
It’s that time of the year, y’all! When the clock strikes midnight I am joining the rank of writers around the world will pull out of a fresh piece of paper (or, more likely, open up a new Word document) and try to write 50,000 words by November 30, 11:59pm. I’m not even a writer,… Read Post
So y’wanna write about people of color…
I get a bit uncomfortable whenever white authors discuss writing about people of color as if it is a painful ordeal. If/when men say that they do not write fully-realized women characters because “we aren’t women and gosh women are so complicated and foreign and other, it’s easier to just avoid writing them all together… Read Post