Ann Minnett, Author

Welcome to my world for the past (almost) month of NaNoWriMo. I've hardly blogged, hardly emailed with friends and family, rarely exercised... You get the picture. With the exception of 4 fun days in Tennessee for Car Guy's family reunion, my butt has been in that desk chair, and my head has been spinning a tale of guilt and deception on that old laptop's sticking keys.  I'm one thousand words short of my goal of 50,000 this month. Whew! They're proving to be the hardest. The blank screen has mocked me for an hour now, so I decided to post a blog instead. Pretty soon, I'll have to clean a toilet or rearrange my sock drawer. Why has writing become difficult to close to the end? The final thousand words of this challenge won't be the last I write on this story. It never occurred to me that the NaNoWriMo challenge wouldn't end on November 30th. Instead, the new manuscript has created a whole new world, and I can't wait to see what ha...

NaNoWriMo month is proving to be a lot of fun. The 50,000 word challenge is wholly personal and motivational. I'm not recording my word count anywhere other than in my own spreadsheet. Not meeting other writers at local coffee shops to write en masse. For me, writing is not a group activity. With 26,311 words on paper, I'm more than halfway to my NaNoWriMo goal. Better still, a story worth telling is taking shape.   

Here we go! The first substantial snow of the season. With about six inches on the ground, there isn't enough to plow or shovel. We can simply enjoy the view until a few more inches pile on and pile on and... Soon there will be 3 - 4 feet of snow, and that's the way it will stay until April. Some would dread the onset of winter, but I say Great writing weather!

Check out my post on Montana Women Writers today.