Welcome & Here are your Skittles

We are beyond pleased to announce the newest edition of our team! Kerstin Demata has gone from amazing contributor to under-appreciated associate correspondence editor and general breathe of fresh air.

She has joined our team mid-stream this quarter and has worked desperately to keep us on track through the overwhelming amounts of submissions. Please join us in making her feel welcome to the team!

More about Kerstin

November is Coming! November is Coming!

Just as it comes every year November is swiftly sneaking up on October like a bandit. For some this begins that two month long holiday panic attack of planning family gatherings, shopping, working and the likes. For others November 1st marks the beginning of NaNoWrImO!

I want to take a few moments to introduce those who are not yet familiar with National Novel Writing Month. November is the time to stop procrastinating and start doing. Begin your outline now or work from one that's been dancing in your head for the last three years because you only have one month! NaNoWrImO has been going strong since 1999 gaining participants in throngs each year. It is completely free to participate and your support network is built right in.

The forums go strong year-long but are of course especially active in November when everyone trying to write a novel is busy procrastinating. The forums act as feedback as well as a really amazing research tool allowing you to post and find people with very specific knowledge that you may feed off of. Even if you don't finish the work that you began in November it is likely to get you farther than you would the other eleven months out of the year.

The goal is 75,000 words, which is your average novel length. There is a tracker and places to post what you have to gain feedback from your peers if you so choose. If you've been thinking about writing a novel and have yet to put pen to paper November is just around the corner! Ignore the rest of the madness, create your own!

Good Luck!