Will you make this the year you…

finish that manuscript? The last name and the website address may have changed, but the foundation of how to go about writing your first manuscript has not. Mark your calendars to join me, Dana Ellington at my 7th Annual Writer's Workshop held at the Blair-Caldwell African-American Research Library, 2401 Welton Street, Denver, CO. This year, …

Training to be a Jedi (sort of)

Nerd Fitness. FitBit.  BuJo. Current stats: Weight - 208.1 Body Fat Percentage - 38.3% Add them all together and what do you get? My first time participating in a self-designed fitness challenge. Bring on the training montage (again). In a living room far, far, away... I've assembled my gear - no need to spend any …

O.M.G.

So, I'm typing away at my Camp NaNo project right? Just going along as I usually do, mostly with my eyes closed listening (transcribing) as my characters deal with whatever situation they have me writing about at the time and then this happens, “And could it be you’ve felt guilty about leaving me all those …

Think I’m Done “Fundraising”

It's down to the last four days of the 2 Legit So We Can Quit (our day jobs) Booster campaign. We're one shirt from half-way to our sale's goal of 50 shirts. Now, I'm by no means "throwing in the towel". It's quite possible that we'll hit critical mass and something will spark sales to skyrocket …

Dag Nabbit – Camp Journal, Day 18

So, try as I might, I couldn't quite get this post to fit the metaphorical (?)...no, fictional...no...um, you know the fake letters from camp and such that I've been posting since starting my draft for Camp NaNo this month; I couldn't get this post to fit the way I wanted it to. I mean, I …

Stephen King

I am going to see my all time FAVORITE author in the whole world since Dr. Maya Angelou - MR. Stephen, "gave me nightmares for most of my life" King!!! He's going to be in Nashville in June and I will be there!!!  Now of course, he's speaking to an auditorium full of people so …

Quick news update

Only 11  days left to get your limited limited edition Little Brown Skin Girl / Nowata Press T-Shirt! Our 2 Legit So We Can Quit (our day jobs) Booster sale is in full swing! For more information and to get your limited edition T-Shirt, click here.  Be the person to purchase the 15th shirt and …

Camp Journal, Day 11

Whew. Just a quick note. I'm pretty worn out. Got to feeling pretty good and did a couple of sprints up the trail this evening. Didn't get that much further as my sprinting isn't as fast as it used to be, not to mention how heavy this pack  (day job, life responsibilities) is.  But I …

Camp Journal, Day 9

Decided I didn't want to wait, so I started up The Steps You Take yesterday. It's slow going but according to a sign I passed first thing this morning, I've completed 25% of the trail (word count 14,754). It's been pretty easy so far, not much of an incline; the path has been fairly clear. …

2nd Letter from Camp

Dear Mom, Here we are at day seven and it would appear I've been adopted by a rabbit.  A big, fluffy, pretty brown - the biggest rabbit I've ever seen. When I asked one of the counselors about it, she said there's a whole warren of the big bunnies just outside the camp grounds. They …