writing
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The End…..
Thus concludes National Novel Writing Month, and with it the Nanowrimo challenge. If you remember, I was taking National Novel Writing Month TO THE EXTREME! Some were able to make it to champion status. Others didn’t, but they have more words than when theystarted, and I hope they continue to bring their ideas to fruition. Read more
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National Novel Writing Month TO THE EXTREME!
November is National Novel Writing Month, and if you don’t think that I am the kind of person to take that seriously, then by golly you know nothing about me, for I have taken National Novel Writing Month TO THE EXTREME! First on the line up- I have already declared that I am passionately participating within NaNoWriMo’s Read more
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NaNoWriMo and Caffeinated Rebellious Adolescents
My son’s school is expanding, which kind of sucks because my property taxes went up, but it’s exciting because it looks like my kids now go to the school of the FUTURE. Seriously, I think they modeled the look of the school to be like a building on the Jetsons…only firmly cemented on Earth. Could Read more
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Dear Children, You’re Fired…Or I’m Fired?
For weeks now, I have been trying to get my kids to read my official revised draft of Children of Planes… The youngest started to read it. To make it official, she even asked that I draft up a contract of what my expectations were of her to be a professional reader: Note the deadline Read more
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When Failure Is Really A Wake-Up Call
A few weeks ago, before the Summer of Slacktitude ended and I was insanely blinded by medical goo in my eyes, I had felt empowered enough to send out a few query letters to agents. I had this grand idea of sending a few out each week so that I wouldn’t feel overwhelmed with absolute Read more
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Will Travel for Good Food and Free Books
Despite my state’s super high taxes and lousy roads, we have the golden opportunity to live a book lover’s dream. Some genius decided to combine the love of being a fat kid and the love of reading FREE books. To be fair, most big chain book stores have cafes in their book stores, so Read more
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Sloppy Signatures
At one point in my life I had a flawless signature. In middle school, I dreamt of being Mrs. Faith Yu. It was fluid and beautiful. I obviously missed out on the opportunity to have a perfect signature by not marrying my crush… That also means I’ve never really had a legal flawless signature. Read more
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You’re a Published Author!
Ahem, I would like to make a declaration that will forever alter the history of the world as we know it. I, Faith Allaire, am a published author. Whew! I need to put that on business cards! Maybe make myself a name tag! Definitely change my job status on LinkedIn. This is only a Read more
