Last year, I swore up and down that I would not fall victim to the inevitable NaNoWriMo buzz on blogs and Twitter that seems to start popping up just around this time each year. After failing at the month-long writing frenzy for two years in a row, I promised that in 2011, I would ignore …

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Two weeks into NaNoWriMo and I’m still only 4,000 words into my story. Oops. I guess you could call that a #NaNoFail. Let’s be honest. I didn’t get the best start. Not that it’s necessarily an excuse, but I’m just not sure the whole NaNoWriMo thing is for me. I mean, sure I got swept …

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It’s officially November 1, which means that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is finally here. Writers all over the world have been anticipating this day for weeks and as the clock struck midnight, I opened up a blank word document and began writing. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Rewind to a few weeks …

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Okay, it’s that time of year again. The time where writers everywhere are abuzz on blogs and Twitter asking the question, “Are you doing NaNoWriMo?” If you’ve been living under a rock the past few years, the idea of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of …

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November is officially over and December (aka my favorite holiday season) is here! Let’s re-cap what happened here at Cover to Cover in November. Books Read: Ex-Mas by Kate BrianThe Boy Book by E. LockhartThe Au Pairs: Crazy Hot by Melissa de la CruzWhen It Happens by Susane ColasantiTake Me There bySusane Colasanti This was …

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When I was filling out my information for NaNoWriMo, I was intrigued by the question, “what music do you listen to while writing?” It was something I never really thought about before because I listen to music/have the TV on most of the time that I’m in my room or on the computer writing. When …

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NaNoWriMo began exactly one week ago… I was SUPER excited about NaNoWriMo this year because I was determined to actually do it and finish a 50,000 word novel in a month. Everything was pretty much set in place for me: Interest in writing a novel? Check. A few ideas? Check. A reading/writing blog with tons …

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