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October 29, 2014
NaNoWriMo TO START ON SATURDAY!
If you’ve ever met me in person….. (grinning sheepishly…), I probably don’t have to tell you how exc
ited I am that NaNoWriMo (nanowrimo.org) starts this Saturday, 1 November.NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, which happens every November.
I’ve started a Facebook page for those who wish to be in a NaNo group and support each other. Support… that means kick in the bum when it’s needed, mostly… It’s a secret group, and by invitation. If you wish to join and don’t know me personally, send me a message via this webpage, with your username from NaNo and an email or your FB page link and I’ll join you up!
The more the merrier!
From last year: My winning entry was called A Sea of Green Unfolding, an historical adventure fiction with romantic elements.
From their page, …..
Your Average Per Day 1,686
Target Word Count 50,000
Target Average Words Per Day 1,667
Total Words Written 50,592 WINNER!
Synopsis… you can see last November’s posts for that, if you’re interested… but better….
Better, because I’ve found TWELVE students where I teach at Waihi College, in New Zealand, who want to do it as well! There is a site for young people who want to do NaNo, where they set their own goals. Find it at ywp.nanowrimo.org !
I am so proud of these students for putting their hands up.
It’s not a popular thing to do, but they have the guts to put it all on the line. I’ve started a “virtual classroom” for them and have joined it as a writer as well, so I’m on both NaNo and NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program sites, as LizziTremayne, if you wish to follow our progress!
The local newspaper, Waihi Leader, is coming on Thursday to interview them at school! YEAH!
If any of you out there want to get involved, go for it!
For myself, this November, I’m going to write the first part of the second novel in the series.
Due to my rearrangement of the novels (including inserting one in between the first and the previous second… now the third), the second half of the second novel is done, as is the first half of the third… Soooooo..
Looking to self publish the first one before Christmas and the other two at two month intervals….
and…. have done the research for the fourth! Guess I’ll be busy…
Hope you are all having a fantastic week.
Take good care and thanks for visiting!
Regards,
L
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October 18, 2014
A Long Trail Rolling
A big Thank You to Annie Featherstone, aka Sophia James, for mentoring me, my award for winning the Pacific Hearts Award.
Thanks to Annie, A Long Trail Rolling is on its final edits, and the balance of The Hills of Gold Unchanging should be completed by end of November during NaNoWriMo! A Sea of Green Unfolding is mostly written and should follow soon!
I hope to have Long Trail available for Christmas!
Thanks to all of you who have written, wondering, once again, when the books will be out!
Back to work. No rest for the wicked! In addition to teaching high school science and equine veterinary dentistry practice, I’ve managed to put my hand up for acting as co-convenor of the Coast to Coast Chapter of the Romance Writers of New Zealand, and also Secretary for the whole RWNZ… Funny, when neither I nor many of the members actually write “romance”! It’s the most awesome group of enthusiastic, encouraging and empowering writers I’ve yet found in New Zealand…
And, NaNoWriMo starts 1 November… 50 K words in the month of November. If you haven’t been on their page, take a look! nanowrimo.org
I’d better get back to it!
Regards from NZ,
Lizzi
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Thanks to Annie, A Long Trail Rolling is on its final edits, and the balance of The Hills of Gold Unchanging should be completed by end of November during NaNoWriMo! A Sea of Green Unfolding is mostly written and should follow soon!
I hope to have Long Trail available for Christmas!
Thanks to all of you who have written, wondering, once again, when the books will be out!
Back to work. No rest for the wicked! In addition to teaching high school science and equine veterinary dentistry practice, I’ve managed to put my hand up for acting as co-convenor of the Coast to Coast Chapter of the Romance Writers of New Zealand, and also Secretary for the whole RWNZ… Funny, when neither I nor many of the members actually write “romance”! It’s the most awesome group of enthusiastic, encouraging and empowering writers I’ve yet found in New Zealand…
And, NaNoWriMo starts 1 November… 50 K words in the month of November. If you haven’t been on their page, take a look! nanowrimo.org
I’d better get back to it!
Regards from NZ,
Lizzi
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August 25, 2014
And the best news of all…..
The best news of all is that…
Ta Da…..
Patrick Hearty, my Pony Express Expert, is going to write the Forward for A Long Trail Rolling!
Patrick and Dr. Joseph Hatch wrote a book about the Pony Express Stations in Utah, called…. you guessed it!
Patrick Hearty The Pony Express Stations in Utah
Patrick explains something inside an express station, while Dr. Hatch looks on.
At the Faust’s monument, which is not where Faust’s actually was, incidentally… :)
Patrick Hearty and Lizzi at Rush Valley (Faust’s) Pony Express Station monument, out of Grantsville, Utah.
This was the start of an epic trip across Utah, over the Pony Express Trail, Patrick, his lovely wife, my son and I!
Simpson’s Station, the restored version… It’s lovely… I think it might be on the cover of A Long Trail Rolling!
He’s always got a story for us!
Patrick at Simpson’s Spring Pony Express Station. It’s been reconstructed and you can go inside and see how it was constructed. I think it’ll be on the cover of A Long Trail Rolling
For a young man who loves to take photos, he sure is camera-shy…. my youngest son…
I so loved just being able to touch the old station… even if it was rebuilt!
The Mustangs… They feature in the story, near Dugway!
Here’s a cool pic of them… you’ll understand why we didn’t get any closer to them… The stallion, if you can see it close up, is battle scarred and proud, clearly the winner of many a fight with other stallions for the mares in his herd.
A herd of mustangs out of Dugway… Utah Pony Express Trail.
It was a fantastic day. Will post more pics another time, but just had to share the lovely trip into the mountains…. Patrick, his daughter and I on their favourite mounts…
The world is best seen between the ears of a horse, and especially when it’s Patrick’s favourite one!
Patrick and I on the trail.
Columbines under the aspen… Lovely. Classic Utah high country.
The rocky, dusty July trail.
Rest time!
“What’s for lunch?”
Break time with my wonderful new friends, Patrick and his daughter, plus 3/4…
On Patrick’s favourite boy, no less… Lucky me!
Time for a drink!
… and a rub… “Leave your bridle on, okay?”
drink time…
“You still takin’ pictures back there?” “Yep…”
If you ever get the chance to go over the Utah Pony Express Trail, do it, you’ll not regret it.
There’s even a man, Davy Crockett, yes, Davy Crockett, who runs an ultramarathon (running) over 100 miles of the trail. See his website at http://ponyexpress100.org/
To those of you who have horses and want to be involved, there’s a re-ride, in both directions, every year. You can ride your portion and carry the mochila. Patrick’s sent me a commemorative letter two years running, one in each direction.. One from St Louis and one from San Francisco. Got this one last year… and they even forwarded it to NEW ZEALAND!
A 2013 Pony Express Commemorative Letter! In NZ!
How exciting. Thank you Pat! And thank you to all the horses and riders who carried those little letters in the mochila for a total of over 4000 miles! Let me know if you’re interested in riding in a re-ride and I’ll get word to Patrick.
There’s a great website about the Pony Express at http://www.xphomestation.com/ From that site, here’s a news release of the ride just past… http://www.xphomestation.com/2014-NR1... Tom Crews, who runs the site, has placed oodles of news, history, stories, etc. of the Pony Express, as well as school program information on the trail! When the re-ride is going, they track the mochilas in real time as they cross the United States! Stop by and see them!
Thanks so much again to Patrick and his wonderful family for having us and letting us in on their life and trail… The Pony Express Trail.
Thanks for stopping by!
See you again real soon!
L
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Ta Da…..
Patrick Hearty, my Pony Express Expert, is going to write the Forward for A Long Trail Rolling!
Patrick and Dr. Joseph Hatch wrote a book about the Pony Express Stations in Utah, called…. you guessed it!
Patrick Hearty The Pony Express Stations in Utah
Patrick explains something inside an express station, while Dr. Hatch looks on.
(Photo Credit to Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)
At the Faust’s monument, which is not where Faust’s actually was, incidentally… :)
Patrick Hearty and Lizzi at Rush Valley (Faust’s) Pony Express Station monument, out of Grantsville, Utah.
This was the start of an epic trip across Utah, over the Pony Express Trail, Patrick, his lovely wife, my son and I!
Simpson’s Station, the restored version… It’s lovely… I think it might be on the cover of A Long Trail Rolling!
He’s always got a story for us!
Patrick at Simpson’s Spring Pony Express Station. It’s been reconstructed and you can go inside and see how it was constructed. I think it’ll be on the cover of A Long Trail Rolling
For a young man who loves to take photos, he sure is camera-shy…. my youngest son…
I so loved just being able to touch the old station… even if it was rebuilt!
The Mustangs… They feature in the story, near Dugway!
Here’s a cool pic of them… you’ll understand why we didn’t get any closer to them… The stallion, if you can see it close up, is battle scarred and proud, clearly the winner of many a fight with other stallions for the mares in his herd.
A herd of mustangs out of Dugway… Utah Pony Express Trail.
It was a fantastic day. Will post more pics another time, but just had to share the lovely trip into the mountains…. Patrick, his daughter and I on their favourite mounts…
The world is best seen between the ears of a horse, and especially when it’s Patrick’s favourite one!
Patrick and I on the trail.
Columbines under the aspen… Lovely. Classic Utah high country.
The rocky, dusty July trail.
Rest time!
“What’s for lunch?”
Break time with my wonderful new friends, Patrick and his daughter, plus 3/4…
On Patrick’s favourite boy, no less… Lucky me!
Time for a drink!
… and a rub… “Leave your bridle on, okay?”
drink time…
“You still takin’ pictures back there?” “Yep…”
If you ever get the chance to go over the Utah Pony Express Trail, do it, you’ll not regret it.
There’s even a man, Davy Crockett, yes, Davy Crockett, who runs an ultramarathon (running) over 100 miles of the trail. See his website at http://ponyexpress100.org/
To those of you who have horses and want to be involved, there’s a re-ride, in both directions, every year. You can ride your portion and carry the mochila. Patrick’s sent me a commemorative letter two years running, one in each direction.. One from St Louis and one from San Francisco. Got this one last year… and they even forwarded it to NEW ZEALAND!
A 2013 Pony Express Commemorative Letter! In NZ!
How exciting. Thank you Pat! And thank you to all the horses and riders who carried those little letters in the mochila for a total of over 4000 miles! Let me know if you’re interested in riding in a re-ride and I’ll get word to Patrick.
There’s a great website about the Pony Express at http://www.xphomestation.com/ From that site, here’s a news release of the ride just past… http://www.xphomestation.com/2014-NR1... Tom Crews, who runs the site, has placed oodles of news, history, stories, etc. of the Pony Express, as well as school program information on the trail! When the re-ride is going, they track the mochilas in real time as they cross the United States! Stop by and see them!
Thanks so much again to Patrick and his wonderful family for having us and letting us in on their life and trail… The Pony Express Trail.
Thanks for stopping by!
See you again real soon!
L
Filed under: Book promotion A Long Trail Rolling, Exploring new places, RWNZ Romance Writers of New Zealand, Writing Award Tagged: 1860, A Long Trail Rolling, Aleksandra, California, Dr. Hatch, Dugway, Faust's, historical, horse, immigrant, Lizzi Tremayne, mustang, National Pony Express Association, Nevada, New Zealand, New Zealand; north island; writing; care; short story;, novel, Patrick Hearty, Pony Express, Pony Express 100, Pony Express monument, Pony Express Re-Ride, Pony Express Stations of Utah, romance, romantic, Salt Lake City, Simpson's, Simpson's Springs, suspense, trail, trail riding, Utah, wild horse, writer, writing
