Beth Martin's Blog, page 24

NaNoWriMo Isn't Over

Yes, the month of November has come and gone, but that doesn't mean that the NaNoWriMo challenge has come to a halt as well. Fifty thousand words is an admirable achievement, but that alone does not make a novel. Here are the steps I go through after November is over before I consider my manuscript to be 'finished'.


Keep writing words

Yes, 50k is a lot of words, but novels tend to be longer

Here, Take My Card

There was something truly special about the first time I held a business card with my name on it. My first full-time job was working at a bank and within a couple weeks of working there, I was given a box full of business cards with my name in classy embossed lettering. Something about that little card made me feel like I was important, I was finally an adult, and I mattered. I wanted to give one

Book Review: The Final Trade

I read The Last Girl , book one of the Dominion Trilogy, by Joe Hart soon after it came out because I saw an ad and it sounded cool. In the dystopian world of The Last Girl, the birthrate for woman has plummeted, and the few women that can be found by the NOA are 'protected' in the ARC. After reading through the first book, I decided not to read the second one. Although I enjoyed reading it, I

Thanksgiving Time

I have a confession to make: I don't particularly like Thanksgiving.

I know it seems silly and that there's no obvious reason to dislike a holiday based on eating lots of food. I've seen the holiday through many different angles. I've certainly had great Thanksgivings in the past, and I hope to have many more in the future.



My son's first Thanksgiving

As a kid, I went to the huge family