So the stats for February are in, and they're a mixed bag of nuts. Well, actually the stats are quite nice aside from one point -- the amount of time I wasted. In fact the month was going along quite splendidly until I was out with some friends one Friday night, having a few beers. … Continue reading February Stats – 2018
Category: Writing challenge
Finishing NaNoWriMo – What I learned
So I won NaNoWriMo. I did my 50.000 words and a little extra in just 29 days. And you know what? It feels great. That being said, the feeling's a bit tainted. I set out planning on finishing the story I'd loosely plotted out within the the 30 days, which required me to go beyond … Continue reading Finishing NaNoWriMo – What I learned
NaNoWriMo – What have I gotten myself into?
As the title might suggest, I'm one of the thousands and thousands of people around the world who are going to be participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. And I'm more than a bit nervous to be honest. I'm nervous because I've only tried to write something longer than a 4-6K word … Continue reading NaNoWriMo – What have I gotten myself into?
The House No One Build
This is a flash fiction story written and edited in just two days to as part of the challenge posted by Chuck Wendig on his awesome blog Terribleminds: Take one of the five word headlines he posted and write a short story at about 1.500 words. The house was a shabby thing, walls leaning … Continue reading The House No One Build
Toby Backman 