Ted Boone

NaNoWriMo 2013 is about to draw to a close, and in a few hours I’ll be putting another notch in my belt. Nine years, nine wins. Not bad, eh? This year was definitely a challenge. I really fought to stay motivated. I’ve already discussed the fact that I have quite a few very legitimate distractions […]

Every year I find that I challenge my local WriMos to do things the right way, despite the fact that their ML (that’s me) doesn’t. “Turn off your inner editor!” I tell them, while continually editing, revising, and amending my writing from the previous day, hour, minute. “Write quickly. Just let it flow!” I agonize […]

Slogfest (or: 13,470 Words Written, Each One a Challenge) Sometimes inspiration just isn’t there. Anyone who pursues a creative project knows that some days (heck, MOST days) the inspiration to create is completely missing from the equation. And even when we’re inspired, we’re not necessarily motivated. That’s where I am so far this year. I have an […]

Here’s why NaNoWriMo is so important to me: today I did not feel like writing. That’s not an unusual day. In fact, out of the 365 days in a year, I’d say that ~300 are days that I do not feel like writing. And out of those ~300 days, at least half (and probably a […]