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- Second Place in the Uncommon Challenge
NaNoWriMo 2022: Results from a Successful Non-Participant
November. Known to writers as the National Novel Writing Month, a.k.a. NaNoWriMo. Since its inception in 1999, writers hunker down writing an average of 1,667 words a day for thirty days. Their goal: to complete a 50,000 word novel from start to finish. How many people participate in such insanity? The figures can be found in the Wikiwrimo and, while the 2021 and 2022 numbers aren’t up yet, the answer is the same: Hundreds of thousands.
By Loryne Andawey4 months ago in Motivation
Dreaming in a Sea of Colour
Iggy knew something was different when the Big Lady opened the door. She always carried a shiny pail filled to the brim with silver fish. Iggy and his colony would rush her whenever she entered. Marlin and Spike were usually there first. Being the biggest penguins in the group, they would muscle their way to the front and take their time choosing from the pail. Everyone else had to wait their turn before they could eat their fill. Iggy was the smallest member of the colony and often had to wait the longest. The Big Lady seemed to know that though. When Iggy would get his turn at the pail and see it almost empty, she would give him a nice, juicy piece just for him.
By Loryne Andawey4 months ago in Fiction
What Legend and Myth Forgot
I The Smile watched from behind the Veil. The girl couldn’t be more than 5 years old. Her thick, black hair was held back from her face in two short braids. She wore a white collared shirt under a navy blue sweater, the sleeves pushed up revealing dark, skinny arms. She was digging in a play pit, her jeans gritty with sand and she was humming.
By Loryne Andawey5 months ago in Fiction
