Not my first sex scene ever, but I just wrote my first sex scene for my 2009 NaNovel. For my 2006 NaNovel I wrote an incest story of a relationship between a man and his 14 year old granddaughter, that resulted in a baby and had so much graphic sex in it, that to this day no publisher will touch it!For my 2007 NaNovel I had a girl fall in love with a demon and tried to keep it YA romance, but, heck, who wants to write about skimpy sex with a hot demon, and so, yeah, another *too much sex to b... Read Full Story

Not my first sex scene ever, but I just wrote my first sex scene for my 2009 NaNovel. For my 2006 NaNovel I wrote an incest story of a relationship between a man and his 14 year old granddaughter, that resulted in a baby and had so much graphic sex in it, that to this [...] Read Full Story

I'm here. I can't believe it! I actually reached 65k!!! Well, after last night, yeah, I really can't believe it.Last night I was at 52k, and was complaining on one of the other threads about how my plot had just pretty much up and died and I had nothing left to write about. It just fizzled and went out like a wet candle, at 50k. I spent the rest of the week adding about 200 words per day via editing, and fruitless attempts at plot twists. Nothing worked. It was dead.Than some one on the thre... Read Full Story

I’m here. I can’t believe it! I actually reached 65k!!! Well, after last night, yeah, I really can’t believe it. Last night I was at 52k, and was complaining on one of the other threads about how my plot had just pretty much up and died and I had nothing left to write about. It [...] Read Full Story

I started out with a really good plot. I had it outlined and everything! I knew what was going to happen and when, and where, and why, and to whom. . . and than I started writing . . . I can say this is the strangest NaNovel I have ever written:My plot about Jack Frost taking over the world turned into a Dracula meets Jack Frost fan-fic, which turned into a Choose Your Own Adventure story for kids and the kids for some odd reason went off looking to capture vampire chickens instead of going a... Read Full Story

It happened. NaNoWriMo got invaded. I started writing four middle grade children's chapter books, and I made it to 52,000 words writing them. Until today when I started writing the M rated adult one my fans have been waiting for: Incubus (You just knew I couldn't make it through the month without writing yet another "Etiole" story!) that makes 4 NaNo's in a row - Love Lust Madness (2006), The Ruby Hummingbird (2007), For Fear of Little Men (the 2008 nonfiction, story behind the stories about ... Read Full Story

It happened. NaNoWriMo got invaded. I started writing four middle grade children’s chapter books, and I made it to 52,000 words writing them. Until today when I started writing the M rated adult one my fans have been waiting for: Incubus (You just knew I couldn’t make it through the month without writing yet another [...] Read Full Story

I started out with a really good plot. I had it outlined and everything! I knew what was going to happen and when, and where, and why, and to whom. . . and than I started writing . . . I can say this is the strangest NaNovel I have ever written: My plot about Jack [...] Read Full Story

Writing in 2nd Person POV[quote=stelmariacookie]My story this year takes place largely in dream sequences, so I've been playing around with writing some scenes in 2nd person present tense. I'm finding it to be very awkward for dialog.Does anyone have some good examples of 2nd person dialog?Are any of you writing in 2nd person? If so, what have you found to be the biggest challenge about writing in this uncommon POV?----------[/quote]Out side of a game book (aka a Choose Your Own Adventure boo... Read Full Story

Are any of you writing in 2nd person? If so, what have you found to be the biggest challenge about writing in this uncommon POV? ———- [/quote] Out side of a game book (aka a Choose Your Own Adventure book) second person does not go over well, with either readers or publishers. It’s hard to read, if you [...] Read Full Story