by Harriet Gausman | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog
Here we are in the closing hours of another NaNoWriMo. This is my second: I didn’t participate in last year’s, but I did make the one before. I still value that certificate, as simple as it is. A month of carpal tunnel, caffeine overdoses and disgusted looks from...
by Harriet Gausman | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland You’ve made it this far! I bet you’re happy! You are also exhausted, perhaps even a bit cranky. The end of week 3 crept up on you. Deprived of...
by Harriet Gausman | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog
Use it In Our Art: A Pep Talk for Midway It’s Midway Day. Half of November is gone, half lies ahead. What do you say? Write on, or write it off? Maybe we should quit while we’re ahead? Be practical? Because in Week 2 all our car’s trouble lights came on at once, our...
by Harriet Gausman | Nov 1, 2015 | Blog
Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to follow your dream. We’ll be right beside you, prodding and poking and pushing you towards the finish line. First, if you haven’t already done so, sign up at the official NaNoWriMo site. This is important,...
by Harriet Gausman | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog
November is just around the corner and that can only mean one thing – that crazy literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where the sane lose their minds and attempt to pen a novel in 30 days. As always, we at Virtual Writers like to crack...
by Harriet Gausman | Aug 23, 2015 | Blog
It’s 1967 and the start of the Summer of love. Life will never be the same again for the young as they celebrate liberation and nonconformity, but also protest against prejudice, repression and war. In Brighton, Stephen Dearsley is tempted and intimidated by the way...
