March Madness Writing Challenge!

I found out about this on R.E. James’s website and decided to take part ((What can I say? Any offer of free stuff/prizes automatically gets my attention)).

Denise Jaden and some of her friends are having a March Madness Writing Challenge. So what does this all mean?

Year 12 Reading Log

While cleaning out my room, I found my year 12 (sixth form – I was 16) reading log. To earn some extra credits for NCEA, students at our school had to read nine full-length adult books which I had not read before. At least five books had to be chosen from list A, and all nine books had to be from list A and list B. There had to be a gender balance of sorts – five of one, four of the other.

It’s The End of NaNo As I Know It

It’s the end of NaNo, or, well, pretty much. It’s 4.15pm here on the 30th, and I have Guides tonight. As you can sort of tell, I didn’t win NaNo. I started off pretty good, actually being about a day ahead. And then I had camp, and that meant I lost about four/five days of [...]

One Sentence

Over on the YA forum at the Absolute Write Water Cooler, we’re having fun with a little game: Your WIP In One Sentence. I have already posted my four up there, but I want to share them over here. They aren’t perfect, and they miss a heck of a lot out, and sometimes they seem [...]