Tag: NaNoWriMo

How NaNoWriMo Helped Launch My Writing Career

November 1, 2016
Fiction, Personal, Writing

The following is a partial transcript of my inspirational NaNoWriMo Launch Talk, given October 22, 2016 at the Orange Public Library. For more information on NaNoWriMo, visit their website. Warning: DO NOT READ ON unless you want to be inspired to write! Greetings Wrimos! My name is Jeff Garvin....

Jeff speaks in front of NaNoWriMo Participants

Packed NaNoWriMo Launch Event!

October 24, 2016
News, Personal, Writing

On Saturday, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of soon-to-be NaNoWriMo winners at the Orange Public Library. The event was a kickoff for National Novel Writing Month—a nationwide “contest” in which writers all over the country endeavor to write a 50,000-word novel in thirty days. If you’re...

3 Uncommon Sense Tips for Winning #NaNoWriMo

November 24, 2014
Fiction, Writing

There’s only one week left of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo)—a crazy artistic marathon challenge in which writers commit to writing a 50,000 word novel, from initial idea to finished first draft manuscript, in thirty days. For those of you who are participating in NaNoWriMo, this...