Benjamin Roesch

Tag: national novel writing month

  • Post #152: Meet the Voice of Rainey Cobb

    First off, have you gotten your copy of Blowin’ My Mind Like a Summer Breeze yet? Click HERE to order the paperback, e-book, or audiobook! Also remember to add it on Goodreads HERE. Now…on with the program! Collaborating with voice actor Nicola Fordwood to bring the audiobook for Blowin’ My Mind Like a Summer Breeze…

  • Post #29: Revising Blue Dot

    Been spending my writing time the past two weeks beginning revisions on my new novel, Blue Dot, which I’ve been dubbing a horror/sci-fi mash-up.  For the uninitiated, I wrote the first draft of Blue Dot in a month during National Novel Writing Month, in which participants take on the challenge…

  • Post #21: Where My Boys At?

    An aspect of my NANOWRIMO experience not yet chronicled here is the amazing group of students at the high school where I teach who also took on the 50,000.  A few reached their goal.  Many came along for the ride and produced a substantial amount of writing.  They thrilled and…

  • Post #17: Crawling Through the Nearest Window

    Doing National Novel Writing Month is exhilarating.  I think this is mostly because I’ve never written, outside of education, for a capital “D” Deadline and the need to complete X quantity by Y date is a utilitarian sort of enterprise that’s added a different timbre to this writing experience than…

  • Post #12: I’m Starting a Novel on Tuesday

    NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, which I have officially committed myself to.  I mean, I opened an account on nanowrimo.org, so I’m pretty much locked in. 30 Days.  50,000 Words. (2 small children, 1 full time teaching job) There’s over 200,000 other people trying to do this who…

  • Post #7: National Novel Writing Month

    I’m considering trying out National Novel Writing Month in November.  The goal is to produce 50,000 words in a month.  Only about 15% of those who try finish.  I’m excited about it, but for reasons I can’t quite articulate, though they’ve already had me called a snob once (and counting),…