Donna Maree Hanson, Author, Phd in Creative Writing

The stars have aligned and I think I have the capacity to a novel in a month. I’m not writing reports at work. My RSI is stablising and I have a sit stand arrangement at home as well as dictation software. No excuses. Of course right now I’d rather be napping after a day out showing some people around.

I’ve decided to try Scrivener this time. I think it will work better in the writing fresh than trying to retro fit which drove me a bit barmy.

I’m going to be working on a novel I outlined in New Orleans in May 2014. It’s an SF romance novel, tentatively titled Cold Soldier. The outline is brief so I’m half pantsing it.

I thought I’d write this blog post while Scrivener was doing an update. Good luck to other NaNoWriMo writers. My NaNoWriMo novel from 2013 is published. I bombed last year. Work was too intense and I didn’t want to risk RSI. But this time it should be fine.

Reach out to other buddies and write away.