It's Nano Time!

It's that time again!  The time I love!  It's time for the 2009 NaNoWriMo and I have no clue this year what I'm going to write about and it feels great!

Usually I have a plan.  I mean I have some kind of idea what the story is about, who the characters are and where they are going to be or go.  This year however, things are different.  I'm different - as a mother, person and a writer.

Themed Thursday: Back to School

I am a writer so of course what I love most about back to school are the supplies. Pens and pencils with colorful zip, erasers with funky faces, coiled notebooks that scream "I am for you buy me!"

All the back to school sales.  I love the deals on computers and notebooks, price drops for everything from toilet paper to toothpaste to offer back to school packages which is awesome!

The smell of new books.  Writers always release books around back to school time and I love the smell, there is something nostalgic about it.

writer's block

Losing your ability to produce work can be a pain, especially if you are on deadline or having a hard time focusing on your task at hand. Don't worry though because you aren't alone. Writers run in circles. They are a special breed and so it only seems fitting they suffer from the same disease called WRITERS BLOCK.

You are in the middle of a scene and suddenly you can't think of anything to help you move forward. What you need is something to jump start you back into the word game. There are a few things you can do like take a break, go for a walk, stretch or watch a movie or read a chapter or two of a book.

My attempt at play writing

A man lays in a bed unmoving stage right back in what appears to be a small room. There is a window behind him and a small night table with some flowers and some cards upon it. There are children's drawings on the wall next to the window. His eyes are open but he says nothing. He just continues to stare at the ceiling above him.

Karen is a middle aged woman around thirty five or so but looks a tad older. Her hair is blonde with two grey streaks running through it on the front to frame her face. She is married to the man in the small room.

David is tall and handsome and a bit older than Karen and the man in the bed. He is dressed in a suit and talks very cordially. He is wearing glasses perched on his nose and has salt and pepper hair. He is sitting center stage at a table reading a newspaper and drinking coffee.
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I'm done with Helim.com

So I've been writing at Helium.com for about a year now, I think. Time goes by so fast I can't even remember.

What I do remember though is how excited I first was to be there. I loved writing the articles, picking and choosing my own categories and joining into the conversations with other fellow writers. And the best part was getting paid.

Or not!

When I made my first $50.00 I was thrilled. The next $25 after that was okay as well. Still I felt a little disappointed when I saw my articles were not gaining as much exposure as I wanted them to gain.

Well now I sit at $20.00 with $5.00 to go before I gain the right to transfer it to my pay pal account and I'm thinking... shit! There has to be a better way to make money writing.