NaNoWriMo Basics to Kick Start Your Novel

It’s here. It’s time. Stretch out those typing fingers, sharpen your pencils, and hook up the caffeine IV.  It’s NaNoWriMo! NaNoWriMo, to the uninitiated, is National Novel Writing Month.  Writers dedicate the month of November to starting and finishing a first draft of a novel. It doesn’t have to be amazing, it doesn’t have to …

Young Writers Group Finds Inspiration, Voice at the Library

Libraries have always been a comfortable retreat for writers. You see them working quietly at tables, nestled into corners with their laptops and notebooks, crafting the next great American novel or book of poetry. The quiet solitude of the library is welcoming and relaxing. But, sometimes a writer really needs to make a bit of …