My diary today is important because this charity has been instrumental in helping to change my life.(Please note that all donated money goes directly to the Charity, I never have a single cent of it.) I spent my entire life (61 years) reading everything I could get my hands on. I dreamed of writing, but could never get past the first chapter, before my inner censor convinced me it was crap. I was raised in an abusive home, and my mother's voice, telling me how fat, ugly, and stupid I am, still screams in my mind, though she has been dead for 20 years.
Near the end of 2014, I first heard about NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writers Month, and the yearly challenge to write a 50,000 word novel. I had just enough time to get signed up, and prep myself for a month of dedicated writing. By the end of November 2014, I had compleated my first novel, "The Black Cliffs - Book One of The Into Darkness Series." It is currently in the editing stage, and I hope to publish it in September. I was able to let go of my inner censor and write this book, because of the help and encouragement from the NaNoWriMo Charity. By helping them to raise money to continue their work, I hope I am helping to ensure that budding writers will always have a place to create safely and to find whatever encouragement and tools they need.
Beginning on April 1, 2015, I will be participating in Camp NaNoWriMo. The book I will be working on is "Other Bodies - Book One of The Soul Walkers." I project that it will be 60,000 words, and I plan to have the first draft finished by the end of April. Visit my Camper Page to read Chapter One and to follow my progress throughout the month. Your interest and encouragement is important to me.