I just straightened out my novel’s prologue. I type fast when I’m rushing. Basically I’m just typing. I don’t pay attention to spellings, correct grammar, or correct punctuation. Anything. I blaze through as fast as I can, so that I can get as much text down as possible. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

windshield edged in frost nights grow cold—bugs and lizards disappear #DailyHaikuPrompt (cold night) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

she heats her tea in a tall window jar watches hummingbirds #DailyHaikuPrompt (tea) #MicroPoetry #Haiku

NaNoWriMo is over, so I wrote a poem to celebrate. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting. ourprocess.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/j...

Today’s the last day of NaNoWriMo. I wrote 83k words in 30 chapters. My job for December is to knock together a structurally complete first draft & to also start getting ready for developmental editing. I really enjoyed doing NaNoWriMo this time. It was really helpful. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

Green peas freshen up tired pasta salad — chipmunks outside. #DailyHaikuPrompt (fresh peas) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

For NaNoWriMo, the only free time I had today was when I went to InstaCare for a spider bite that I got during the night. While I was waiting to see the doctor, I typed. I had my Chromebook with me. I put in 800 words. I mean, I met my goal a while ago so 800 good words. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

My winter coat’s patched, and the zipper doesn’t work. Snow in the mountains. #DailyHaikuPrompt (winter coat) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

Pebbles in our shoes are only pebbles. Pebbles in a pond ripple. #DailyHaikuPrompt (pebbles) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

I don’t know how many words I’ve written for NaNoWriMo but I’m sure it’s over 80,000 words which is perfect because I don’t want my novel to be more than 85,000 words long. I wanted to do some line edits because I’m beginning the finale, but you know, family drama. #WritingCommunity #IAmWriting.

So how do you do NaNoWriMo during Thanksgiving? There are two routes one already have more than 70,000 words written and skip the day or two wake up super early in the morning and keep typing like I did. I went back in and added a missing scene after act two‘s opening #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

Tryptophan coma as the red mountains yellow— autumn golden hour. #DailyHaikuPrompt (yellowing) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

I didn’t write that much for NaNoWriMo today. It’s OK, I’m close to 70k words. I spent some time working on a bit of structural editing and fine-tuning my characters, focusing on flaws and characteristics that some folks might confuse with flaws like emotional injuries. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

We have seen the night and predict its dark return. Christmas is coming. #Haku #WritingCommunity #Christmas #Poetry

I’m working on character flaws. Here are things that are not character flaws, but realities that novel plots cannot redeem: PTSD, height, phobias, being left-handed, or simply being a woman or man. Characters need overcomable faults. Not unchangeable characteristics. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

The bed’s my best friend— first morning frost blooms across the red Mojave. #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

an autumn tree its only decoration... birdsong #haiku

No fear. Astronaut spinning among the night stars. So much more to do. #DailyHaikuPrompt (fright) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

I couldn’t sleep. I woke up at 3:30. I started writing. I wrote back stories & world building details that I’ll need during edits. It’s good to know which planet you’re on and why people named their planet. Not like the stupid name we gave the Earth. It just means dirt. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

Artio, from her fireplace, captures morning stars. I drink Coke Zero. #DailyHaikuPrompt (fireplace) #Haiku #MicroPoetry **Artio is the Celtic bear goddess associated with protection.

She stole my markers and my watercolor pad to draw some rainbows. #DailyHaikuPrompt (rainbows) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

My adventure for the day is to write 2000 words for my NaNoWriMo project and then start editing my third poetry chapbook that will be available at the beginning of December. This next poetry chapbook is Christmas themed and is a sample of Southern Gothic poetry and flash. #WritingCommunity#AmWriting

My outlining project is working great. After writing 62K words on my novel without any type of outline or guidance it’s good to kinda sit down and figure stuff out. I like seeing where I am as the novel progresses. I think my antagonist/villain is going to be Han Solo. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 on a $.10 per 30 minutes typewriter in a library basement and spent a total of $9.80 to write one of the greatest books in the world. They’re banning books, man. They are banning books, man— someone keep writing books, man. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

logs in the fireplace stew bubble in the spider snow drums the windowpanes #DailyHaikuPrompt (fireplace) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

She kneeled at his feet and imbibed his shine — total capitulation. The horror. The horror: her adoration as if drunk. #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #MicroPoetry *Recalling a dear friend falling head over heels for Donald Trump in 2016. She still loves him.

In my NaNoWriMo project, I have a good idea where my book will conclude. The first half is written completely and then I have other parts written for the rest of the book, but I decided to spend time outlining today to make sure I get the last 30% of the book right. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Uncut withered grass surrounds red sandstone tombstones that bear stacked rock cairns. #DailyHaikuPrompt (withered grass) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

Crow watches perched on the rake handle — anticipating. #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #micropoetry

Like many in my family I finally got sick, but I still wrote. I am at 57K words for my NaNoWriMo project and I’m starting to look at developmental editing. I can’t afford to hire anyone, but I know the process. I would’ve done it anyway, even if I didn’t know the name #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

School pick up line: traffic beeping shrill melodies— gray skies and gold leaves. #DailyHaikuPrompt (melody) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

winter moon scolding my tongue on hot tea #DailyHaikuPrompt (hot time) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

Fog crowds the windows like nosy ghosts. Kettle boils: hot camomile tea. #DailyHaikuPrompt (hot tea) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

Cucumbers, feta, olives, and roasted chickpeas waiting in the fridge. #DailyHaikuPrompt (chick) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

We gave the gremlin a big bottle of glitter — sparkle explosions. #WritingCommunity #Haiku

Beyond rhetoric’s bonfire, poetry is a spider catching ash. #DailyHaikuPrompt (bonfire) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

November withers into gray and blowing leaves — orange, yellow, and brown. #DailyHaikuPrompt (wither) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

The groundskeeper holds his rake, stares into gray clouds — leaves surround his feet. #DailyHaikuPrompt (rake) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

ants turn- a new rake leans on the sticky grill #dailyhaikuprompt

New playground wood chips smell like pinesap. She doesn’t care: she runs around. #Haiku #MicroPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt

she don’t need saving but a soul who won’t stagger when she cracks open and desert’s November wind sets her radiance roaring #tanka

deep stillness- then the cold creek touches my ankle #haiku #poetry #writingcommunity

I typed 45k words for NaNoWriMo. My characters are starting to have a relationship, but it’s one-sided as far as I can tell where the protagonist has become the subject of affection from one of the crew members, which is ridiculous because there’re only 2 crew members. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Fungus grows like rust on Ponderosa Pine bark whispering old names. #DailyHaikuPrompt (rust) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

#haiku my question about the bird remains unanswered

Sunbeams on the Wasatch

set path- a butterfly ruins it beautifully #haiku #poetry

Ghosts and ancestors. The road to Tallahassee. We may as well jump. #DailyHaikuPrompt #DailyHorrorPrompt #Haiku

So we’re halfway through NaNoWriMo. I have over 40,000 words typed. So, that’s way too much. I got a book today that will help me with editing in December. It’s called Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Brown and King. I’m pretty excited about it I know it will help. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting.

About my poetry chapbook. youtube.com/shorts/ZqTP2...