Writerlust

So, Nanowrimo.org relaunched today with a beautiful, eye-catching design and updated features. It has me jazzed up all over again for November and this year's 50,000 word writing challenge! I can not wait! The best part about the website being up and ready to go is that Wrimos can publicly announce their 2019 projects. This makes everything feel official and I immediately logged on and announced my 2019 project, tentatively titled: Just Another Ghost Story. Here is the synopsis as it stands right now: When Janelle Carmen starts as an intern on the ironically popular paranormal investigation television show Paranormal Pace, she thought she was getting a fun taste of her future career in television. Instead, Janelle finds herself surrounded by a cast and crew who fake their paranormal findings for ratings and are not at all who they seem. So what happens when this group of frauds comes up against an actual paranormal entity, one hellbent on destruction and pain? Can they b...

As a fiction novel enthusiast, when I'm inevitably asked who my favorite author is, I can quickly descend into a guilt-filled frenzy of trying to work out which authors have stuck with me over the years, which authors have written characters that changed my outlook on life, which authors have the most affecting prose... and so on. But in taking a deep breath and examining my home book shelf I notice that five authors stand out and have stuck with me over the years. So here are my Top Five Favorite Authors OF ALL TIME, in order: