My Name was Supposed to be Elizabeth Ann

— Stories from the Roads (Not) Taken

For those of you unfamiliar with the challenge, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Beginning every November 1, writers of all ages and abilities set out to write a 50,000 word novel by midnight November 30.  I planned to participate. I even signed up. I had a project and a schedule in place. Then …

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FOCUS. And no, its selection has nothing to do with the visual connotation of 2020, though I do appreciate the symmetry.  Rather, its selection logically follows my 2019 word, SPEAK. A little context…  I’ve been a writer almost as long as I’ve been a reader, but writing–and finding the time to do it well–has almost …

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