NaNoWriMo: Day 14
Hello Everyone! It’s a cloudy but beautiful (due to the orange, yellow, and red trees and suddenly bright green grass) in Oregon! 🙂 November may sound gloomy to some, but it’s quite perky here, especially when the deep blue sky peeps through … not yet today, but we must be hopeful. So, I’m up to 17,469 as […]
NaNoWriMo: Day 11
Hi y’all! I know I haven’t posted in a long, long, long, long time, but I’ve been super busy. And had nothing at all to say. Well, I’ve currently written 15,044 words. That’s nine chapters. I’m not very far into the book either, plot-wise … so I imagine this is going to be a pretty […]
NaNoWriMo: Day 3
Yesterday I got my word count up to 3,710. So far today I’ve gotten it up to 4049 and I’m now taking a short break before I start chapter two. Yes, I know I made the prologue and first chapter really long. Probably I’ll divide the first chapter in half and get rid of a bit […]
NaNoWriMo: Day 2
Hello All! 🙂 Though the prologue turned out somewhat well (remember, I said somewhat), I’m having a lot of difficulty with chapter one. I wrote it twice already and deleted it. It just won’t come out right! So, I’m going to skim lightly over the first chapter (which no longer looks anything like my outline) […]
NaNoWriMo: Day 1
It’s the first day of NaNoWriMo! I’ve paused in my writing for a few minutes to give you a quick progress report. I didn’t get in any writing before church, unfortunately. Now I’ve written 915 words … which is the first part of the prologue. I’ll have written more before evening, but here’s what I’ve got […]
Honest October by Kellyn Roth
Honest October by Kellyn Roth Penned 10.30.15. In September it was sunny But the chill made noses runny Now the sky’s no longer lying. Rain is poring; wind is sighing! In September summer bloomed We didn’t expect the cold so soon The sky was blue, the earth was green Now the cold is awful mean! […]
The Last Week of NaNo Prep
I don’t know how it is for you, but for me outlining in the technical sense of outlining is nearly impossible! I can do it for already-existent works, but I can’t make an outline out of the swirling plotline (or lines) in my head! November 1st will be this coming Sunday and I haven’t gotten […]
Michael O’Halloran by Gene Stratton Porter
Michael “Mickey” O’Halloran is a newspaper boy living in the big city during early World War One. Since his mother died several years back, Mickey has been an orphan, but because of his mother’s teachings has taken care of himself and avoided going to the orphanage. Mickey is supporting himself very well … but one day he […]
At the Foot of the Rainbow by Gene Stratton Porter
Dannie Macnoun lives in Rainbow Bottom, a valley with a trickling creek full of fish, on a small farm next to that of Jimmy Malone his life long friend’s. Fifteen years ago, Dannie sent Jimmy to the girl he loved on his behalf to convince Mary to be his wife. But Jimmy was the one […]
The Dressmaker’s Secret’s Cover
I finally have had a cover made for The Dressmaker’s Secret that I will use when I publish in January. It was made by Makenna Pithey, featherdancer of YWP NaNoWriMo The front cover: The back cover: What do you think? ~Kellyn Roth
Christianity in The Dressmaker’s Secret
“If it’s at all possible, Lord Jesus, couldn’t you have Mummy tell me something – anything – about my father?” The first draft of The Dressmaker’s Secret contained almost no mentions of God … which is pretty lame consider the fact that I decided when I started writing novels that I was going to do […]
The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton-Porter
Amaryllis Minton’s parents got divorced when she is five years old, cutting her family in two. Her father gets custody of her ten year old brother, Peter, while the former Mrs. Minton is in charge of Amaryllis. Mrs. Minton soon goes off to Europe to have a good time, leaving her daughter with the unloving servants. Amaryllis, […]
