by Nancy Herkness | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized, writing
I’m not talking about the bad weather, although that has made life difficult recently. I’m talking about the two month-long challenges that I’ve signed on for, one for my brain and one for my body. Jersey Romance Writing Month is the mental challenge. The goal is to...
by Nancy Herkness | Mar 4, 2014 | Books, NJRW, Romance, Uncategorized, writing
That’s known as a writing challenge, and I took it this February, participating in (and leading, for full disclosure) Jersey Romance Writing Month (JeRoWriMo). I founded the challenge three years ago for the New Jersey Romance Writers because many of us liked the...
by Nancy Herkness | Mar 19, 2013 | Books, Romance, RWA, Uncategorized, writing
Maybe I should explain what a writing challenge IS first. The most famous one I know of is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where participants attempt to write 50,000 words in the month of November. I find this virtually impossible on two counts: 1) November...