Author Archives: Howard Wolke

It’s November 30, so I can officially say that National Novel Writing Month is almost done. For me, it ended a week ago when I got to my 50,000 words. Or maybe it ended four days ago when I finished the rough draft of my novel. Or maybe it ends tomorrow because that’s what theContinue reading “NaNoWriMo is done!”

I don’t know why this post and the last one both start with the number eight, but I’ll go with it. NaNoWriMo is fully underway and I am doing it! If you read my last post, you’d know that I wasn’t feeling super-confident about my ability to keep up with NaNo. 50k words in aContinue reading “Eight days into NaNo!”

I’m doing it this year! I’m going to try to do NaNoWriMo! I think there’s a decent chance I won’t be able to complete it, but I might as well try, right? In case you don’t know, November is National Novel Writing Month which shortens, of course, to NaNoWriMo. In honor of that, a “contest”Continue reading “Eight hours (and a bit) until NaNo!”

Ok, so I’ve done a full week of my #startsummerwrite initiative and so far, ok. Today is not going to be a big writing day, but I’m happy that the week has gone well. Just some quick thoughts about what’s I’ve done so far. Don’t tweet and write…or, allow a tweet to be a writeContinue reading “Week One of #startsummerwrite”

I’ve started my querying process in earnest now, and I’ve already noticed a few interesting things. These are definitely not tips (I have no right giving anyone tips on querying when I’ve been doing it for less than two weeks), but things that I would have been interested to know before I started this process.Continue reading “Reflections on Querying (NOT TIPS!)”

Two things have happened recently on the writing/author front and I wanted to blog about them: First of all, you’re looking at it! I have a website now — http://www.howardwolke.com. It’s still a work in progress, but I feel like everything about writing is a work in progress. More on that in a bit… Anyway,Continue reading “Out in the World”

So I’ve come to the editing process now and despite what I’ve heard, it’s not as bad as people say… It’s worse. But my problem isn’t a deep emotional attachment to the words I have written on the page. I mean, I like the words, but I’m also ok with cutting them when I needContinue reading “My Chaotic Editing”

There are a couple of memes that go around the #writingcommunity on Twitter that talk about how many writers have no problem killing off characters. This is an example of one of those memes. I know. It’s pretty funny. But I just recently realized that I am NOT that type of writer! I’m currently writingContinue reading “I Don’t Want to Kill Off My Characters!”

Short blog post today about a problem I’ve recently been dealing with in my current WIP. Cell phones. I have a smart phone. I love my smart phone. No, don’t worry, I don’t love it more than my wife and kids. But I do use it A LOT. Between playing games and checking social media,Continue reading “The Cell Phone Problem”