November is National Novel Writing Month

Come join the Ezra Lehman Library to celebrate the month of empowering diverse voices, supporting young writers and building creative-writing climate on campus. November 6th at 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Room 106.

"Not So Fast, NaNoWriMo!"

In response to National Novel Writing Month, in which people attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in one month, English professor and novelist Dr. Kim van Alkemade offers a more realist picture of the process based on her own experience writing and revising a novel over 6 years.  She will read a chapter from her novel "Orphan # 8" and discuss the process of research, drafting, revision, pitching and rewriting that led to its publication.  NaNoWriMo is a great place to start, but it takes more than a month  to write a novel.