NaNoWriMo 2023
November is almost here, which means it’s time for NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month is an annual celebration of the pain and misery of pounding out 50,000 words in thirty short days. Why do we do this every year? I know that I have always failed within two weeks, but I’ve made an attempt every […]
Back in Business!
I’m back to writing Local Heroes and it feels great! The plan is to do my own Mini-Nano and start really upping the word count. Make sure you’re following on all my socials for updates!
Local Heroes On Kindle Vella!
For the past year or so I’ve been working on the Local Heroes series. I imagined it as a serial novel following the adventures of working heroes as they try to do good and pay the bills. These stories are less “save the world” than they are “save a village” or “solve a mystery”. I […]
Drafting Complete!
Wednesday was a big day. On Wednesday, September 22nd I completed the first draft of The Vagabond Law. This marks the first time that I’ve completed the first draft of a full novel. It feels amazing. The book has a beginning, middle, and end! It has characters that develop! Plots that…plot? Anyways I’m now anticipating […]
Welcome to Ben Writes A Thing!
Hello and welcome! So what is this thing? Mostly it’s a space for me to let you know what I’m doing and to wax poetic about writing, creativity, and my life doing these wacky things. Right now I’m working on a couple of blogs, my first full novel, and a few short stories. A lot […]