New Directions 2012
Unlike many NaNoWriMo participants I have talked with, I did not reach the 50,000 word goal during the November 2011 challenge. I made it to a paltry 20,000. My failure mainly had to do with a lack of knowledge of my setting, which was 1850s Kansas. I had a runaway thirteen-year-old girl traveling from a small settlement near Pawnee to Kansas City, but I had only a vague idea of the people and places she would encounter. While I stopped to research, time slipped away. Although I failed to reach my word goal, I was led to a deepening interest in Kansas history and to new directions and adventures.
Part of my research plan for 2012 is to visit Kansas museums and report on what I find. If you have a favorite Kansas museum, please let me know. I'll be writing a brief review of each one I visit. If you are interested in Kansas museums and history, you may want to subscribe.
Part of my research plan for 2012 is to visit Kansas museums and report on what I find. If you have a favorite Kansas museum, please let me know. I'll be writing a brief review of each one I visit. If you are interested in Kansas museums and history, you may want to subscribe.
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