M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/26 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/26

Website: 8th anniversary

I turned sixty-nine today. The website turned eight. The last two years have been much more eventful for me than for the website, and even more so for this blog, which has continued to survive my benign neglect.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/24 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/24

Website: 6th anniversary

Hello from America! Speaking on behalf of my blog, I must admit to another year of inactivity. Speaking for myself as a writer, though, it has been a marvelous year. I completed second drafts of two new novels, tentatively titled Writers on the Storm and August. The first is an attempt at a humorous take on writing, and the second is a somewhat more serious exploration of love in the twilight of life.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/21

National Novel Writing Month 2021 III

I finished NaNoWriMo today with my biggest thirty-day word count ever: 120,000 words.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/15/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/15/21

National Novel Writing Month 2021 II

Four wins in four years.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/21

National Novel Writing Month 2021

This year I am writing a sequel. It’s fun to already know the characters and the world they inhabit.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/20

National Novel Writing Month 2020 III

My NaNoWriMo novel is 91,700 words, quite a bit more than my 75,000-word goal. But there are still places that need filling out and the novel is terribly disjointed. Still, I think I have some solid content to work with.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/17/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/17/20

National Novel Writing Month 2020 II

I won National Novel Writing Month for the third year in a row.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/20

National Novel Writing Month 2020

Six of my novels have a male protagonist, and they are quite similar, all nice guys. I wanted to stretch and write a curmudgeon.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 10/30/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 10/30/20

Japan Writers Conference 2020

There was one speaker whose presentation was so good that I took notes, Steven Wolfson, a screenwriter and teacher, who talked about Cinematic Storytelling.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/19 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/19

National Novel Writing Month 2019 III

I won NaNoWriMo 2019, my second win in a row.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/15/19 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/15/19

National Novel Writing Month 2019 II

I passed the 50,000-word winning point of National Novel Writing Month on day 12.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/19 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/19

National Novel Writing Month 2019

I am feeling both excitement at writing something new (my first new novel since NaNoWriMo last year), and trepidation over whether I can make the story work.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 9/30/19 M. Harmon Wilkinson 9/30/19

Writing buddies

Perhaps what’s most important in a writing buddy is having someone who shares the same dream.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 2/22/19 M. Harmon Wilkinson 2/22/19

Tokyo Writers Workshop

I attended Tokyo Writers Workshop and got valuable feedback on the first chapter of Neyuki. It was also fascinating to see the submissions through others’ eyes. I must up my game and provide better critiques to be a contributing member of the group.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/18 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/18

National Novel Writing Month III

I won! I beat the challenge and now have a draft of my fifth novel.