What is Project 365
Project 365 is a promise. Project 365 is 365 days of writing. Inspired by the recent film “Julie and Julia,” I am launching this blog—this project—as a way to make myself accountable to my goal: To write every day for 365 days.

Ask 10 writers about their process for writing a novel and you’ll get 10 different answers. Many writers start with an idea—a “what if”—and then they start to excavate. Where some writers spend a lot of time developing characters, others see their characters come to life as story unfolds (more my style).

Whatever the process, most will agree that novelists are distance runners, the long-haul truckers of the literary world. You can’t sprint through a novel; there are just too many characters to bring to life, too many plots to “thicken,” and story lines to merge. It takes endurance to reach the finish line. It takes committment to go the distance.

That’s where Project 365 comes in. The journey of a writer takes discipline. If you are a writer, you write.  Every day.

For those of you who are even the tiniest bit interested in my progress, I invite you along for the ride.

The joy of the journey is in the ride