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Authors want publishers to buy their manuscripts off Amazon??? What the hell?
EK's Star Log —
Authority: 134
I was just reading the blog post: How not to sell your book on Robert J. Sawyer’s Blog, in which he tells of an author who sent him this request:A few years ago I sent you an email to see if you were interested in publishing my first novel. You were interested but I did [...]20 hours ago -
Nano: Writing a Full-size Novel in a Month
Making Moments —
Authority: 100
On November 1, Jenni I were about to get ready for bed when she mentioned to me that she had a friend who was going to write a novel in a month. When I asked why he was doing it, she told me about National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, and how it was a group that challenged people to write a 50,000 word novel in ...1 day ago -
NaNoWriMo RE: Self Publishing? Good or Evil?
EK's Star Log —
Authority: 134
RE: Self Publishing? Good or Evil? Satoru ReidSelf Publishing? Good or Evil?0 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Nov 30, 2009Location: CanadaPosts: 4Posted on:Dec 2, 2009 – 00 00Hey everyone, Who here has tried self-publishing? If you have tried it tell me what you think about it because I hear self-publishing is ...2 days ago -
NaNoWriMo RE: RE: Planning on doing Script Frenzy but I’ve never done it. Shar
EK's Star Log —
Authority: 134
RE: Planning on doing Script Frenzy but I’ve never done it. Shar [quote=Writing4Life]Hey I’m planning on doing Script Frenzy coming up in April I believe but I’ve never wrote a script in my life or even attempted to. Any tips or anything. Also any stories about good and bad Script Frenzy’s? I’d just like to ...3 days ago -
NaNoWriMo RE: Whos going back to their 08 Nano?
EK's Writing Blog —
Authority: 134
RE: Whos going back to their 08 Nano? phantom000 Whos going back to their 08 Nano? 53,343 / 50,000 Official Participant Joined: Oct 18, 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 101 Posted on: Dec 4, 2009 - 12 02 Well i am thoroughly burnt out on the story i did for NanoWrimo this year ...3 days ago -
NaNoWriMo RE: Who’s going back to their ‘08 Nano?
EK's Star Log —
Authority: 134
RE: Who’s going back to their ‘08 Nano?phantom000Who’s going back to their ‘08 Nano?53,343 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Oct 18, 2008Location: ArkansasPosts: 101Posted on:Dec 4, 2009 – 12 02Well i am thoroughly burnt out on the story i did for NanoWrimo this year and there are just too many holes to ...3 days ago -
Updates and Formspring
Into the Rush —
Authority: 107
Well, I drove my parents out to the air port yesterday. Im incredibly lonely. (And my house makes strange noises that it should NOT make when no one is upstairs walking around. Creepy.) But Ive gotten a lot done. Im getting my book printed in paperback. It was one of the prizes for winning NaNoWriMo. Most of the ...3 days ago -
12-3-09 Ritterschlag
One Neat Thing a Day —
Authority: 113
I HAVE RETURNED! I have swum through endless oceans of time and space, past the universe, past reason, PAST SANITY! in search of wisdom! knowledge! good schools! reasonable access to public transportation! AND WISDOM! I have sat with elders of a gentle race this world has seldom seen and talked of days for which they ...3 days ago -
And people think I’m prolific
dustbury.com —
Authority: 585
But I could never reach this level of productivity : I did my own self-imposed sprints that were more conducive to my schedule, but I think this actually helped me increase the number of words I got in an hour (along with a little typing game that I had started playing). Where in previous years I averaged about one ...4 days ago -
Screnzy RE: How much stage direction is reasonable?
EK's Star Log —
Authority: 134
How much stage direction is reasonable?Hey guys!How much stage direction do you think is reasonable? I’m just trying to figure out what would be too much…Thanks!I’d say it depends on the play write’s personal style as well as the style of the play in question. I think of stage direction in a play, like the ...5 days ago -
Writing a big novel
Day By Day Writer —
Authority: 122
Literary agent Donald Maass has a great post about the bigness of a novel on the Writer Unboxed blo g. We’re all trying to write novels that resonate — that feel big to the reader — and Donald guides us what our books should have to create that bigness. As you might expect, it’s a lot of work, but then ...5 days ago -
Novel Writing Lesson: My characters are not my friends.
Melody Watson's Blog —
Authority: 122
From the first page of notes, I already knew what a couple of Hollys biggest challenges would be. Holly is the main character in my novel, and while a handful of those challenges quickly morphed into different ones, conflict was never far from my mind. Its been years since I accepted the fact that readers and viewers ...5 days ago -
A healthy dose of NaNo failure
write meg! —
Authority: 124
So, friends, I didn’t make it this year. Compiling 50,000 words into some semblance of a novel for National Novel Writing Month just really exceeded my abilities — especially since I spent most of the month making scarves ; gallavanting about with friends; stuffing hams (yes — hams ); eating way too much ...5 days ago -
From here to Basingstoke...
Word Wenches —
Authority: 122
Todays Charlie picture includes a Hovis loaf. We encountered the loaf in Shaftesbury, where it had been part of a fundraiser. Its made of metal . The pictures from my recent travels, and travel is the topic of this blog. Why Basingstoke, you ask. Because when I think of travel, the Basingstoke ...6 days ago -
In like a ferret
Saturday Scribes —
Authority: 110
Best NaNoWriMo analogy so far, courtesy of Chris Baty: “For some background on all the 2008 records that we are currently demolishing like a ferret in a Lego museum …”6 days ago -
NaNoWriMo: Mission Accomplished
Amy Letinsky —
Authority: 112
If you’ve been reading my Tweets, you’ve probably already seen that I crossed the finish line in the National Novel Writing Month . I took advantage of Thanksgiving Break and even managed to wrap it up a couple days early. If I’m using a 5”x8” page spread, I came out with 199 pages worth of a novel, and ...6 days ago -
National Novel Writing Month 2009 is now over...
The Knight Shift —
Authority: 140
...so, did I finish mine?Unfortunately, I have to report that I did not.It was back in late July that I first mentioned that I was taking part in this years National Novel Writing Month. About how each participant had to churn out a 175-page novel between November 1st and the night of November 30th. When all was ...6 days ago -
I Finished My Novel!
I Heard Tell —
Authority: 113
I did it! 50,000 words in 30 days! And actually, it was more like 18 days, because I really didn’t start writing until the 12th! Yay! NaNoWriMo!! I want a t-shirt. Too bad all the sizes are sold out. Make more shirts, NaNoWriMo! Man, writing is the best. I’m so glad I did this. It’s really made me ...6 days ago -
The Marge Simpson Guide To Writing A Novel
Hunter Nuttall . com —
Authority: 104
Marge Simpson is known as the patient mother, dutiful housewife, and voice of morality in the Simpson family. But every now and then, she takes up a bold and daring project that rocks Springfield. Case in point: her first novel, The Harpooned Heart. She started it on a whim, got it finished in record time, and ...6 days ago -
Final NaNoWriMo Update
The Book Connection... —
Authority: 131
Today I planned to write some to at least reach 10K for NaNoWriMo, but it doesnt look likely. I worked on virtual book tours most of the day and caught up on some reviews at my kids book blog. While I am slightly disappointed I didnt even make it halfway, I am pleased that I have been writing every free moment I ...1 week ago
