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  Cracking NaNoWriMo
  Tips to successfully complete the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
  by premrao / on Oct 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “novel writing”

 

• 365 Days of Rain, part 10

  
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  The rest of this story may be found here . Ryan was in a bad mood when I turned up the next morning. As I walked through the door he was finishing a conversation on his cell, which culminated with a sharp “goodbye” and him chucking his phone across the counter. “Wake up on the wrong side of the ...
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• the woman on the hotel bed + the struggle in being faithful to one’s vision

  
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  I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the stories we tell and how we need to tell them. After taking in Sarah Polley’s documentary aptly titled, Stories We Tell , Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha , and re-reading Didion’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem , I’ve been thinking about the convergence of art and ...
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• Write Your Novel – Keeping Track

  
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  As you will no doubt have noticed, novels are big. I mean, acommercial novel is likely to have 90-100,000 words and within that you’ll havemultiple chapters, scenes, characters, plots, sub-plots, and back story. As you get further into yourfirst draft (or attempt to wrestle your second draft into a coherent whole) ...
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• Blog of Week: Inkygirl

  
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  Used with permission from Debbie Ridpath Ohi at Inkygirl.com. ‘ve been obsessed with Debbie Ridpath Ohi since I first saw one of her comics during my first year of NaNoWriMo back in 06 or 07. They were hilarious and adorable and I ended up going through all her archives of the  Will Write for Chocolate   ...
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• Mark Edwards Top Five Writing Tips

  
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  Mark Edwards new book,  The Magpies , is out now. 1. Before you start, make sure you know what kind of bookyou’re writing and why – imagine that you had to do an elevator pitch of yournovel. This is much harder than actually writing a book, but having a clearidea of your story and concept will help keep you ...
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• Ask the Editor – What has been your most memorable experience as an editor?

  
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  Caroline Hogg has worked in publishing for almost ten years, at Little, Brown Book Group and more recently at Avon, HarperCollins. Shes currently at Pan Macmillan as Senior Commissioning Editor for Commercial Womens Fiction. She knows her stuff! Todays question comes from a Novelicious reader who asks: What ...
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• How Long Does it Take to Edit a Novel?

  
  Bertram's Blog — Authority: 138
  If you have an editor, the editor pretty much decides how long it takes to edit a novel, but if you’re self-editing, it takes as long as it takes for you to get it right, But more than that, it depends on what you’re editing for. Are you editing it for content, to make sure that every scene, every character, ...
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• Dark, Dangerous, Devious and Delectable Stories Available Now.

  
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  DarkSpire Reaches, The Absent Woman, The Guardians of Evion, Healer’s Touch, Strange Tales from the Scriptorian Vaults and Greenwood Tree – all spread out on a carpet for you to pick from ….   Dark, Dangerous, Devious and Delectable Stories Available Now. . via Dark, Dangerous, Devious and Delectable ...
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• Ask General Kang: How much time should I be spending on Social Media every day?

  
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  None. Next question. No, seriously, what is the right amount? It depends. Do you have other things to do? Like, I don’t know, a job? Let’s assume yes, and let’s assume it’s about eight hours a day. Okay, so that … Continue reading →
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• Guest Post: Writing my Fingers to the Bones

  
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  Today we have a guest post from mystery writer J.D. Frost.  Regular readers of this blog will recognize J.D. as a loyal reader and commenter.  J.D. is currently working on at least two, and despite my constant entreatries, he does not at the moment have a website or blog I can point you to read.   I was thrilled ...
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• BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!

  
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  This is the sound of the evil laugh I hear in my mind as I plot my next email to Mary and Jean. We have just had our weekly Sunday meeting.  We ate delicious, nutritious salads at a local eatery.  It has been a beautiful sunny day.  Camaraderie abounds. I have shared with Mary and Jean that yes, last night I ...
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• On Affirmation - by Susan Barclay

  
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  Writers crave affirmation, and Ive been blessed to be surrounded by people whove believed in my gifting. From my mother, who encouraged me to write down the songs and stories I verbalized at a very young age, to my husband, who said yes when I talked with him about quitting my day job to pursue the dream. And to those ...
  3 weeks ago

• Strings of Retaliation – 19b – Escape

  
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  << Previous My relationship with the FBI taught me one valuable thing: no matter how hard both party tried, a double agent never completely trusted the organizations he worked for. Too many secrets were built into the relationship. It didn’t take much to tip a working alliance over to paranoia, and turn ...
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• Want to solve a writing or marketing problem? Ask How do THEY do it?

  
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  Lets say you have a problem relating to your writing or selling what you write. Youre stuck...now what? I suggest a brainstorming activity I call, “How do THEY do it?”First you think of somebody who does something that’s similar to—but not exactly the same as—whateveryou want to do. Then you look at what ...
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• “The Hanging Gardener” to Appear in Plasma Frequency

  
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  More good publishing news rolls in… this one with a slice of Nebuchadnezzar. I received word today that my short dark fantasy story “The Hanging Gardener” will appear in an upcoming issue of Plasma Frequency Magazine , which publishes in both print and eBook formats and is now going on its second year of ...
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• Writing Forward Everyday

  
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  Her fear of having lost her passion for writing wanes and she finds herself writing more consistently.  Her progress forward does not hide the struggle its taken her to get that far. Morning after morning she let slip by precious writing time. Shes intrigued by the story as it appears in her head. The problems cut on ...
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• Forge ahead with your writing: the Next Massive Action Day is on Saturday, May 18

  
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  Want to make huge progress on a writing project (or on getting your home office organized, or anything else)? Join my online Massive Action Day on Saturday, May 18. Declare your goal for the day in our exclusive chat window and update throughout the day. Youll get support from me and the other particpants and I do ...
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• He Loves Me Not: a novel of suspense (Lily’s Story, Book 1)

  
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• Strings of Retaliation – 19a – Escape

  
  The Writeaholic's Blog — Authority: 125
  << Previous Men never dealt well with hysterical women. In the Victorian era, they locked us up in insane asylum for the slightest fit. Fast high-pitched speech, shallow breaths combined with hands and arms fluttering remained a great tool to shorten unwanted discussion with men. I used them profusely and was ...
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• Is It Worth The Risk?

  
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  Relationships are, in my humble opinion, risky business. They can be wonderful, fulfilling, joyful, sustaining and supportive.  And they can also bring pain, heartache, grief, regret and shame. A couple of months ago I realized, with no small amount of trepidation, that writing the book with Mary and Jean was going ...
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