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One-third of the Way There: A NaNoWriMo Update
For me, succeeding during National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is about consistency. I need to write every day or risk falling so far behind that I can’t catch up. For the past five years,...
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Making Up Ground in NaNoWriMo
After the first ten days of November, I found myself behind pace to meet my NaNoWriMo target. I had a good excuse (I was traveling), but excuses are worth less than the paper they’re written on,...
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Looking Back at 2013
I’m a goal-oriented person and every year I set writing goals for myself. Goals are important for me because they give targets to strive toward, and allow me to see progress. Without tangible goals,...
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The Year of Getting Back on Track
It’s 2016. It’s the Year of the Monkey (or will be in another month). For me it’s the year I get back on track with my writing. One of my failures last year was that I set no writing goals … Continue...
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The No-BS Rules For Writing Success
People like to talk about rules for writing, but I’ve found that almost all the rules people talk about are a bunch of BS. That especially applies to all the rules about how to construct a story, how...
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Is That My Name on the Cover?
A writer I know developed something she calls Writer Bingo, where she made up a Bingo card where each square has something she considered an important or desirable writing milestone. It might include...
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In Which I Find an Artist
I’ve mentioned several times that I’ve been working on a novella series that I intend to self-publish. It’s called the Calypto Cycle, and is part noir spy thriller, part superhero, and part mystery set...
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Gone But Not Idle
I only posted one update over the past couple of weeks because I was visiting family, and for at least a week of that time, I didn’t have an internet connection. Some people might find no internet...
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A few years ago, I decided to write a series of books called The Calypto Cycle that I intended to self-publish. I decided to go the self-publish, or indie, route for a few reasons. First, and likely...
View ArticleWhere Writers Earn Their Money
I’ve mentioned several times over the past few months that I’m writing a YA novel as part of a collaboration. For my part, I’ve taken on the task of writing the first draft, which will then be...
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