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November 6, 2009
NaNoWriMo Days 4 & 5
Days 4 & 5 sort of blended together, since I actually wrote in several long spurts that started Wednesday afternoon (Day 4) and stopped at about 2am Thursday morning (Day 5). I broke it up thusly:
Day 4
Word Challenges and distractions to Odd sources of inspiration:
4062
Understanding and supportive family who left me alone and made their own
Emotional
Stomach
Emotional
November 4, 2009
NaNoWriMo Days 2, 3, and 4
Day 2 (Monday):
Word Challenges and distractions to Odd sources of Word Challenges and distractions not It's almost...
3913 / Total
A quiet
Knowledge that a graveyard shift was coming up, making writing on Tuesday
None. Great writing
The swaying shadows of tree branches on my
DAY 3 (Tuesday):
0 / Total
Exhaustion from graveyard
Voting
Play
DAY 4 (Wednesday/Today):
November 2, 2009
NaNoWriMo Day 1
Yesterday was Day 1 of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). 50,000 of a novel in 30 days. I'm using it – yet again! – to write the prequel/sequel/companion to Waiting For Spring (aka Rick and Wendy's book). That's right…I chucked the last version. Again. This will mark the third time I've begun writing it. The good news is, I've got a handle on how to tell the story this time. Seriously. I'll post more information about the novel as the month goes on.
So, how did day 1 go?
Words...
October 30, 2009
Backword Interview
How much of Tess Dyer was inspired by an actual person or situation? What is my favorite sentence from Waiting For Spring? And what's up with all of those sex scenes? The answer to these questions – and much more! – can be found in this interview, conducted by Andrew Kent (author of Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery) at the Backword Books blog. You can also find out how you can Tweet2Win a signed copy of Waiting For Spring. You know you want one.
October 23, 2009
Backword interviews
For the next several weeks, Backword Book authors will be posting interviews with each other on the Backword Blog. This is pretty cool, because you can get to know each author twice…as an interviewer and interviewee. Just as exciting, you can enter for a chance to win a free book each week.
Last week, Henry Baum – author of the upcoming The Book of the American Dead – was featured, with Charles Dodd White winning a copy of the novel. This week it's Kristen Tsetsi. Check out the interview and...
October 11, 2009
A message from the architect of Operation Ebook
"The 70 authors on Operation Ebook Drop asked me to say: More Troops please.
We have dropped approximately 4000 Free discount coupons linking our brave men and women deployed in the Armed Forces to some of the finest Indie novels in the industry to keep their reading devices filled with a variety of genres and styles. If you are a troop who has received an ebook drop, sound off here, so your comrades can step up and request our gifts.
If you want to participate and are a deployed member of the...
October 9, 2009
Counterfeit Pride
The cashiers at our store are required to swipe each bill of $10 or higher with a special counterfeit detection pen. If the bill is real, the pen mark will be light-to-dark yellow. If it's fake, the mark will be black; almost like a permanent marker. It's kind of a pain in the ass, and makes the process of cashing out a customer that much longer, but it's what we're supposed to do, so we do it.
Yesterday, a group of hunters from Connecticut came into the store to buy hunting supplies (Bud...
October 4, 2009
Waiting For Spring readers ROCK!
Behold the new "Waiting For Spring" book trailer! If you want to share it with family and friends – or post it on your blog – I would be VERY appreciative!
October 1, 2009
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Do you have boobs?
Then go schedule a mammogram.
Do it today.
September 28, 2009
Time is running out…
…to enter the Backword Books contest. You could win SEVEN signed paperback books. Here's how ya do it:
The rules: We want to hear your thoughts about self-publishing in a blog post. What is your general opinion of it? How likely are you to do it? Do you think it will change the face of publishing in the future? That sort of thing. The drawbacks of self-publishing are welcome as well – if you don't like it, you don't like it. But include your reasoning, while keeping in mind that a scathing...
