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November 1, 2012
I May Be A Little Jumpy Because...
This was my breakfast.
Did I say I couldn't understand why writer's month is in November?
I totally get it now.
While I bounce off walls, feel free to peruse an excerpt from Wing on the lovely blog Once Upon A Time.
October 31, 2012
Why Do NaNoWriMo?
I’ll
be doing some posts on NaNoWriMo.
There
are a million ways to write a book, a million ways to start, a million ways to
slog through, a million ways to finish. These will be my personal tips for
NaNoWriMo. They may not work for you. They may not even work for me. It helps
me to write them down, and if it helps you too, awesome.
My
advice will be a little different than the official NaNo handbook. I'm big on outlining at the moment, so I won't be using a seat-of-the-pants approach. That...
be doing some posts on NaNoWriMo.
There
are a million ways to write a book, a million ways to start, a million ways to
slog through, a million ways to finish. These will be my personal tips for
NaNoWriMo. They may not work for you. They may not even work for me. It helps
me to write them down, and if it helps you too, awesome.
My
advice will be a little different than the official NaNo handbook. I'm big on outlining at the moment, so I won't be using a seat-of-the-pants approach. That...
October 30, 2012
NaNoWritMo Schedule
Here's the schedule for NaNoWriMo, which you can also find on their site (I assume) and in the emails:
November 1: Write your first 1,667 and feel great about embarking on this wild, wordy adventure. Tell your inner editor to take a hike for the next 30 days, or else. Watch him/her/it skedaddle, and heave a sigh of relief.
November 2: Check your NaNoMail early and often for pep talks from staff and published authors, messages from your fellow Wrimos, and updates from your regional...
November 1: Write your first 1,667 and feel great about embarking on this wild, wordy adventure. Tell your inner editor to take a hike for the next 30 days, or else. Watch him/her/it skedaddle, and heave a sigh of relief.
November 2: Check your NaNoMail early and often for pep talks from staff and published authors, messages from your fellow Wrimos, and updates from your regional...
October 29, 2012
10 Spooky Books for Halloween
Neil Gaiman has a brilliant idea: why not make it a tradition to read spooky books on Halloween? It's like telling ghost stories, in print. Headsmack, right? Why didn't we all think of that?
Anyway, I'm all for any excuse to read books. And I've been gobbling up some great ghosties for Halloween. Here's my recommendations for all ages, starting with the book I wrote for my own tots (but of course!) and moving on up the Scary Scale.
Title: My First Book About Halloween
Author: Tar...
Anyway, I'm all for any excuse to read books. And I've been gobbling up some great ghosties for Halloween. Here's my recommendations for all ages, starting with the book I wrote for my own tots (but of course!) and moving on up the Scary Scale.
Title: My First Book About Halloween
Author: Tar...
October 28, 2012
October 25, 2012
15 Greatest Avengers Quotes
"Aren't the stars and stripes a little... old fashioned?"
Tony Stark: The Avengers. It's what we call ourselves, sort of like a team. "Earth's Mighiest Heroes" type thing.
Steve Rogers: When I went under, the world was at war. I wake up, they say we won. They didn't say what we lost.
Tony Stark: Dr. Banner, your work is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster.
Bruce Banner: Thanks.
Steve Rogers: Is everything a joke to...
October 24, 2012
WiP Wednesday - Excerpt from Blood - Autumn Pixies!
It's tricky to find excerpts from Blood I can share with you that don't contain too many spoilers! This is a nice scene for October, since the autumn pixies show up to pester Dindi....
"The slender girls wore crunchy skirts of fall
leaves..." (Art by Anne Stokes)
At night’s tail, just before dawn, pixies jumped up and
down on Dindi’s head until she had a headache, and kept jumping, until she woke
up to shoo them off.
“You have got to
be kidding me,” she groaned. “What is wrong with...
"The slender girls wore crunchy skirts of fall
leaves..." (Art by Anne Stokes)
At night’s tail, just before dawn, pixies jumped up and
down on Dindi’s head until she had a headache, and kept jumping, until she woke
up to shoo them off.
“You have got to
be kidding me,” she groaned. “What is wrong with...
October 21, 2012
Pancake Sunday Advice on Novel Writing
It's pancake Sunday and we've got the whole gang, kids and cousins, here to chow, so this will be a sweet stack with some bacon on the side! And what the heck does that mean?
Moving on to writing rules... Rules?! We don't need no stinkin' rules! But I love 'em anyway. As we approach NaNo, it's time to start scouring the new and the bookshelf for the best advice out there. Here's some insights I thought were spot on (the numbering is off). Visit the blog to read the whole thing:
I...
October 20, 2012
Should Writers Blog About Writing?
Here's the problem with writers who blog. What should we blog about? It seems like we're always being told what NOT to blog about. To wit, you may be have received advice like this:
...
1.) Don't write about yourself. No one wants to hear about what you had for breakfast, or your cat's vet appointment.
2.) Don't write about writing. That appeals to other writers--not to your readers.
3.) Don't write about politics or other incendiary topics. That will alienate half or more of your audience.
October 19, 2012
Why Does Your First Chapter Suck?
When all else fails, add pixie dust.
The first chapter is the door to the rest of the book. The first chapter is a fist of firsts: first sentence, first hook, first introduction to the cast of characters, first goal, first twist, first turn, and first cliffhanger.
Newbie writers know this, and try to stuff everything into the first chapter.
And it sucks big time.
So what went wrong?
The newbie scratches her head, and re-reads one or two famous books in her genre and discovers …...
