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November 16, 2015
Are you a seasonal writer?
If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo (and you’re on
schedule, heaven knows I’m not!) then you should be over the half way mark. I think today’s end count should be 26,667.
If you’re there, awesome. If not, keep at it.
I’ve attempted to complete this task each of the past
four years and have met with varying levels of success. I attribute this to the
fact that I’m just no good at
November 15, 2015
A Week's worth of Links: 11/15/15
It’s a short set this week, sad to say I’ve been overly busy
and just haven’t had a chance to go looking at many articles that will be
helpful.
Selling Books Sells Books
Do Goodreads Ratings Correlate to Sales
Does having a writing day job ruin your fiction?
and just haven’t had a chance to go looking at many articles that will be
helpful.
Selling Books Sells Books
Do Goodreads Ratings Correlate to Sales
Does having a writing day job ruin your fiction?
November 14, 2015
Social Media Shout Out: Kameron Hurley
So! Most
Saturdays, the blog is going to be dedicated to social media shout out. These
are people I follow and enjoy, and think you might too. Let me tell you why:
Kameron Hurley
@kameronhurley on Twitter
Her Blog
Who They Are:
Author of the God’s War Trilogy and the Worldbreaker
Saga, Kameron is one of those voices that rings true in the miasma of misogyny
the internet has become.
Saturdays, the blog is going to be dedicated to social media shout out. These
are people I follow and enjoy, and think you might too. Let me tell you why:
Kameron Hurley
@kameronhurley on Twitter
Her Blog
Who They Are:
Author of the God’s War Trilogy and the Worldbreaker
Saga, Kameron is one of those voices that rings true in the miasma of misogyny
the internet has become.
November 13, 2015
Writing on a Schedule
I wouldn't call writing on a schedule the easiest thing to do. It’s incredibly frustrating, or it’s invaluably helpful. It really just depends on how you approach it and how open you are to changing things up in the middle of a plan.
My writing schedules tend to change at random and more often than some people change their hair colors.
Option 1: Use Write or Die for a predetermined number
My writing schedules tend to change at random and more often than some people change their hair colors.
Option 1: Use Write or Die for a predetermined number
November 12, 2015
Review: Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
Manners &
Mutiny
(Finishing School Series – Book 4)
By Gail Carriger
Sophronia’s final
year at school could be here most deadly yet.
Hardback, 304
pages
Published by
Little, Brown
My Summary:
Beware: Here be potential
spoilers
The picklemen are plotting, and a new werewolf is keen on
pulling Sophronia’s attention away from her schoolwork. What could make her
life
Mutiny
(Finishing School Series – Book 4)
By Gail Carriger
Sophronia’s final
year at school could be here most deadly yet.
Hardback, 304
pages
Published by
Little, Brown
My Summary:
Beware: Here be potential
spoilers
The picklemen are plotting, and a new werewolf is keen on
pulling Sophronia’s attention away from her schoolwork. What could make her
life
November 11, 2015
Writing and Self-Doubt
While scrolling through Pinterest the other day, I noticed a few pins relating to self-doubt and to the general struggle of being a writer. It was a little depressing, but also extremely comforting.
Largely, it let me remind myself that I'm not the only one who feels that way.
I've been having some medical issues lately - I'll probably talk about them once I get a handle on what's actually
Largely, it let me remind myself that I'm not the only one who feels that way.
I've been having some medical issues lately - I'll probably talk about them once I get a handle on what's actually
November 10, 2015
Out Today: Winter, Soundless....
Winter by Marissa
Meyer
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her
grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said
to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.
Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings
for her childhood friend–the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn’t as
Meyer
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her
grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said
to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.
Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings
for her childhood friend–the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn’t as
November 9, 2015
TBR Shortlist: Zombies
Feed by Mira Grant
The year was 2014.
We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created
something new, something terrible that no one could stop.
The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one,
unstoppable command: FEED. Now,
twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the
trail of the biggest story of their
The year was 2014.
We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created
something new, something terrible that no one could stop.
The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one,
unstoppable command: FEED. Now,
twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the
trail of the biggest story of their
November 8, 2015
A Week's Worth of Links: 11/8/15
On NaNoWriMo -
Four things you need to know about writing a novel from Nathan Bransford (ex-agent and author of the Jacob Wonderbar series
8 Tips to Help You Win NaNoWriMo from Mother Nature Network
10 Last Minute NaNo Tips from Bustle
On The Realities of Life -
Kameron Hurley talks about how she was never in this for the parties.
Microagressions and Erasure of Disabilites in Diversity
Four things you need to know about writing a novel from Nathan Bransford (ex-agent and author of the Jacob Wonderbar series
8 Tips to Help You Win NaNoWriMo from Mother Nature Network
10 Last Minute NaNo Tips from Bustle
On The Realities of Life -
Kameron Hurley talks about how she was never in this for the parties.
Microagressions and Erasure of Disabilites in Diversity
November 7, 2015
Social Media Shout Out: Liana Brooks
So!
Most Saturdays, the blog is going to be dedicated to social media shout out.
These are people I follow and enjoy, and think you might too. Let me tell you
why:
Liana Brooks
@lianabrooks on twitter
Who they are:
She writes sci-fi and thrillers and is part of the
SFBrigade. Her most recent release is The Day Before, about a murdered clone
and they mystery that surrounds it.
Why you
Most Saturdays, the blog is going to be dedicated to social media shout out.
These are people I follow and enjoy, and think you might too. Let me tell you
why:
Liana Brooks
@lianabrooks on twitter
Who they are:
She writes sci-fi and thrillers and is part of the
SFBrigade. Her most recent release is The Day Before, about a murdered clone
and they mystery that surrounds it.
Why you
