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10 Ways To Up Your Word Count

Easy is as easy does.Panzer was over at Fantasy Faction today. You know my bad boy is still looking for ways to increase his writing output.

He found a post there from last month with 10 easy ways to increase your word count each day. The ways include getting up early, setting your phone to voice mail, having a daily target, jumping from project to project, taking breaks, and five more.

Panzer says, "Looks easy to me."

If you want help with increasing your writing output, tootle over to 10 Ways To Up Your Word Count

Write Fast With Sean Platt

A book a week? Oh, my paws hurt!Today, Panzer went out in the Catosphere looking for some help with his writing. He stopped in at The Self-Publishing Podcast blog. Our bad boy cat explorer found a post there by Sean Platt about how to write fast.

Platt says he and his co-writer David Wright spent a year writing one book a week! Now, that's writing fast. Platt says he uses a three step program.

Panzer says, "Just three steps to get those words flowing and write a book a week? Tell me more."

If you want to learn more, grab a big cup of tea because this is a long post, and tootle over to  Write Fast

Stephen King vs Waterstone Founder

Stephen King said it, so I believe it!Panzer was looking around the Catosphere today. He stopped in at the BestsellerLabs blog and found a post by Jonathan Gunson featuring an interview with Stephen King!

Now, you have to understand, one of my bad boy's all-time favorite authors is Stephen King. Nobody can keep us up late at night reading like Stephen King. So ... my bad boy cat extraordinaire parked the Panzermobile to find out what Mr. King had to say.

Panzer posted here last week about Tim Waterstone's prediction that ebooks were on the decline. The post at Bestsellerlabs is an examination about whether Stephen King believes the prediction is true or not. There is a two and a half minute interview with Mr. King about his views on books, book stores, ebooks, and writing.

Panzer says, "When you get to the blog, ignore the first screen shot of Mr. King. That's not a working interview. Continue down the page to the second screen shot and click that one for the interview."

If you want to know what Stephen King believes about the future of books and ebooks, tootle over to Stephen King

Revising Your Novel : 10 Steps for Analyzing Plot

Cut. Cut. Cut.Panzer has been searching the Catosphere for help revising his new project. 

Looking for inspiration, he stopped the Panzermobile over at the Beyond the Margins blog. He found just what he was looking for there.  A post by Laura Harrington titled Revising Your Novel: 10 Steps for Analyzing Plot.

The ten steps are pretty simple. Cut. Compress. Cut. And ... Cut Some More.

If you want to know one way to revise your novel, tootle over to Revising Your Novel : 10 Steps for Analyzing Plot

The Education of a Pulp Writer: Free ebooks!

FREE and FREE!Panzer was out in the Catosphere today.

My bad boy found FREE ebooks over at David Cranmer's blog! Cranmer has two of his short story collections FREE for the next few days. They are the mystery short story collection The Education of a Pulp Writer by David Cranmer and the western short story collection Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles by Edward A. Grainger (his pen name). Be sure to read the descriptions at Amazon. These may not be for everyone.

Cranmer doesn't specify how long he's going to have the books FREE so, if you want one or both, you should hurry over now and download them.

To get your FREE ebooks, tootle over to The Education of a Pulp Writer: Free ebooks!:

MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The Quicksand on Your Desk

Help! It's got me!Panzer checked in at the Make Mine Mystery blog. Your intrepid feline traveler found Janis Patterson's post there very enlightening.

My bad boy never knew about the quicksand on our desk. And ... he didn't know ... that's why we've been having such a hard time finishing the rewrite on our new project.

Janis says if we're not careful, we'll all be sucked right down into that quagmire called ... the Internet. There. Panzer said it. The name of the evil pit. The Internet. Go anywhere near it and it'll suck you in and not let you go!

Panzer says, "We've got to save our friends! We lost too many already!"

If you're interested in protecting yourself from the quicksand, tootle over to MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The Quicksand on Your Desk: by Janis Patterson

Anne R. Allen's Blog: The 10 Commandments of Social Media Etiquette for ...

No whining!Panzer and I like going to Anne R. Allen's Blog. Anne's blog was given a Writer's Digest Magazine Best Writing Website Award for 2013 because writers always find the most interesting posts there.

Today, when we visited we found a post about social media etiquette. There are 10 Commandments for your good behavior on social media. Anne's commandments include no spamming, no whining, and no badmouthing. There are seven more just as relevant as these listed at the blog.

 If you want to know the full 10 Commandments, tootle over to Anne R. Allen's Blog: The 10 Commandments of Social Media Etiquette for ...: