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“I want to smash my all-time Nano high word count of 160,605 from 2009. Can I do it?” The verdict for 2011 “National Novel Writing Month“? The 2009 record has been broken! Bad news: it was broken by more of a whimper than a smash. For the first part of the month the writing [...] Nano 2011 Current Word Count: 131,412 This Nano I discovered a new writing tool to help a writer get their words when they are struggling. You see, writing a bunch isn’t usually my problem. Obviously, from my word count listed above. The problem is sometimes taking that first step and getting the first 100 words [...] Nano Update: Hit 50k on Sunday! New personal record! Writer’s Digest has a special limited-time promotion on seven free writing how-to books in honor of Nano. They will be free for download across a number of platforms (Kingle, Nook, iTunes, and others) from November 6-12. The link is here: FREE NANOWRIMO EBOOKS Get them while [...] Current Nano Counts: Day 1: 9629 Day 2: 5121 Total: 14750 I’ve often said that lower priced or free ebooks can be a good idea, if there is a plan behind them. Lowering a price or making an ebook for free based on emotions (“I’m a new writer”, “No one knows me.”, “I only have [...] I once had a business plan. I worked several days on it, refining and tweaking various goals. Then I got to the list of the books. And I’ve already finished and published most of them. I knew going into this that once I got going I would probably move forward a bit faster than expected. [...] With the planning for the upcoming Nano my mind continues to circle back to the basics of writing. At Forward Motion we have several newbies in chat who are working their way through the process of deciding what they want to write. And every year I hear the same line, over and over again from [...] The Indie Author. So many challenges, so much to learn. So much to watch out for, so much to take responsibility for. And so much fun! One big plus to the Indie movement is the ability to write what you love instead of writing to editorial or marketing department demands. This means the readers are [...] Today I started revision on Book 3 of the Salmon Run series. The book needs a bit of work, but I was pleasantly surprised during a recent read-through that it’s not as rough as I originally thought it was. A few tweaks, fully develop the ideas already present in the first draft, and it should [...] |
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