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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 [...] Ah, August. Heat-wave, sick, and add on top of it the traditional book-publishing summer slump. I went into August figuring that any sales would be a wonderful surprise. Don’t expect anything. Just be happy with anything you get. And I was very surprised. July is technically a part of the publishing summer slump, but for [...] Kris Kathryn Rusch wrote a great post called “The Business Rusch: Popcorn Kittens!” about the exciting possibilities of going Indie. That the writer can write to what they and the reader wants, not to what an editor, agent, or publisher wants. Heady freedom, but it comes at a price. As she mentioned: “Each time I [...] Day 14 Wordcount: 733 (In the Cauldron, Short Story #4) Yes, I’m finally on to a new story. Yay! It took a bit of time to get into as I needed to make the big decision of what POV to write it in. Ultimately I decided to tell the story in First Point Of View. It [...] Day 8 Wordcount: 5165 (Dark Circus, Short Story #2 AND Glint of an Artifact, Short Story #3) Last line written tonight: She returned her glare to the Warrior. “The pirates want these so bad? Let’s make sure they get them. Lure them right into a trap.” As Sunday is the day the month of May began with, [...] A few weeks ago another writer asked me how many projects I’m currently working on. I had to stop and think. It was way past three, and at that point I can’t remember. Get out the lists! So, I spent a little time making out a list. Wow, what an eye-opener. As one of my [...] |
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