I’ve mentioned before that it’s my curse to do a whole heap of research so I know exactly what I’m talking about for something that may just be an incidental prop. It’s based on the whole ‘write what you know’ standard. If I want to write about, for example, a pig farm, even if it’sContinue reading “NaNoWriMo: Research”
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Beautiful Books November 2016
Beautiful Books is a linkup hosted by Cait @ Paper Fury and Sky @ Further Up and Further In. It’s aimed at writers so we can answer the questions about our characters and our books. It’s designed to help you get to know your book better! (And also give your followers a sneak peek of your works-in-progresses.) BeautifulContinue reading “Beautiful Books November 2016”
NaNoWriMo Motivation: Schmoyoho & JackSepticEye’s ‘All the Way’
NaNoWriMo is upon us, and although I said previously I was writing in silence (I still am), I have found a great song to get me motivated in the mornings, and I’m finding it applicable to NaNoWriMo wordchasers as well! If you haven’t heard of him (and I hadn’t until a few months ago), JackSepticEyeContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Motivation: Schmoyoho & JackSepticEye’s ‘All the Way’”
NaNoWriMo: No One’s Forcing You
Someone from Book Riot whom I’m not even going to bother naming or linking to because it’s just the most riiculous thing I’ve ever read wrote a post on how ‘you don’t have to write that novel during NaNoWriMo’. NaNoWriMo is a tool. NaNoWriMo is an excellent time of year for those of us whoContinue reading “NaNoWriMo: No One’s Forcing You”
NaNoWriMo 2016 kick-off!
Now, I didn’t write a post yesterday on NaNoWriMo’s inaugural day because I was too busy once I’d finished my words to write a blog post. And I didn’t write a ‘Prepping for NaNo’ post earlier in October because I actually did my prep back in April when I did Camp NaNo. Which is aContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2016 kick-off!”