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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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!”
Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page
As a writer, I feel the need to really know my characters, their situations, their props and settings. For The Edge of Darkness, that wasn’t so hard. It was largely a made-up world, set in deep space on a spaceship and the weapons used were also made up. Internet-Based Research I did some research onContinue reading “Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page”
Lissa Bilyk 