Writing

on 2011/11/20 by Roger Lubeck, [NaNoWriMo,NaperWriMo,The Journey,Writing]

I just saw create space has a new interior view feature. When you open a new title in create space, you upload a word doc or PDF, and view your novel in book format, page by page. Very helpful for later.

on 2011/10/16 by NewMexicoKid, [Writing]

Ran across this penny-arcade video about story pacing. Yes, it’s from a game design sense, but the same principles apply to novel writing.

on 2011/01/21 by NewMexicoKid, [NaNoWriMo,Writing]

Just saw the post on the NaNoWriMo blog about the online Pitchapalooza. Just send in your 200-word or less pitch to arielle@thebookdoctors.com by February 15th, 2011. Twenty-five pitches will be chosen randomly and critiqued by Arielle and David on their blog, www.thebookdoctors.com/blog. A winner will be chosen on March 1, 2011. The winner will receive [...]

on 2010/11/07 by NewMexicoKid, [Writing]

I’ve been seeing a few posts and nanomails from folks who find themselves slowing down or blocked from proceeding further with their novels. I think that some of this may be due to inexperience with the novel form. It is not uncommon for people who have written short stories to run into this phenomenon even [...]

on 2010/10/21 by NewMexicoKid, [Writing]

When I attended DucKon 19 this summer (the DuPage County Science Fiction Convention) to participate in its writer’s track, I signed up for a fascinating two hour workshop by noted and talented fantasy and romance author Jennifer Stevenson: Finding your writer’s voice: Fan mail from the future!. I wasn’t sure what the workshop would be [...]