If you read this blog often you will know that I believe in planning…and planning fully. I know that some of you believe this will cramp your style or that there’s no room for being creative in the actual writing process, but I’m telling you that you’re wrong!
Planning every aspect of a story doesn’t [...]

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A day or so ago Sasha asked me this question:
I’m so pleased that everything went well for your Mini Nano. Will you be sitting back for a while or planning number three before you edit number two?
It’s a good question and I wanted to give it some thought rather than rushing in with a reply [...]

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This month, because of Mini-NaNo, I learned something about myself as a writer.
I don’t like to write every day. And I don’t intend to write every day again (unless I do another Mini-NaNo, which is highly likely, but I doubt I’ll wait until next Novermber).
Every writer is different. Some like to [...]

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The first draft of Cat’s Paw is finished! It took 27 days to write. I find that to be quite amazing.
The only other time I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo I did the full strength version and ended up with 53,000 words of complete rubbish (the whole manuscript needs to be rewritten from [...]

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This morning, having not slept well during the night (in fact, for several nights), I was up at 6.10am. I made myself a cup of tea and turned on the laptop. The house was quiet, because no one else was awake … so I wrote. An hour and a half flashed by [...]

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When I started Mini-NaNo I promised myself one thing; that I wouldn’t push myself. Tonight, despite that promise, I sat down to write and I pushed myself to reach 18,000 words.
The reason?
Yesterday, I didn’t write. I sat back and thought about it, I talked about it, I kept telling myself that I had [...]

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For some, the beginning of summer is a welcomed event because it chases the winter blues away. People dream about walking in the sun shine, taking cool dips in the pool and smelling the pleasant aroma of all the beautiful coloured flowers that greet the sun.
For others, there is a deep seated dread of [...]

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Piers Anthony’s Internet Publishing has a long, long list of publishers and services. He covers all genres and all types of publishing. I think this is a good resource for anyone interested in having something published. Piers Anthony has included his own thoughts on the publisher where appropriate, and has tried to include [...]

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I have a confession to make. I didn’t write tonight. I did open the document, but I sat staring at the screen for half an hour without writing a word. My only excuse is that it’s hot…too hot to concentrate, but that doesn’t really cut it for me because it’s the beginning [...]

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Keep writing. Keep submitting. The race goes not to the brilliant, but to the disciplined, to those who persevere.
~ Kate DiCamillo ~

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