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It’s November 1st, and that means it’s time to panic and try to write 50,000 words in a month. It’s National Novel Writing Month!
This is my second year participating. Last year I made it to 50K by the skin of my teeth, so here’s hoping this year I can pull it off again. [...]
First person to e-mail us dirty pictures of Nathan Fillion wins.
WE’RE JOKING. [Ed: Though if you want to email us dirty pictures of Nathan Fillion, we're not stopping you.]
Well, except that we are giving away a brand-new e-reader. Are we awesome or what?
This e-reader is a Literati, run on [...]
I’m way behind on my National Novel Writing Month word count. Way behind. I have good reasons for being so behind. The Fanfiancé and I just bought a house, and we’ve been settling in and getting things in order so we can ship all of our stuff from Texas to Oregon. But that excuse only [...]
For my fellow NaNoWriMo participants, I give you our favorite, geeky, adorable, fictional author doing what we’re all going to be doing feverishly throughout November:
Write away, my fellow fangirls (and fanboys)!
On November 1, National Novel Writing Month will kick off, and a bunch of people will spend the month writing feverishly, three of your fangirls included. Don’t know what NaNoWriMo is? Here’s their explanation:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is [...]
It seems contradictory, to write about writer’s block, doesn’t it? Well… I don’t know if I’d say that I’m writing right now. More like sitting here in front of my computer, wracking my brain for something to write about, and thinking about giving up and playing The Sims instead.
In fact, I just paused [...]
One of my writing projects involves a great deal of worldbuilding. It’s not a pure fantasy world, though, but rather a world that’s heavily influenced by a wide variety of human mythologies and folklore systems, so building this world is a completely different monster.
I’ve always liked creating new worlds. In fact, I think I [...]
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You Can Do It, and Other Stuff to Say to NaNoWriMo Runners
On November 7, people from all over the world come to my hometown of New York City to run in the New York City Marathon. People line the streets the entire route, cheering the runners onward, waving signs and handing out water. Meanwhile, on the internet, thousands more are running a different kind of marathon–NaNoWriMo. [...]