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Are you close to the 50,000 word mark? Or are you trying to get a novel completed this month? Even if you don’t make it to the finish line, this is a great opportunity to use the next few days to get all your plot twists and conflicts written into the story. You can use them as framework when you work on your second edit.
Bluemoose Books is a UK based publisher and here’s my interview with co-owner, Kevin Duffy What prompted you to launch Bluemoose Books and how long have you been in business? Kevin Duffy-I won a national writing competition and was whisked down to London to meet the editorial director of Macmillan and an agent from Curtis…
I just finished going through today’s e-mails and saw four writing opportunities I thought I’d pass onto you- First one is a short story contest at The Writer…also check out their other contests too- https://www.writermag.com/contests/ Second one is over at Chicken Soup for the Soul. They’re looking for stories about angels…this isn’t a fiction market….
Today I was honored to chat with Sally Bridgewater who will be attempting to not only write 50,000 words during NaNoWriMo but she’ll be doing it all in one day. Yes, you read that correctly all in one day. Sally asked me if I’d like to be interviewed and offer her some tips for her upcoming challenge…
It’s November 15th which means it’s the halfway point of this year’s NoNaWriMo. If you’re taking part, how’s it going? I’ve just about reached my goal. Some days I’m writing 1,300 words, while other days I’ve hit 2,000 or more. It’s changed my outlook on how I write and while I was working on the…
Are you experiencing a roadblock with your story or writing in general? Here’s Seelie Kay to show us how she works through it. “Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?” ― Kurt Vonnegut While I have never…
The close of one year and the beginning of another. Time to start thinking resolutions. Do you make them? Do you keep them? How about writing resolutions? Here are five I think every writer should make in 2020 (and hopefully stick to)- Don’t Be Hard On Yourself Promise to send the inner critic on…
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Hi Susan, just a quick line to let you know that I haven’t given up on my novel, it’s just that most of the writing I do lately is for my college assignments! I will get back into a routine soon I promise! (Also, the last assignment I sent you, I wasn’t happy with and I want to rewrite it)
Hi Kay, happy to hear you’re still working on your novel and look forward to seeing your next assignment-Susan.