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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008What is your plan for “NaNoWriMo” this year?
I’m in a position where I have both the motivation and some extra hours available to try the November challenge this year, and I’m determined to reach their one-month 50,000+ words goal.
Have you signed on yet? Give it a shot.
Which brings me to the point of this post: [...]
It’s almost ‘NaNoWriMo’ time again — are you up for the game?
Friday, October 17th, 2008Every year as November approaches, I’m excited by the concept of National Novel Writing Month — otherwise known as “NaNoWriMo,” and something I bring up each year.
Last year was the second time I took the plunge and signed on (it’s absolutely free and completely voluntary). It was also the second time I failed to write [...]
Something about the word ‘binocular’ makes me smile
Friday, October 10th, 2008Awhile ago, I wrote a post about some words in the English language that strike me as sounding “funny,” or just bring a smile to my face when I say or hear them. I was looking around the Internet for a decent pair of Nikon binoculars — and I chuckled. “Nikon” wasn’t the word that [...]
Forget your computer for now — how about writing with a pen?
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Remember waaaaay back there in the distant past when writers used such tools as paper, pens, and pencils? (No matter what you may have heard, I am NOT old enough to remember working with a quill or stylus and wax tablet.)
Even today there are serious, successful professional writers who prefer writing their manuscripts longhand. I [...]
This seems to be my day for lame analogies — in this case, think about dictionaries
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Maybe the weather this beautiful autumn day is prompting me to make lame analogies (see the last post regarding copy editors), or maybe not. But this seems to be the day for such efforts, so bear with me.
Just as writers need good editors and copy editors to help them into print, so too they need [...]