I love National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Every November writers worldwide are encouraged to get 50,000 words of a writing project done. No need to worry about editing or getting it exactly right — just get it done! This year is my third NaNoWriMo. 2017 – saw Passage to […]
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Thank the Lord that is finished! And I’ll do it again next year. But it certainly takes it out of you … Yes, I’m talking about NaNoWriMo – the National Novel Writing Month. The name is deceptive: no longer national, it occurs worldwide, where authors sign up with the intention […]
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I started working on my novel yesterday for NaNoWriMo and I wanted to check about the use of the Australian vernacular to use in a conversation that confuses an Englishman. I came across this great site: Australian slang – a story of Australian English It didn’t quite answer my question, […]
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After hitting a complete and impassable dead end in preparing for my Medieval NaNoWriMo project – yep, that’s right, I’ve shelved it – I was searching around for some inspiration to possibly get back to my novel. And I found it! This article was written way back in 2013 but […]
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As you know, I am busy planning my 50,000 word project for NaNoWriMo. My original idea of extending my novel is now nowhere to be seen. And I have also moved from an anthology of stories from pre-history to modern day, to just Medieval! There is such a richness of […]
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At the risk of quoting Britney Spears – yep, I did it again! I was all set to go with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) entry: had renamed Better Shoes T’ Walk In to Sunset to Sunrise, had designed a book cover and it was all uploaded to the NaNoWriMo site. I […]
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