Blogger: Wendy Lawton
This month is the now famous NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. This is the month many around the world will be focusing on writing a first draft of their novel. I don’t want to pile more …
NaNoWriMo
Seat-of-the-Pants Writers
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’ve been thinking about fiction, specifically about seat-of-the-pants writers this past week. Most writing blogs and workshops identify two kinds of novelists, the planner or as they are often called, the plotter, and the seat-of-the-pants writer, sometimes …
Slow and Steady
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I just walked in the door from accompanying Julie Klassen, one of my authors, on a week-long book tour. One of the best things about spending time in bookstores is that, among all the readers there to …
Writing a First Draft
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
National Novel Writing Month starts this Friday! For those who don’t know what this is, you can go to the NaNoWriMo site here and learn all about it. The point is to write 50,000 words of …
Planning for NaNoWriMo
Tips for plotting a publishable book.
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Are you planning to participate in NaNoWriMo this year? I just checked the website and more than 138,000 people have already signed up. That’s a lot of books!
It’s important to …
Career Killers: Speed Writing
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: Sunny and hot
I keep revealing these potentially career killing comments I’ve recently heard from editors. To put them into perspective, ninety-nine out of a hundred comments I hear …