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Nano Hangover – Pouring out all those words leaves your tank empty. Stop and refill. Got more gas? Story isn’t over yet…
Category: #nanowrimo, On Writing Tags: #amwriting, #authors, #book, #nano, #nanowrimo, #Nanowrimo2021, #writers, #writingcommunity, writerslife, writing
Nano is here and if you don’t know what it is, its basically a competition against yourself to write fifty thousand words on a new book. Many people use this as a chance to just finish a novel, get one started, developing great writing habits, and you can do all of those things. This year I’m not competing but I am writing for the whole months of November and I’m sharing 30… Read More
Category: #nanowrimo Tags: #authors, #book, #inspiration, #nano, #nanowrimo, #Nanowrimo2021, #writers, #writingcommunity
So You Failed Nano? Me too. But here’s why its not really true… #nanowrimo #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity
Category: On Writing Tags: #amwriting, #nano, #nanowrimo, #nanowrimo2020, #Writerslife, #writing, #writingcommunity
Madness! How can you do it? How are you even CONSIDERING jumping into the world of Nanowrimo? In this economy? With 2020 in flames around us? All the stress and pressure? The desperate, urgent need to pour a story out in a matter of days in a caffeinated slew of tropes mashed together from secret perverse fanfiction! The desire to grab the characters by their shirt fronts and fall into the abyss… Read More
Category: On Writing Tags: #amwriting, #nano, #nanowrimo, #nanowrimo2020, #writer, #Writerslife, #writing, #writingcafe, #writingcommunity
Welcome one and all to my blog! For All Hallows Eve (look, if you haven’t figured out I’m Australian by now here is you’re cue), I wish to present to those on the cusp and preparing for the dreaded thirty days of mayhem, trauma, and soul crushing despair, faced during the course of Nanowrimo, the kind of foe which every writer has come to know… WRITERS BLOCK! Scary, yeah?… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #books, #community, #creativity, #dream, #ebook, #inspiration, #nanowrimo, #Nanowrimo19, #novel, #series, #story, #support, #writingcommunity, #writingsprints, amwriting, rpg, storytelling, writing
The first time I was asked when would I call myself a successful author, the answer was easy; if I was writing full time it meant people where buying enough of my book that I could do what I wanted. That was when I started four years ago. It doesn’t feel that long, but an aeon of time has passed, so much of my life has changed. Much of it… Read More
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So you signed up for Nanowrimo… good job! There are a lot of guides out there, so I’m just going to tell you what works for me, take of it what you will. First things first – Nano isn’t hard… for a vetran writer. Stephen King says write 2k a day, well you only have to write 1667 for Nano. And you can do that two ways; Panster – someone… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #book, #creativity, #dream, #fantasy, #imagination, #inspiration, #nanowrimo, #nanowrimo2018, #novel, #story, author, goals, indie, storytelling, tips, writing
You’re doing what?!? Writing a 21 book/novella series… and in my sleep Cthulhu eats my brain. This came about thanks to @lilcrow during a flurry of twitter when she asked me what I wrote, and I blabbed about my series, later realising I’d given her the complete wrong impression. She’d assumed I’d actually finished this mammoth task, and flattering as it was, I’m a long way off. But I am determined… if… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #adventure, #amwritingfantasy, #book, #creativity, #creators, #Cthulhu, #epic, #fantasy, #indieauthor, #inspiration, #NA, #nanowrimo, #novel, #novella, #poem, #poems, #poetry, #selfpub, #SelfPubIsHere, #selfpublishing, #series, #steampunk, #storyteller, #writemotivation, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writerslife, writing
I’m crying. I’ve been crying all morning. Pronoun is shutting down and I have no idea what I’m going to do. I just launched the Well of Youth and its getting 4 and 5-star reviews. I just put a lot of money into advertising and reviewing to garner its attention. I took down my novella and made it free before, lost all the great reviews that Amazon wouldn’t put back, and got… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #author, #badtimes, #creativity, #darktimes, #fighting, #imagination, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #nanowrimo, #nanowrimo2017, #pronoun, #selfdoubt, #selfpublished, #storyteller, #writingtips, writerslife, writing
E. J. Dawson 