Writing
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NaNoWriMo Update
As I talked about in my recent post Why Teachers Should NaNoWriMo, I am embarking on the NaNoWriMo journey, and some of it will be taking place here on my blog, so I want to give an update on the kinds of posts you’ll see over the next month. For NaNoWriMo this year, I am…
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Why Teachers Should NaNoWriMo
There is only a week or so left in October, and that means National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner. NaNoWriMo is an annual challenge for people to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days (November 1st through 30th). It comes out to 1,667 words per day of pace. The general idea…
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Harsh Conversations With Myself
It has been an interesting year for me. For a couple of personal reasons (the details of which I don’t really want to get into here), I have written nearly nothing in a year. I haven’t found myself in a writing mood. I didn’t even win NaNoWriMo this year, and for anyone that knows me,…
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Audiobooks: Are They Really Reading?
Despite what the title may imply, this post simply will not answer that question, partly because I don’t actually have an answer and mostly because I’m too lazy to research the answer in any way. I have had friends tell me before that they have “read that book,” and then proceed to talk about the…
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What the Future Means to Writers – or – Some Advice to A Friend
A friend of mine said to me on twitter today, “Brad, kind of struggling lately with the idea of being a writer, given so few people read these days. Any recommendations?” It was an innocuous enough question, and he was probably just looking for me to say “Keep at it!” or “You’re great!” or some…
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How to Setup Automatic Redundant Free Backup
So here’s the step-by-step that I promised a few days ago. For this, I will be assuming you use Scrivener, but as I said before, this would be possible with any program that has an automatic backup option. Downloads Install both of these programs on your computer. Default settings on both are fine. Google Drive: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive (you’ll…
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For Writers: How to Get Automatic Free Redundant File Backup
Today, I was clearing out some old Scrivener backup files and wasn’t paying as much attention as I should have been. Somehow, deleting one of the backup archives broke my current Scrivener project and dumped me back to where I was on my WIP two months ago, effectively losing 5 full chapters (and a ton…
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Submitting to Agents – Or Querying: The 10th Circle
As I said previously, I have begun the Querying Process, submitting my query and such to literary agents in the hope of getting representation for my work. I completely blame the misery and pain I have been experiencing non-stop for the last week on my friend and torturer Eileen Caines (check-out her blog here: neverwordless.wordpress.com). She…
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10 Reasons You Should Do NaNoWriMo
As you all know, I’m a huge supporter of NaNoWriMo and The Office of Letters and Lights. They posted this on their blog today, and I love it, so I’m sharing. Here is the link to the original: http://blog.lettersandlight.org/post/32671611607/10-reasons-you-should-do-nanowrimo National Novel Writing Month is just around the bend! How around the bend? The sites are…
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askDavid.com Promotion
askDavid.com is a book promotion site that is GREAT for indie authors. I submitted my book to them a few weeks ago, and they posted it to their site today! They post it on their site and promote it for you a little. It is easy and free. Check out the link here: http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/fantasy/1653 If…