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With one day left, here are 10 more tips for NaNo.
The Writing Box — 10 NaNoWriMo Tips
http://writingbox.tumblr.com/post/64853036461/10-nanowrimo-tips
Set?
31 Friday Oct 2014
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Ready?
30 Thursday Oct 2014
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There’s not much time left to prepare for NaNo. Here’s some advice from Writers Digest.
How to Prepare for NaNoWriMo: Should You Outline Ahead of Time? | WritersDigest.com
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-to-prepare-for-nanowrimo-to-outline-or-not-to-outline
Be prompted
29 Wednesday Oct 2014
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It’s just days now until NaNoWriMo and you haven’t come up with a story idea yet.
You need a prompt. Here are some resources.
and from another teaching resource
There are well over 600 prompts here. Your novel (or, you rebel, your screenplay, poetry collection or non-fiction) may be in there.
Voter Lookup
28 Tuesday Oct 2014
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In Illinois, get more info from this website.
Free at last?
28 Tuesday Oct 2014
Most of the writers I know have at least toyed with the idea of writing full time. If you’re among them, here are a few pointers to consider.
7 Steps to Launch Your Freelancing Career Full-Time
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238968
Who’s the enemy?
27 Monday Oct 2014
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At a book fair last weekend, I talked to several authors about life after publication — that is, the marketing life. Then I saw this.
It’s a great little reminder of what many successful marketing campaigns look like.
And, frankly, it’s not a bad plot reminder either.
The Amazingly Simple Anatomy of a Meaningful Marketing Story [Infographic] – Copyblogger
http://www.copyblogger.com/meaningful-marketing-story/
“Oh, what a night”?
26 Sunday Oct 2014
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In the category “too good to be true” comes this — actually true — story about a sleep-over at a London book store. Wish I could have been there.
But, what if it were some other kind of store? A gun shop? Or a restaurant? Or an electronics store? Or a car dealer?
Where would you want to be locked in? Where would you want your characters to be locked in?
Read ’em and sleep: how one tweet led to a literary lock-in | Books | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/25/tourist-tweet-literary-lock-in-waterstones
By the way, it was inspired by the story of a Texas tourist who did get locked in a London bookstore.
Got scared?
25 Saturday Oct 2014
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Work of another classic writer of scary fiction, H.P. Lovecraft, is online free at Open Culture.
All of H.P. Lovecraft’s Classic Horror Stories Free Online: Download Audio Books, eBooks & More Open Culture
http://www.openculture.com/2014/10/h-p-lovecrafts-classic-horror-stories-free-online.html
“Quoth the raven …”
24 Friday Oct 2014
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With Halloween about a week away, and NaNo beginning the next day, there are bound to be a few folks considering a detective or a horror novel. Here is a chance to study one of the founders of the field.
Download The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Macabre Stories as Free eBooks & Audio Books Open Culture
http://www.openculture.com/2014/10/download-the-complete-works-of-edgar-allan-poe-macabre-stories-as-free-ebooks-audio-books.html
To market, to market …
23 Thursday Oct 2014
Once you’ve finished your NaNo draft, then polished it up properly, if you decide to self-publish, you’ll want to come back to check out these suggestions.
Book Marketing Tips: 10 Steps for a Successful Ebook Price Promotion – BookBub Unbound
http://unbound.bookbub.com/post/100666623440/book-marketing-tips-10-steps-for-a-successful-ebook
