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
Category: editor
Be prompted
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.
Free at last?
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?
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”?
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.
sharon p. lynn 