Write a novel in a month?  Okay…then what do you do with the other two weeks after you’ve finished by the 15th? More tips that you can use to increase your writing productivity when the pressure of NaNoWriMo gets to you.  Note that these come from my own experiences as well as other authors I’ve talked to, so some might even be contractory. Every writer has different habits, and these won’t all work for everyone…but you never know until you try. Writing Productivity Tip #3—WORK ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIM This one works best for people with ADD,...
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For those of you embarking on the National Novel Writing Month project, NaNoWriMo, you'll start out with enthusiasm and excitement...hopefully enough to carry you through thirty days and the end of your opus. Okay, I'm a prolific author. Over the next few days, I'll be re-posting some of the tips I've compiled over the years.  If you find yourself flagging, or looking for new ways to increase your productivity, I hope some of these help. PRODUCTIVITY TIP #1:  SHUT UP AND WRITE! A writer’s Muse is supposed to be a delicate, ethereal woman with a gentle voice who drops hints and...
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I'm participating in a great new story bundle, a collection of Halloween-appropriate novels by some great writers—and you name your own price.  It's a really interesting idea, and it lets you support independent authors. You can contribute whatever you like and get six horror/dark-fantasy novels: RIVERWATCH—Joe Nassise TAKING ON THE DEAD—Annie Walls A LATENT DARK—Martin Kee THE DROUGHT—Patricia Fulton BLAZE OF GLORY—Weston Ochse VICARIOUS—Jon F. Merz If you contribute at $9 or more (or $1.13 for each novel) you receive two bonus books COMING OF AGE—Douglass Clegg RESURRECTION, INC.—Kevin J. Anderson Check out the details at StoryBundle.com and have plenty...
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Five new short novels by five masters of military SF for five bucks. Now that's a sweet deal. FIVE BY FIVE is a new collection of all-original military SF by Kevin J. Anderson, Aaron Allston, Michael A. Stackpole, B.V. Larson, and Loren L. Coleman. It’s a war out there. In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never before published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor: Big Plush by Aaron Allston—The Dollgangers, artificial people made in mankind's image, take up arms in a desperate bid...
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