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NaNoWriMo Progress Sheet
NaNoWriMo begins the day after tomorrow. To control my progress, I’ve created a spreadsheet that dynamically recomputes, each day, how many words I need to […]
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Dear New Indie Author…
This is a real note I just sent to a new author of a software-development book: I’m an independent author and software developer. I saw […]
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#CharacterStory Writing Prompts 2012/05/14
Use one or more of the prompts below to inspire one or more character stories: Write a story with the scene depicted by the photo […]
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Writing Character Flaws
Inspired by the Pendragon Variety Podcast relaunch episode—in which the Pendragon ladies vamp on the topic: “Character Flaws – Balancing Your Character’s Awesome”—I decided to […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – November 3, 2011
Welcome to the November 3, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Yes, it was actually posted a little later than November 3. And that’s my […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – October 20, 2011
Welcome to the October 20, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. And thanks to all the […]
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Carnival of Storytelling –
September 22,October 18, 2011Carnival of Storytelling – September 22, October 18, 2011 Welcome to the Carnival of Storytelling. Now that the summer break is over, to launch a […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – August 11, 2011
Welcome to the August 11, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. And thanks to all the […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – July 28, 2011
Welcome to the July 28, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. And thanks to all the […]
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Self-Publishing for Fun and Profit
In yesterday’s post, I distinguished between the “indie author” and the “self-published author.” A reader named Wendy commented, with a question. This is a distinction […]
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