NaNoWriMo
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When I write fiction and really want to focus, like many people I like to listen to music. To this end, I’ve discovered that there are three different broad categories of music that work for me: All-purpose writing music Mood music Project-specific music For the first category, I like classical and early music (medieval/renaissance/baroque). This […]
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Here’s my colleague Justin’s list of participants in his blogging challenge… my fellow travelers this month as I try to post a blog post a day. Or in other words, this is all his fault 馃檪
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Some people think writing is a solitary pursuit. In reality, it always helps to… have help. In my case, here are a couple of my most persistent writing companions.
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You have to grab good ideas when they find you, or they’ll pass you by and someone else will get them. Someone, I think a musician, said something along these lines, and the idea stuck with me. You never know when you’ll be struck with inspiration, and you need to be able to聽capture it or […]
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Founders Kentucky Bourbon Stout brewed with chocolate and coffee and aged in oak bourbon barrels. As soon as I heard about this beer, a聽limited seasonal beer produced by Founders聽Brewing in Grand Rapids, MI, I knew I wanted to try it. Doing my due diligence, I learned it was supposed to be released on April 1 […]
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I got off to a great start with Camp NaNoWriMo! I started writing at midnight last night, then I wrote again at a writers meet up yesterday evening, and as a result had logged over 3000 words for the day. Then I realized I should do some more writing later, after midnight, which is my […]
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At聽midnight,聽I left for聽camp. More specifically, midnight marked the start of聽Camp NaNoWriMo. Like the month-long NaNoWriMo novel writing month, Camp is also designed to get people to write every day, though this time things are less structured, and you don’t have to write an actual novel in 30 days. You can also set your own word […]
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A true writer can’t resist a writing challenge. It takes a crazy person to pile them on, one on top of another. 馃檪 About a week ago I decided to commit to doing Camp NaNoWriMo, a somewhat more laid-back version of the November National Novel Writing Month, where you can choose a wider variety of […]