Hello November,
It’s NaNoWriMo! The twitter feed fills up with great posts
on craft and motivation and freaked out writers. This year, I told myself, will
be the year I finally manage to complete the challenge. Day One – Tick, Day
Two- gulp. My husband thinks I’m crazy because I’ve got to write a 40 minute
presentation for an award ceremony at the end of the month.* I thought about
using NaNo for the presentation but writing non fiction is HARD! So I’m
cracking into Book 3 of my Space series... yeah.... um...
Elizabeth Spann Craig has a great post on being a NaNoWriMo Rebel. This is when you use the tools and do some other writing... (hmmm maybe
I can add up all the words I write each day....)
Now Novel has an excellent breakdown on planning your NaNo project. It’s so good it should be put away to use for every book project.
This week Stealing From The Author was the topic of the
week. Maggie Stiefvater wrote a candid look at how piracy has affected her booksales and the implications for the writer. This is a must read so you can use
the arguments to educate young people who don’t see anything wrong with book
piracy.
Passive Guy, who is a lawyer in his day job, wrote about a young Internet entrepreneur’s reaction when a photographer sued him forcopyright breach. If it’s on the Internet it must be free to use....
(shakes head sadly...)
Kris Rusch has detailed some very shady dealings practiced by TV and film companies when negotiating rights to film your work. This was
eye opening to me. If you hope to be in the position to sell these rights for
your own work you MUST read this. (Stops to think grand thoughts about
NaNoWriMo project.)
This week I got an email from a content provider. This isn’t
unusual, most weeks I get these fishing emails that tell me they read something
on my blog... and they want to guest post. I usually delete them... because
they haven’t read my blog but this one was different. First they said they had
come across an article I had linked to...(ho hum I thought) but then they went
on to say it had given them the idea to do a new and expanded version. I took a
look and WOW. This is a comprehensive collection of tools to write, research, automate, produce... anything creative!
Publishing perspectives has an interview with Maks Giordano who was speaking at the Frankfurt Book fair on hyperinnovation. He talks about
the changes that publishing companies will have to make in the very near
future... that agile indie publishers are already doing.
Jane Friedman has an interview with Jay Swanson, a writer
that has been V-logging his daily life. He uses this as his promotion for his
books. It is an interesting marketing idea. (If you think my life is awesome
then check out my books...) He also uses Patreon. If you live in exotic locales
this could be an interesting marketing tactic for you...
Ruth Harris has a great post on using authentic historical detail to enrich your writing. She details some of the things you should be
adding into your writing... this can apply to all genres. A must read!
In The Craft Section,
4 ways to launch a scene- Jordan Rosenfeld- Bookmark
Villainous struggles-writing villains- Y A topia
Mastering deep POV.- Writer Unboxed Bookmark
Character Archetypes- Now Novel – Bookmark
NaNoWriMo success- Chuck Wendig (usual warnings) – Must
Read- Bookmark
In The Marketing Section,
Are you a social media cynic? and Sell more books with less marketing- Frances Caballo
How professional cover design boosts sales- Ricardo Fayet
Checklist on book listing- Nate Hoffelder- Bookmark
Advice on query letters- Jane Friedman- Bookmark
Promo sites- Nicolas Erik- Bookmark
How to get book reviews- Joel Friedlander- Bookmark
To Finish,
WriteOnCon is having a kickstarter. This is a virtual online
writing conference for Children’s and YA writers. They have some amazing perks
up for grabs... Take a scroll down the list. WriteOnCon is next year and costs
$5. (not a typo... ) If you want to treat yourself for achieving the first day
of NaNoWriMo...
* I was humbled/gobsmacked to receive the Betty Gilderdale Award announced this week. (Am still in a state of shock...)
Maureen
@craicer
4 comments:
Your excellent award news...right at the very end! Humble not even brag!x
Still finding it quite surreal.... as if it's happening to someone else! could be imposter syndrome...
Thanks for this lovely mention, Maureen! Good luck with your November goals. :)
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