Feature: NaNoWriMo Notes

The trials, tribulations, and fun of trying to write 50,000 words in one month.

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• NaNoWriMo Notes: Published At Last - But Not As Expected!

  Going from unpublished author to having two books published in one year... a very real possibility.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Feb 26, 2009

• Give It Away: One Solution To The Book Publishing Blues

  I'm willing to let people read what I've written. Now the question remains - are people going to be willing to read it?

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Oct 04, 2008

• NaNoWriMo Notes: More Fun With Publishing

  ...when the rejection letter eventually showed up I wasn't surprised at all — it had become inevitable.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Jul 09, 2007

• Why I'm Happy To Fail At NaNoWriMo This Year

  It doesn't matter how much you write or how long it takes; what matters is that you write.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Nov 20, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #35: The End

  I'm going to keep writing and keep seeing what comes of it for a while yet. It's only the end of this series after all, not me.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Oct 19, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #34: Reading and Writing

  I've always been a voracious reader... I've become a writer.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Oct 02, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #33: Modern Times

  I wonder what sort of karmic debt I'm paying off by having to use the equipment of these modern times.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Sep 15, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #31: The Return Of NaNoWriMo

  Perhaps NaNoWriMo is a little too much like the old Chinese curse of "May you live in interesting times" for some.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Sep 09, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #31: Singularity Of Purpose

  The more you care, the more care you take, and the more you'll take care of what is truly important to you.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Sep 04, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #30: I'm Just Getting Started

  I'm not about to let a little thing like a rejection letter stop me now. I've only just started.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Aug 25, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #29: It's All In The Voice

  A writer's voice is the soul of his or her work. Cut this out and you leave a shell of the story behind.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Aug 20, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #28: Accomplishment

  But I won't really have a feeling of accomplishment ... until it is published by someone other than me.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Aug 09, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes 27: Pride, Price, and Profit

  You end up charging more then most people are prepared to pay.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Aug 04, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #26: No Free Ride

  There's not much point in using any of the web services offering "book publicity".

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Jul 26, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #25: Publicity, Publicity, Publicity

  Who knows, I may even sell a copy.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Jul 17, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes #23: Remembering Gratitude

  I will do my best to remember that I'm doing what I want. What can be better than that?

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Jul 01, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes 22: Wishing For Quiet

  Out of silence ideas are born.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Jun 18, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes 21: A Writer Observed

  This is a field that cries out for further study and intense analysis.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on Jun 09, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes 20: Gettin' To Know You

  Re-writes and editing were not just exercises in cleaning and polishing, but a means of reintroducing myself to the characters.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on May 22, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes 19: Lost And Found

  It's all a matter of ensuring that I don't disappoint the critic who matters the most to me: me.

  Opinion by Richard Marcus — on May 17, 2006