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Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo: Planners versus Pansters
Tomorrow starts NaNoWriMo 2017. (That’s National Novel Writing Month which starts November 1.) And after my weekend in Ellicott City, Maryland attending Hallowread and talking to many of the authors, I am rather stoked and motivated to write my 2017 NaNoWriMo novel.
Now if you’re familiar with NaNoWriMo, you know that traditionally NaNoWriMo divided writers into two groups—planners and pantsers. Continue reading
A Crazy Step-Filled Week
This has been a rather crazy week. It was Monday, then I turned around and it’s Friday already.
Happy Friday!
As a result, I have slacked on posting this week. I could blame part of that on work. But while I may have been a bit busier than normal, that doesn’t excuse evenings and early morning writing.
What really happened was FitBit. More specifically, a FitBit workweek hustle challenge. Continue reading
On Writing Book Reviews (or What to Expect from My Reviews)
Everyone has their own style and method to writing reviews of books. Some people choose to retell the premise of the book, often copying the book blurbs from the back of the book or from Goodreads. Others use cute or funny gifs and jpgs to express their opinions. Some simply quote passages of the book. Others do that with their opinions interspersed. One review I saw consisted of photos of the places discussed in the book. There was no real review one that one.
I saw one review that consisted only of photos of the places discussed in the book. There was no real review one that one other than the number of stars she gave the book.
To each their own. Continue reading
Just Read
As an avid reader, I spend a lot of time on book sites, particularly Goodreads. One of the benefits of using Goodreads is being able to ask questions about a book. People ask all sorts of questions from the content to formats to the movie, when applicable.
While leaving a review about A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, I saw a question that made me pause and it stuck with me. Continue reading
