NaNoWriMo Day #30 – My Publishing Experience, Carrie Patel

By Carrie Patel Recently, I listened to a segment on The Economist Radio in which one of the guests described writing a profile about Randy Newman, the famous…

NaNoWriMo Day #29 – The Five Things I Learned, A Publishing Experience, Tim Hanley

By Tim Hanley Just yesterday, I sent off the final revisions for the end notes and bibliography of my second book, the last substantive bit of…

NaNoWriMo Day #28 – My Publishing Experience, Erin Petti

By Erin Petti Laura asked me to write a post for NaNoWriMo about my publishing journey, so I came up with a quick timeline: In 2011…

NaNoWriMo Day #27 – No One-Size-Fits-All Writing

By Rob Hart Here’s the thing about setting goals: I can’t help you. Sorry! Really though, no one can. There’s no magic formula. No one-size-fits-all approach.…

NaNoWriMo Day #25: Turning Dreams into Reality

By Kes Trester “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery This is the year I’m going to make National Novel…

NaNoWriMo Day #24 – Learning from Rejection

By Amber Addison When my awesome agent asked me to write a little bit on learning from mistakes, I wasn’t really sure what I would say. I’m…

NaNoWriMo Day #23 – Breaking Up With The First Manuscript

By Sonia Halbach Like any relationship, it’s not easy breaking up with a manuscript, especially when you put so much time and effort into it, and…

NaNoWriMo Day #22 – Six Mistakes I Made Writing Nonfiction Book Proposals—and How You Can Learn From Them

By Chuck Sambuchino Whether I’m trying to sell a writing reference book or a humor book, the key selling tool for me to get my work…

NaNoWriMo Day #21 – Keeping Your Writing House in Good Financial Order

By Tex Thompson All right, bright-eyed fictioneers . I know what you’re thinking: “Hey, I GOT this.” Got your manuscript file open, nestled neatly in the…