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Continue reading →: Dr. Dale Grove’s book signing
“On Dec. 5th from 1pm to 4pm author Dale Grove was at The Fine Arts Company signing copies of his book Loose Strings, a romantic science fantasy novel. Dr. Dale A. Grove is a product developer by day and a writer by night. He has a vivid imagination in creating…
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Continue reading →: NaNoWriMo 2015: Update #4
I wrote over 50,000 words between November 1st and November 30th! What I learned: Don’t stop no matter what. Keep going until it’s done. Fear, time constraints, lack of inspiration. None of them are as important to me as my writing is. Rough drafts are a perfectly natural part of…
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Continue reading →: NaNoWriMo 2015: Update #3
Imagine your book is a painting you’d like to complete. Painting is difficult! Few people make a well done, interesting, painting with depth. Sometimes people only seem to like paintings of already-famous painters so it can seem pointless to try to break-in. NaNoWriMo is a time limit to make…
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Continue reading →: NaNoWriMo 2015: Update #2
It’s cold in the sun room where I write. I also find it difficult to turn off my brain at night while thinking of my story- I’m not getting much sleep. One morning I thought, my hands are cold. I should go warm them up in the microwave. Luckily it’s…
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Continue reading →: NaNoWriMo 2015: Update #1
I am officially in my second week of NaNoWriMo. There are four weeks in November, so that means I am over 25% done with the endeavor. My word count is a little behind. Still, I’m feeling positive and looking forward to seeing what my first draft contains. There is no…
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Continue reading →: Gender Chasm Blurb
NaNoWriMo 2015 begins tomorrow. I will be busy writing 1,666 words a day, so I thought I’d give you my first novel’s blurb to think about in the meantime: “In a small nation, Women and Men have decided they are better off ruling themselves. Freida grew up in a village…
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Continue reading →: NaNoWriMo 2015
NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth. NaNoWriMo is a movement for writers to set a goal to write 50,000 words in the 30-day month of November. An online community of thousands of others doing the same offers support in the process. I will be attempting my first NaNoWriMo this year. Wish me…
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