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Participating In NaNoWriMo 2009

This year I am going to write in the NaNoWriMo contest again. I know there are people who love and hate this writing contest, but I think it’s kind of interesting. Some kind of accountability is always a good thing. Here’s to a successful NaNoWriMo. My profile: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/214284

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Kindle Is Convenient But Not Always The Best Choice

I know that’s a bold statement, not cost affective. Why am I saying that? Let’s look at a few things. Utah author Brandon Sanderson (who, by the way is finishing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series), has The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2) for sale on Amazon in paperback for $7.99. The Kindle [...]

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Pushing Your Blog Post Above The Noise

You have to admit, with so many people blogging, millions of social network posts through Twitter and Facebook, it’s amazing anyone ever has time to read anything. When you are at a social gathering, and there is a crowd of people, the volume rises as the number of people increase. Peoples voices get louder because they [...]

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5 Pages Every Writer Should Consider

Today I wanted to share what I think are important parts of a writers website. Whether its a  blog or a static site, I fell like these pages will give you the biggest return. 1. About Me One of the first things I look for when I visit a new site is an About Me page, [...]

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The Galactic Writer Elevator Pitch

Today starts a 31 day writing challenge from the ProBlogger Darren Rowse. I did this a few years ago, and one of the post, Writing Catchy Blog Titles, is my all time number two for traffic coming into my blog. To learn more or to get started, visit this link. Today’s challenge is to crate an [...]

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Props To My Peeps: Several People To Thank This Week

Today I wanted to give props to two people who need to be recognized as outstanding individuals. The first is Tamera Tanner. I met Tamara through Twitter, mainly because we have a common interest, horses. Tamara runs an outstanding foundation, The Straighter Way Foundation, that uses horses in therapeutic settings. Basically, the foundation gives people who [...]

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The Challenge Of Writing A Book

As all of you know, there are a large number of challenges when it comes to writing a book. There are so many I’m not even going to list them. A month or so ago, my friend Jason Alba challenged us to write our book this year. Doesn’t matter the subject, only to get started writing. [...]

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Joining A Writing Group

Earlier in the week I attended the first meeting of what will become a local writers group. The group meets close tony house so that makes it real easy to attend. Everyone shared the reason they were there, and I was surprised at the varied responses. Most were what I would call typical, and one was [...]

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Add Value In All You Write

Today I put out a message on Twitter asking what people thought I should focus on with this new blog. The majority of comments suggested I have a focus and stay with it. Having a focus will allow visitors to know what to expect. And I couldn’t agree more. My original intent with this blog was [...]

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Writing Fiction Versus Non-Fiction

My focus for a long time has been writing fiction. I’ve never really thought about writing a non-fiction piece. But several months ago I was brain storming with a friend on a story I’ve wanted to tell for 20 years. Yeah I know, we all have a story that takes us 20 years to tell. [...]

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