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  • Great article...but sad and maddening too! I'm a newbie, still unpublished and yet keeping track as much as I can of the changes going on in publishing and sometimes i...
  • Kelley, you capture so well the healing that writing through loss can be---along with... One Bowl, dealing with that loss.  [http://issuu.com/echapbooks/docs/one_bowl?mode=embed&layout=http://www.s...
  • I have no probalems with Tips 1-4. I've got all that down pat. I think my biggest sticking (or "stuck" as the case may be) point is with Tip #5. I know I should do thi...
  • My first novel went through five drafts. During each iteration the characters grew in complexity and depth. An outline based on plot would not have survived that process. A timeline, however, proved useful in keeping track of character locations. That is where I've started for my second novel.
  • This is helpful. I am working on my first book, a memoir (I have a shitty first draft - a major accomplishment for me), and I keep getting ideas that I want to incorpo...
  • This is a great idea! I think it would be really helpful for organizing the content of a novel or keeping track of the characters and back-story as well. I think I'll give it a try.
  • I agree with Colette's comment. I preschedule as well as live tweet. The key is to planning it and keeping track of what you are doing.
  • I keep thinking that I'll get an e-reader eventually, but I somehow never do.  It is the same reason music lovers still buy cds; having the physical copy right there i...
  • Tablets are taking over the electronic world. E-reader sales are diminishing. Even amazon is clued into that with their tablet/kindle fire. People are demanding availa...
  • While writing my historical novel, I found keeping track of online research to be difficult, even with Bookmarks, and then I found Write It Now.  I used it to keep tra...