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  • Just Do It - completely agree. I have my chapter plan for the first ten chapters (after that flying and seat of pants comes to mind). I know my characters in and out....
  • Cathy, you bought it? Thank you! If you're following me on Twitter, Ollin Morales just asked me to do an impromptu (promptu, really) #editingchat with him Friday from noon to 1 in preparation for his review of it. You're welcome to join us!
  • Hi, Heather, and thanks for the positive counterpoint to "Just Say No to NaNoWriMo" :)  A number of us in the Blooming Late group here on SheWrites are participating t...
  • Dear Ripley - Thank you so much!! I currently have a kickstarter project going, too, and I have been explaining the concept of crowdfunding to friends and families and...
  • Oh, I know about Mount Everest!  I am thirty-plus years into writing a play that developed from a writing assignment which, when published, bore no resemblance to my e...
  • Super info here, Anjali. I'm just revving up in preparation for my own book release sometime in the fall. Still in the cover design and formatting phase. But the next frontier of promoting is a whole new world for me after spending 6+ years writing my story. Thanks for this!
  • I'm going to step out here a bit and say that most of my criticism or at least unsolicited advice comes from men.  This phenomena has been true my entire life and is o...
  • That's an interesting analogy, Victoria. There is something weirdly calm and clear that happens when all the preparation craziness is done, and there's nothing left to...
  • It all depends on how you approach NaNo. Some people know at the beginning of the year that they want to participate, so they spend those early months doing research a...
  • Great advice!  I started blogging in preparation for my book and didn't realize how important it was to connect to my readers initially since I had just a handful. Now, I realize there are dozens of people who've stayed with me for nearly a year and I'm so grateful for them.