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Website: 2nd anniversary
I now have seven complete novels in my bookshelf. I am far behind on publishing. And what will I write next?
Distraction
What do you do when you are too distracted to write?
Write anyway.
Writing software: One year with ProWritingAid
ProWritingAid will help keep mistakes and clumsy wording from getting in the way of your writing. It will focus you on finding better ways to say things, and anyone can use such a push.
Writing software: Two years with Scrivener
After writing with Scrivener for two years, I recommend it even more highly.
Plotting or pantsing?
I have mostly “pantsed” my novels so far, but would a trilogy require more plotting in advance?
National Novel Writing Month 2019 III
I won NaNoWriMo 2019, my second win in a row.
National Novel Writing Month 2019 II
I passed the 50,000-word winning point of National Novel Writing Month on day 12.
National Novel Writing Month 2019
I am feeling both excitement at writing something new (my first new novel since NaNoWriMo last year), and trepidation over whether I can make the story work.
Cultural appropriation
We write better when we write what we know, but are we limited to only that?
Writing buddies
Perhaps what’s most important in a writing buddy is having someone who shares the same dream.
(Un)Inspired
Just write. As the words begin to flow out, the inspiration will finally come.
Balance
Balance: it’s so much more than an inner ear thing.
Three more novels
I’ve been editing three more novels. I hope to introduce them here within the next few months.
Tears
It’s what leads up to the weeping, setting up the emotional situation, that is critical.
Finding comparable titles
Under Shōko’s Bed is cross-cultural contemporary psychological literary fiction with mature characters set in Japan. Is that a category on Amazon?