HEY GUYS! I WON!!!
-Dreamer
-Dreamer
Friday, November 30, 2012
Guess What, Everybody?
We did it! Fist bump to all of you, because ALL of us finished our novels on time! Can you believe it? Well, I can! We rock, one and all! Thank you, God!
And, of course, thank you to all of YOU for your support and pep talks and all that we've been through! Go eat an ice cream cone in celebration! (Or something similarly sweet.)
And, of course, having won NaNoWriMo, you have earned FIVE free published copies of your novel! So, here's the scoop on that!
Your deadline is June 30th for getting the whole thing done -- but as we learned last time, waiting till the last minute is a TERRIBLE idea. So, here's what I suggest:
#1. If you have not finished your rough draft -- meaning you reached your word count, but did not finish your story, like me, then you want that whole thing done by the end of December. I mean it -- last time one particular member of this club (I won't say any names, Tigerr) took December off, and barely finished in time. Get that sucker done as quickly as humanly possible! Don't stop now that NaNoWriMo is over. Keep going, and finish it all!
#2. Get right to editing it. Go in and fix any plot holes you want to fix. This could take one month or two months, depending on your preferences -- but if you want me to grammar edit for you (which I will totally do, by the way) then you should send me your finished manuscript by, say, March or April. Earlier is better.
#3. Order the copies well before June 30th. Get to finishing the novel right away, and do your best so you can order the copies long before the deadline. I will help you with cover design and interior design and everything -- just finish your manuscript and send me an email. Really, don't hesitate -- I enjoy doing this, and I want everyone to get their copies.
Well, that's all. I'd better go work on finishing my novel! (Although I already won, I need to finish. This thing is going to be HUGE.) Fantastic work, all of you, and God bless us, one and all!
(If it is possible that you have not read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens...go out and read it. Seriously. It's that good.)
-President Fantasy
And, of course, thank you to all of YOU for your support and pep talks and all that we've been through! Go eat an ice cream cone in celebration! (Or something similarly sweet.)
And, of course, having won NaNoWriMo, you have earned FIVE free published copies of your novel! So, here's the scoop on that!
Your deadline is June 30th for getting the whole thing done -- but as we learned last time, waiting till the last minute is a TERRIBLE idea. So, here's what I suggest:
#1. If you have not finished your rough draft -- meaning you reached your word count, but did not finish your story, like me, then you want that whole thing done by the end of December. I mean it -- last time one particular member of this club (I won't say any names, Tigerr) took December off, and barely finished in time. Get that sucker done as quickly as humanly possible! Don't stop now that NaNoWriMo is over. Keep going, and finish it all!
#2. Get right to editing it. Go in and fix any plot holes you want to fix. This could take one month or two months, depending on your preferences -- but if you want me to grammar edit for you (which I will totally do, by the way) then you should send me your finished manuscript by, say, March or April. Earlier is better.
#3. Order the copies well before June 30th. Get to finishing the novel right away, and do your best so you can order the copies long before the deadline. I will help you with cover design and interior design and everything -- just finish your manuscript and send me an email. Really, don't hesitate -- I enjoy doing this, and I want everyone to get their copies.
Well, that's all. I'd better go work on finishing my novel! (Although I already won, I need to finish. This thing is going to be HUGE.) Fantastic work, all of you, and God bless us, one and all!
(If it is possible that you have not read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens...go out and read it. Seriously. It's that good.)
-President Fantasy
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Hey, I won!
The title says it all. I won! :) It was hard, but I did it. I skipped chapters, skipped traveling parts, broke a nose, made Joseph cry a long time and nearly drove myself to the obessive writer phase, but I did it. So...yeah. Thanks everybody, for helping and encouraging me! :) A million thanks you to everybody, actually!
Oh, and Dreamer + Raistlin: make a post, please. Everybody needs to know that you guys-I won't spill. You guys get to say it.
-Tigerr
Oh, and Dreamer + Raistlin: make a post, please. Everybody needs to know that you guys-I won't spill. You guys get to say it.
-Tigerr
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Storyteller's Creed
Hello, fantastic-brilliant-encouraging-creative-wonderful-genius-fellow-writers-friends-clubbers-Wrimos-and-human-beings. (How's that for a new title for all of you? Sembers was too short. Maybe that's what I didn't like about it.)
As we draw into these last few days of frenzied noveling (how's that word count?) I would like to share with you something that I really like. It's called the Storyteller's Creed -- that is, the words that we storytellers agree to and write by. If we really like it, it may become the new quote at the top of the blog. Here it is, and tell me what you think:
As we draw into these last few days of frenzied noveling (how's that word count?) I would like to share with you something that I really like. It's called the Storyteller's Creed -- that is, the words that we storytellers agree to and write by. If we really like it, it may become the new quote at the top of the blog. Here it is, and tell me what you think:
Storyteller’s
Creed
I believe that imagination is stronger than
knowledge.
That myth is more potent than history.
That dreams are more powerful than facts.
That hope always triumphs over experience.
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that love is stronger than
death.
And...that's the Storyteller's Creed! I read it in Barnes & Noble in a book, but apparently it's universal to all authors. Be inspired, go on, and write powerful words that will change the world! (Or just go and finish your novel...but hey, what's the difference?)
-President Fantasy
Thursday, November 22, 2012
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
...from Kevin and Mark. Ha ha, just kidding. (I'm listening to their Thanksgiving Special right now, so...yeah.)
Anyway, so, Happy Thanksgiving from me! We have SO much to be thankful for! (Including, I suppose, having thousands of words to write...can you tell I'm procrastinating?)
And...Happy birthday! To you! From me! For my birthday tomorrow! (I like saying happy birthday to you. Humor me.)
And...(I'm using that opener too much, come on, Sophie -- OOPS! I mean, President Fantasy...that's weird calling yourself President...never mind...) I have to go write a whole lot of words! YEAH!
-President Fantasy
Anyway, so, Happy Thanksgiving from me! We have SO much to be thankful for! (Including, I suppose, having thousands of words to write...can you tell I'm procrastinating?)
And...Happy birthday! To you! From me! For my birthday tomorrow! (I like saying happy birthday to you. Humor me.)
And...(I'm using that opener too much, come on, Sophie -- OOPS! I mean, President Fantasy...that's weird calling yourself President...never mind...) I have to go write a whole lot of words! YEAH!
-President Fantasy
Monday, November 19, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Twelve Days In!
Well, well, well -- we're twelve days into the crazy month of November and I am hanging on to my word count...and having a great deal of fun writing the second book in the Cricket's Fire series! Right now, Jade's delivering papers and an Oreo cookie, Tal's missing, Robert's off on a mission with Alice (who pretty much hates his guts), and Cycle Cross is about to have a nuclear meltdown! It's great!
(I almost thought about separating meltdown into two words there just to get an extra word in. Too much NaNo-ing, do you think?)
Anyway, how about you? How's your story going? Anything interesting? Any writer's block frustrations or character problems that we can hash out together?
-President Fantasy
(I almost thought about separating meltdown into two words there just to get an extra word in. Too much NaNo-ing, do you think?)
Anyway, how about you? How's your story going? Anything interesting? Any writer's block frustrations or character problems that we can hash out together?
-President Fantasy
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