Category Archives: NaNoWriMo

Short stories for Nanowrimo update – one week in!

Posted on November 8, 2015

This year, as I mentioned in my last blog, I’m attempting to write 50,000 words of short stories during the month of November for Nanowrimo. We are 7 days in. I thought you might like to know how I’m getting … Continue reading →

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Six tips for writing shorts for Nanowrimo

Posted on November 4, 2015

As I mentioned in my last blog I’m busy doing Nanowrimo this month. But as usual I’m writing 50k of short stories in November not a novel. This is more useful for me, being as shorts are my day job. … Continue reading →

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Nanowrimo 2014. 50k of short stories in a month!

Posted on October 24, 2015

It’s coming up to Nanowrimo again isn’t it? That’s National Novel Writing Month for the uninitiated. That’s when you sign up to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. Or 50,000 words worth of short stories in … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo So Far

Posted on November 23, 2013

If you’ve read this blog lately, you’ll know I’ve been doing the NaNoWriMo challenge, i.e. I signed up to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Well, actually, I’m a nano rebel. I decided it would be … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Writing Spot – Writing a Novel

Posted on October 30, 2013

As I think I may have mentioned (once or twice) I now have two Writer’s Toolshed books in existence. Apparently there has been some confusion and a few people think there is still only one. So in the interests of … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Writing Spot – Calling all short story writers who want to write a novel?

Posted on October 23, 2013

If you’ve ever tried to write a novel and you’re on social media – particularly around this time of year – you have probably heard of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short).  It’s simple, you write a novel in … Continue reading →

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