Today is November 1. You probably know what that means for writers. Just in case you don’t, it’s the start of National Novel Writing Month. This is the month that you send your inner editor on vacation and power through a rough draft of 50,000 words. Hey, come on, that’s only 1666 words a day.

This is the time to break boundaries. Try something different. › Continue reading…

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NaNoWriMo 2009 has kicked off. Some people are shooting ahead and some are lagging behind. Whatever your status, just keep going. NaNo is a great way to get some words out of your head and down on your favorite levitra 10mg medium.

The 40 mg zocor NaNoWriMo forums are a great place to get ideas, inspiration, and encouragement. I love the technology forum, since I can always find new toys…I mean tools.

Here purchase cheap viagra online are links to some of them.

NaNoWriMo Report Card for Google docs Save the report card to your google docs. This is a handy way to access your spreadsheet from any location.

NaNoWriMo Report Card for Open Office If you are running Open Office, this report card file is for you.

Standard NaNoWRiMo Report Card for Excel This is from the guy who is kind enough to create a new one every year.

Write or Die website A great website Best online prescription to get you to keep writing. Terrible consequences happen when you stop before you reach your goals.

Now Write or Die has a desktop version. It lets you write while you are off-line. It also lets you challenge others to word wars. Of course you have to be online to issue a challenge. It only costs $10 and is well worth it.

Your internal editor should already be on vacation. He/she/it will have plenty of work after NaNoWriMo is over.

Your internal critic should get lost and stay lost. Your characters’ voices should be the only ones in your head.

No matter what your preferred method, keep putting those words down and moving your story forward.

Drop me a note and tell me about your favorite NaNoWriMo technology.

Write on,

Lynn

I made it back to Portland in time for last month’s meeting of Rose City Romance Writers. This great group of writers support each other in every level of their writing careers. The meetings are informative and inspiring.  I always can’t wait to get back to the keyboard when I leave the meetings.

After a great presentation on promotion (one of my favorite subjects) by a couple of the rising stars of the group and celebrating some great new contracts, a bunch of us went out to lunch. I finally got to catch up with a few friends who I haven’t seen in several months.

One friend has recently started writing again after several months of dealing with life’s obstacles. She bemoaned the fact that her writing wasn’t flowing as smoothly as it had in the past. The words weren’t coming easily, and her writing didn’t evoke emotions of the reader as it had in the past. She asked me how to improve her writing skills.

You’ve probably had this problem at one time or another. When you sit down to write, your fingers don’t fly over the keys or your words would be better gracing the bottom of the bird cage instead of shining in your next novel. › Continue reading…