Check Out Canada’s Most Prolific Authors
Are you curious about Canada’s most prolific authors? Explore the impressive works of Canada’s most prolific authors. Who inspires you to read more?
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Follow My Exciting Journey to 100 on Social Media!
Celebrate this upcoming milestone with me! Follow my journey to 100 books on social media and watch for a coupon code to get discounts on June 16.
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Bidding Farewell to 2022, Hello 2023!
Start the New Year with great reads! It’s time to say goodbye to 2022 and hello 2023, my favourite 2022 reads, Parks Pat swag and more!
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My Top Ten Tips for Writing a Novel in One Month
Writing a novel in a month, whether for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) or another reason can be a daunting task—especially if you’ve never done so before. It doesn’t have to be difficult, however; with the right advice and steps, you can pull together a full-length book by November 30. The following ten tips will help you achieve success!
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It’s Camp Nanowrimo Time Again
National Novel Writing month comes only once a year, but you can always join Camp Nano in April and July too. If November is not good for you (the month before Christmas… some people are rather busy) or if you want to write several books during the year, then it’s a great way to connect with other likeminded writers and join in the camaraderie.
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Writing a Novel in Markdown with Obsidian (70+ Books Later)
Why Markdown?
Markdown files are plain text, with a few added characters or symbols used to format it for conversation to HTML or other formats. Being plain text files, they are very small and not likely to become corrupted. Writing one scene or one chapter per file also keeps them very small. Since they are written in plain text, they can be edited with any text processor or word processor.
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Nanowrimo—why or why not?
I’ve written on Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) before. If you’ve hung out here for a few years you know that I participate every year. But why?
I knew I wanted to do a blog post on nano today, and I was trying to figure out what to write. What it is that you want to know. What you would ask me if you had the chance (and you can ask me in the comment section below. I’ll answer you!)
What I originally homed in on is why or why not to participate in Nanowrimo. Some writers have very strong opinions on the matter. Some people love nano. Some people hate it. Some people keep trying it and giving up, some try and succeed, and some wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole.
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Another Bookiversary
Believe it or not, another year has passed, and it is the eighth anniversary of publishing Looking Over Your Shoulder. Who could have foreseen that in the next seven years, I would publish another 74 titles. Together with boxed sets/omnibuses, a couple of shorts, and a recipe book, it comes out to about 118 works in total.
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It’s Camp Nanowrimo — again!
If you’ve been hanging around here for a while, you probably know that I write for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) in November and Camp Nano in April and July every year. The goal in Nanowrimo is to write a book of 50,000 words or more during the month. During the “camps” you can set your own goals, which can be words or hours, however many you like. During Camp Nano, you used to be assigned to a virtual cabin, a message board with a number of other authors, where you could chat with and encourage each other. Things have changed a little with their website overhaul, but it is still a fun even to participate in.
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Encourage a Young Writer Day
What a great idea! I know that I was interested in writing from a very early age. I have little construction paper books that I stapled together and scribbled in before I could even read or write. I have a number of stories and little books that I wrote while I was still in elementary school, and I wrote my first novel-length book when I was twelve.
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