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InkyBites.com Is Live!

by Jennifer on January 21, 2012

Just wanted to let you all know that I launched InkyBites.com! I’m still working through some issues, but the site is live and ready for you to dive in. Have fun! –jennifer

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Ask and You Shall Receive

InkyBites.com

by Jennifer on January 9, 2012

So back in December I announced that Procrastinating Writers would be no more. I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal, but I ended up receiving a ton of emails from readers begging me not to shut the site down. While my decision to leave Procrastinating Writers in order to pursue a [...]

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Such Sweet Sorrow

by Jennifer on December 7, 2011

It’s the end of the year. A time when people begin to reflect on the year gone by and make plans for the year to come. At this time of year, people often get nostalgic and sentimental about things… and they also become hard on themselves for things they didn’t do, but wanted to. We [...]

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This is a guest post by Brittany Lyons Each year novel writers have the opportunity to write a 50,000 word novel for the National November Writer’s Month Competition. Sadly, short story writers usually can’t enter this competition because it requires them to write one long piece rather than an anthology of several short pieces. However, [...]

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5 Things To Consider When Turning Real Life into Fiction

November 9, 2011
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This is a guest post by David Lazar of CometDocs.com Everyone knows the old saying that “reality is sometimes stranger than fiction,” and this is why there are a lot of successful writers out there that base their stories on real life events that they have either personally experienced or have been informed of by [...]

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Stuck? Borrow Techniques from Popular Authors

October 26, 2011
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This is a guest post from Rochelle Melander of WriteNowCoach It happens to nearly every NaNoWriMo participant. After a string of days when we amass an embarrassingly wonderful amount of words, laying down scenes and adding dialogue, we get stuck. We do not know what our characters want (heck, we don’t even know what we [...]

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3 Easy Ways to Stay Motivated

October 19, 2011

This is a guest post by AmyYoung of HowDoesRentToOwnWork.org If you want to excel at writing and in life, self-motivation is crucial. Staying motivated while working can be hard no matter what you may do in your job. So you may wonder how you can achieve a more consistent level of motivation. I have come [...]

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5 NaNoWriMo Posts You Don’t Want To Miss

October 12, 2011

NaNoWriMo is around the corner, and that means if you’re writing 50,000 words this November, you better be planning your story starting now. Yes, that’s right, I said plan. Having a plan will ensure you don’t waste 50,000 words and 30 days of your life. Sure, you could do NaNoWriMo for fun, but wouldn’t it [...]

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How To Nail Your NaNoWriMo Novel

October 5, 2011

As you know, NaNoWriMo 2011 starts on November 1. In honor of that, I am bringing you probably the best series of blog posts you will ever read with regards to novel writing. So get ready… You are in for a treat. The brilliant Larry Brooks of StoryFix.com is helping you Nail Your NaNoWriMo Novel [...]

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How To Find Your Writing Voice

September 28, 2011
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This is a guest post by Jocelyn Anne of Heater Home So, you’re ready to start blogging.  You’ve maybe got a blog page created, you have a topic and plan of attack all worked out and…game time! But. Wait.  Why is the screen in front of you still blank? Have you spent a ridiculous amount [...]

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