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Why I Want A Mac

I have used PC’s for years. Back in the day, they were called IBM clones. Now everyone calls them by the operating system – a…

Structuring the Dreaded Act 2

Some writers hate endings. Some writers have troubles with beginnings. All of them hate middles. One of the keys to problems with middles is the…

What Surprising Factor made You Fail NaNoWriMo?

I’ve read with some dismay a lot of people writing the same thing over and over again. “My word count total was 12,000 words for…

Beginning The Structural Edit

During our pacing edit where we ADD words instead of cutting them, we also have to make sure we’ve kept to our structural goals. This…

Pacing Is Key

Let’s look at the quick math on word counts as books. 50,000 words is not enough in most genres. It’s a start. Most fiction genres…

How Many Words

How many words should your book have? There are distinct genre totals. Take for example the Young Adult market. They tend to be 50,000 to…

Blazing Glory

What DID I write for Nano? I had only two things in mind. I had a single line of dialogue, and I wanted Clint Eastwood…