Tag Archives: Nano

Nano Completion and All That

Posted on Nov 28, 2018 by

Ok, so I made it. Nano’s 50,000 words have been banked (indeed it’s reached 68,000) and I now have the first draft of magical realism novel. It’ll take a while to make it ready for publication so, to keep you … Continue reading →

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Nano – What To Do About That Urge: Six Lessons #nanowrimo #writing

Posted on Nov 7, 2018 by

(the images are from my garden; I cannot believe the colour that has extended into November) National Novel Writing Month is an exercise in many things: patience, persistence, imagination, robust typing skills. To arrive at November 30th with 50,000 words tucked away is … Continue reading →

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The Help #shouldbewritingbutamponderinginstead

Posted on Nov 25, 2017 by

Nano is time consuming. Useful, sure. Satisfying, eventually. Fun? Well yes and no. It seems to involve a lot of bashing at the keyboard – my ‘e’ is looking pasty and, oddly, my ‘s’ has developed a squint – followed … Continue reading →

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Nanthology – Till Death Do Us Part?

Posted on Nov 30, 2015 by

Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead.  Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading →

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Done it #nanthology #nano

Posted on Nov 29, 2015 by

So there we are; the last short story written and my cheat Nano is complete. Tomorrow at 1.00pm GMT the last short story goes live. When I started this I wondered how to end it and I hope you like … Continue reading →

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Nanthology – Derek Dongle: Uncowed

Posted on Nov 29, 2015 by

Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead.  Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading →

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Nanthology – The Power of Love

Posted on Nov 24, 2015 by

Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead.  Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading →

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