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Thursdays With Helen: The last of Nanowrimo talk (for this year)
I promise this is the last post about Nanowrimo - until next year, anyway :)I stopped updating my writing total half way through the month because I didn't keep very good track of what new work I was adding to my manuscript. I can tell you that this second draft...
Tuesday’s With Jess: NaNoWriMo Completed
So I made it through the month of November and NaNoWriMo! With possibly the busiest November our family has seen for a while, I chose this one to participate in NaNoWriMo! I set a target of 15,000 words as a minimum and I achieved that! By doing 500 words five days a...
Tuesday’s With Jess: Suspense Fiction
So some of you might have picked up that I'm currently going through a suspense fiction phase. Well, at this point it's not longer a phase but another genre that has taken my heart! What more could a girl want - romance, suspense, action, drama?However, I cannot do...
Hot Book Covers: Claudia the Wife of Pontious Pilate By Diana Willis Taylor
I really love the blue dress in this cover. It really contrasts beautifully to all the sandstone colours. The red writing communicates dramatically who this book is about. Altogether a strong, eye catching cover!What to you guys think? If you saw this in the...
Thursdays With Helen: Trying to Regroup for Nanowrimo
I was going great guns with Nanowrimo. I'd written 22K in the first 16 days. And then I ground to a halt.A couple of reasons:Firstly, I realised I'd hit a point in the story where I was able to reuse many scenes from my original draft. Which, is a...