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Writing resolutions 2012

This year, I will: • write every day • spend 2 hours or more every week marketing my work • travel to Spain for research • finish another print-worthy novel • have something I wrote for sale (or bought) by November • volunteer to judge or coordinate 3 writing contests • continue to volunteer as [...]

Posted 02 January 2012 † nickyp § Books § Learning § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Writing successes 2011

This past year, I: • spent more than 300 hours writing (not web-surfing or sitting, but writing) • spent more than 120 hours doing volunteer work • finished 1 print-worthy book (!) • submitted my work to agents and editors, and got good critiques and notes • wrote 1 good short story and started 2 [...]

Posted 01 January 2012 † nickyp § Books § Learning § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Buzzing in my head

I’m writing a 30,000 word wrap-up science piece these days at work. Organizing the details and shaping a coherent narrative is taking up all my writerly brainpower, so I’ve only worked on my novel 5 hours in the past 10 days. But the project should be thought-out by the end of next week. Will have [...]

Posted 09 January 2009 † nickyp § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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