Welcome to Day Three of National Novel Writing Month 2014! By the end of today, participants should be at around 5,000 words. (With only 1,784 words from the weekend, I have some catching up to do…)
If you find yourself with a little reading time this month, and are hoping for some NaNoWriMo motivation, I’m pleased to announce that the revised and expanded edition of NO PLOT? NO PROBLEM! by NaNoWriMo’s founder Chris Baty is now available at major book retailers (check your local indie!).
I read this book when I did my first NaNo way back in 2006, and it was so inspiring—and hilarious. Chris Baty breaks NaNo down on a week-by-week basis, tackling the most common challenges we month-long novelists face, all with humor and understanding. The book also includes plenty of useful advice and writing tips for any writing journey, not just the 30-day ones.
Plus, this expanded feature includes some really cool new additions. My personal favorite is… writing pep-talks from successful NaNoWriMo novelists!
Like, um… me.
Other all-star pep-talkers include Gayle Brandeis, Rachael Herron, Elizabeth Haynes, Lani Diane Rich, Erin Morgenstern, Julia Crouch, and Sara Gruen. And of course, lots of pep from Chris Baty himself!
I’m so excited about being included in NP?NP! that I bought not one but two copies, and that second copy… is now part of a giveaway!
Enter here for your chance to win the Revised and Expanded edition of NO PLOT? NO PROBLEM! plus a signed (paperback UK) copy of CRESS. And whatever other Lunar Chronicles goodies I have lying around…
All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS blog post, either quoting your favorite line from your current NaNo novel, or, if you aren’t noveling this year, leave some encouragement for those of us who are.
(If you’re not comfortable sharing a line from your novel, you’re allowed to just leave some cheerleading words, too.)
Good luck!