24 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Mention Monday
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amazon, author, best seller, cover, fan fiction, hugh howey, kindle, kindle worlds, wool, writer
So, I know I should have been writing my Serial Sunday or Mention Monday. I’m sorry that I didn’t get them done this week. Instead, I got wrapped up in making a cover. You know that short story I wrote in one day last week? Well, it was for Kindle Worlds.
You know what, this is going to be a Mention Monday after all.
20 Friday Jun 2014
Posted in Random
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000, 10, amazon worlds, challenge, kindle worlds, silo, ten thousand words, wool, word count, words, write in a day, writer, writing
Okay, so I didn’t write 10,000 words today.
But, I did write 8,856!
And the story is done. A story only needs to be as long as it needs to be, after all. Didn’t want to push it just to get those last 1500 words. So, yay! And now for editing.
19 Thursday Jun 2014
Posted in Random
I’m off of work today, and I have the whole house to myself. I’ve been feeling either a too tired, or not motivated enough, or something, and I haven’t been writing much. But, that changes today. Continue reading
06 Tuesday May 2014
Posted in Mention Monday
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author, hugh howey, inspiration, mention, mention monday, publishing, role model, school, wool, writer, writers, writing
People can have a major role in how you turn out. They may do this actively, or passively. They may never even know that you exist or the impact that they’ve had on your life. But they mold us. There are those who give us hope, inspiration, and insights that we never would have seen otherwise. They might be role models, significant others, parents, teachers, any one that had a hand in developing you. Here are some of the ones that shaped me into the writer that I am today, and the one that I hope to be tomorrow.
18 Saturday Jan 2014
Posted in Writing Wednesday
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atopia, atopia chronicals, author, dust, how to, hugh howey, matthew mathers, self publish, self-publishing, success, wool, writer
I’ve been reading a lot recently. Two stories that I have absolutely fallen in love with are the Wool series, and The Atopia Chronicles. I can’t recommend these books enough. Turns out that these two writers have much more in common than I ever knew. From what I can tell, they were both released as serial short stories, they both are self-published, and both writers, Hugh Howey and Matthew Mather (respectively) have been very successful, selling rights to movies based on their works (Mather’s was for his other book CyberStorm). Continue reading
04 Tuesday Jun 2013
Posted in Fiction
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concepts, fiction, read, reading, self-publishing, serial, serialized, short story, wool, write, writer, writing
So, I’m pretty excited about this idea of serialized fiction. Writing several short stories, or one continuous story, broken into smaller pieces. This would be for self-publishing purposes, ebook style. I can see many benefits to this.
Release the first part, perhaps even for free, to get people interested, get some feedback… Also, good way to build up a fan base (I hope!) In addition, it’s easier to do a full revision and edit on 10,000 words than 100,000. Plus, you can do a few different projects at the same time, or interspersed with each other. Continue reading
Angela Cavanaugh 