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Your back story is AMAZING

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Tony McFadden

Less than a month, people. Less than a month to the writing marathon called NaNoWriMo. Less than a month to committing yourself to a minimum of 1,667 words a day, culminating in 50,000 words written in the month of November. … Continue reading →

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Yes, I *AM* participating in #NaNoWriMo

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Tony McFadden

I hadn’t intended to participate in NaNoWriMo this year, but life rarely plays out to plan. NaNo 20o9 was my first. I started late, slogged through to 50k poorly written words, but caught the bug. That effort, by the way, … Continue reading →

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How do you write?

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Tony McFadden

When I went to university (way back before CDs were invented) I studied electrical engineering. Math and science were easy in school and it seemed ‘the right way to go’. Plus, the money promised to be good. And it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Now what?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Tony McFadden

You’ve finished you’re NaNo effort, or maybe you’ve got the 50k words down, but still feel the need for more words to really finish it. Whichever, the urge, the obvious next step, is to go back to the beginning and … Continue reading →

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NaNo update the final

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Tony McFadden

<deep breath> On November 29th I wrote the last sentences of my NaNo novel: ‘Look, we’ve got another break in a few minutes, but before we get there, tell me: what’s the TV show, and what’s the movie?’ ‘They’re both … Continue reading →

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