cj Sez: Writers, this week's guest post on Jane Friedman's blog is about NaNoWriMo. Readers, you can look forward to being the beneficiaries of all that effort.
Some of those novellas are polished and published, some are developed into great novels.
From Jane Friedman blog: “On the off-chance you aren’t acquainted
with the acronym, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. November
is the month, so about now, around the country and across the world, writers
are sharpening pencils and clearing off kitchen tables. They’re preparing loved
ones to do without them for 30 straight days or at least until Thanksgiving. … NaNoWriMo may be what you need to get
motivated.”
To read more of the post: https://bit.ly/3At0u78
cj Sez: National Novel Writing Month is when thousands of writers commit to sitting
their butts in chairs (B-I-C) and writing 50,000 words in one month. Since
November has thirty days, that comes out to 1666.66 words a day (plus .2), but
who’s counting. If you’re thinking about accepting the challenge, go to the official
website National Novel Writing Month for more information and be
sure to connect with like-minded writers who will encourage you when the going
gets tough.
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BOOK REVIEW
You’ll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron embodies all the elements of a true Southern gothic fiction: isolation and marginalization, violence and crime, a brilliant sense of place, a decaying mansion, the sorrow of destitution, oppression, and discrimination. Oh, and it’s a suspenseful mystery as well, with great plot turns on its way to a twisted ending.
I hope I didn’t miss anything because Ephron surely didn’t in this intricately woven saga of three generations of “bless their hearts” Southern women who must rise above their own prejudices to solve a forty-year-old crime. IMHO, a five-star read.
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My short story, “Once in a Blue Moon,” is one of 18 short stories and poems in the anthology HALLOWEEN PIECES, the fourth anthology from the Mobile Writers Guild.
Click
here to watch as I read an excerpt.
As of the time of this post, HALLOWEEN PIECES is priced at $1.99
and free on Kindle Unlimited.
STORMY PIECES is coming in November, and yes, I have a short
story in that one also—more about that next week. And it has another great cover
by MWG member Steven Moore that you’re going to love.
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SALE SALE: The ebooks of DEATH ON THE YAMPA and THE DAWGSTAR
are now on sale @ only $1.99 each.
Also available at these fine e sites and on request from
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Also available at these fine e sites and on request from
your local library (ISBN 978-17369146-0-1):
Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Bibliotheca,
Kobo, OverDrive, Scribd, Tolino, Vivlio
(p.s. FREEBIES: Write a review, then shoot me an email at cjpetterson@gmail.com and tell me about
it—Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, wherever—and I’ll send you some lovely swag.)
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That’s it for today’s post. You-all guys keep on keeping on, and I’ll try to do the same.
A personal note: Today marks one month since my son Mark died from complications of Covid 19. This heartache can’t heal. If you have chosen to not get vaccinated, please reconsider your choice.
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cj
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