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Writing Wednesday: Finding Voice
Voice generally isn’t a problem for me. By the time I sit down to write, I usually know my characters so well that they speak in my head in their own distinct voices. I can hear them as clearly as I...
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On Writing Your Own Way
The start of a new year always comes with an abundance of blog posts. This being The Great Noveling Adventure, this post is focusing specifically on those that talk about writing. Especially those that...
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Five Things to Think About When Writing a Synopsis
So you’ve finished your novel, and now it’s time to query. Something a lot of agents request (not necessarily straight away) is a synopsis. Said synopsis is almost never allowed to be more than two...
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Media Monday: Character Sketch Sheets
Not everyone does character sketches, but I’ve got a bit of a thing about them. It may have something to do with fantasy being my favourite genre – fantasy does, after all, *tend* to be bursting with...
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Travel Tuesday: Locating Your Novel
Choosing where to set your (non-other-worldly) novel is complicated. Sometimes it’s easy to make a decision, like when your story more or less makes it for you – a small town girl meets the big city...
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Writing Wednesday: Getting Organized
Planning (and writing) a novel is messy work for most of us. Ideas don’t come in a pretty, streamlined package. Outlines don’t create themselves. Keeping it all straight can be difficult. Every writer...
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Things I’ve Read Thursday: Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
I read a lot, and very quickly. Not just because I enjoy it (and I do – I really do!), but as a coping mechanism, an escape. I like most of what I read. I even love some of it. It’s fun, or...
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We’re almost two weeks into the submission period for the Summer Nights Anthology! I hope the writing’s going well and that you’re all getting ready to hit send on your submission emails, but just in...
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Travel Tuesday: Diverse Book Recommendations Roundup
There are lots of (but not enough!) diverse (here including, but not limited to, books featuring PoC, minority ethnic groups and religions, QUILTBAG characters, disabled characters, non-neurotypical...
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Writing Wednesday: Crushing Crutch Words
For those who don’t know, the term ‘crutch word’ generally applies to words or phrases we use to give ourselves time to think or to emphasize a statement. Common crutch words include ‘really’, ‘I...
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Things I’ve Read Thursday: TGNA Summer Nights
TGNA Summer Nights is the first anthology compiled by The Great Noveling Adventure and includes flash fiction stories by current and former contributors to TGNA, as well as some of your fellow readers!...
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Travel Tuesday: TGNA Across the Web
We’re just getting back into the swing of things here at TGNA, but just because we haven’t been here doesn’t mean we haven’t been elsewhere! TGNAers have blogs and social media accounts across the web...
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Cover Reveal: THE OLD CREEK BRIDGE by Sarah Kettles!
YOU GUYS. I am SO excited to share this cover with you today! Why? Because it belongs to our very own Sarah! I love this book so, so much, and I was thrilled when Sarah asked me to design a cover for...
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5 Ways to Make Your Characters’ Voices Distinct
A lot of writers struggle to make their characters’ speaking voices distinct. Don’t believe me? Open two or three books you’ve already read to a random page, find the first line of dialogue, and see if...
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Travel Tuesday: NaNoWriMo Advice from Around the Web
Those of us participating are three days into NaNoWriMo (and hopefully not losing steam yet), but if you are, or if you just need a little advice and/or motivation, these posts are a great resource to...
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Writing Wednesday: On First Drafts and Overwriting with Purpose
Overwriting is not, in and of itself, a bad thing. Yes, it’s bad if it’s still present in a completed novel, and it’s bad if the writer is incapable of recognizing it, but it can actually serve a...
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