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Ray Bradbury dropped out of high school.

I'm a little more hesitant to say that, lol, mostly because that arguing, if done constructively, can help the writer immensely. Arguing doesn't have to be of anger, and by ...

Hahah. I prepared for Nanowrimo by going to a Halloween party.

Brag about how high it is, complain about how low it is, promise us it'll get higher — how many words do you have so far? To start us off: ...

Eh, wait, excerpts already? (Okay, okay, I didn't even read them, I'm sorry.) Aren't you supposed to wait until November to start that? You might want to read the dates ...

How do you start? I've always hated beginnings. I need a good beginning to be motivated to keep going. At least, a beginning that makes me interested. Granted, this sometimes ...

*Is looking frantically for all the tips she can find* Word wars are your FRIENDS. Basically, there's a thread in the forums (usually in "Reaching 50,000") in November where people ...

This is what I do: I don't plan. ... until a couple of days before Nanowrimo. I let myself do little things, like think up character names (sometimes; not always), ...

I'm still curious — what exactly would you do with an LJ (or any blog) for your nano? This is getting a wee bit tangential, but since I have forty ...

Okay, so most areas have a regional lounge, especially in Canada and the U.S., where all the people in your area hang out and talk and organize nifty get-togethers. So ...

For fantasy and sci-fi especially, genres don't really give you a clear impression of what the book entails. Mystery, for example, follows a pretty specific formula. So does romance. But ...

For a lot of people, NaNoFiMo isn't something they set out to do. Which is to say, they go for 50 000 words in Nanowrimo and then (for whatever reason) ...

Haha. I figured last week's quote was a potentially touchy one. ;)

And this is one of the five jillion reasons you win at life, Nate. That aside: I like the interview. A lot. Good stuff. :)

Yeah, I've been more or less harbouring the same sentiment for a long time. Plus: an English major means nothing now, if it ever did before. Or it doesn't really ...