Vanessa (V.P.) Eboneigh

Okay so far I have 25,000 words written. My story feels nowhere even close to completion but that's okay, if it's not done then I will have more time to write the rest of the story and then it may hit the 55,000 word mark. I feel pretty confident in hitting the target wordcount. Now back to finish this story.

A pep talk from bestselling author Christopher Paolini who become a publishing sensation during his early twenties who wrote the book Eragon. Dear NaNoWriMo Participants, No doubt you are currently hard at work on your novel for this year's contest. As someone who once wrote 200,000 words in three and a half months, I know exactly what you're going through. So. Here's my advice based on over 10 years of working to deadlines. First, writing your book is going to be difficult. Know this. Accept this. Embrace this. It may be fun as well, but make no mistake, what you're attempting is a major undertaking. Second, pace yourself. Because it's going to be difficult, you don't want to burn out. Save the late nights and early mornings for the last week, week-and-a-half of your effort. You may be writing at a quick jog, but don't break out into an all-out, fear-driven, there's-a-bear-behind-me pace until it's absolutely necessary. Conserve your creative streng...

Certain Subjects Just Need Time I don’t think that writer’s block exists really. I think that when you’re trying to do something prematurely, it just won’t come. Certain subjects just need time. . . . You’ve got to wait before you write about them. -JOYCE CAROL OATES It's hard to deal with writers block. A lot of advice from my favorite authors is to just sit you butt in that chair and write. This quote is saying something. Writer's block might not really exist, the story will come, it depends on the certain subject you are writing it can be difficult for you to write it. What helps me when I am having a hard time figuring out what I want to put into the story next I end up writing a whole new story with characters and then the creative juices begin to flow I soon get inspiration to continue where I left off in my other novel.

Today marks the day of an important day for writers; to finally sit down and write that book they have been wanting to write for the longest time. The goal of NaNoWriMo is simple, write 55,000 words in a month. I know that sounds impossible but it's a start of something in your work. National Novel Writing Month  is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30. Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved. Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. This approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly. Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. A...

I found this article on Writer's Digest and I thought it would be good to share for those preparing for NaNoWriMo Source: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/how-to-write-your-first-novel-6-pieces-of-advice 1. The world has two sorts of writers: people who talk about writing a novel and people who actually do it.  I spent several decades among the former and I have to tell you, it feels great finally to join the ranks of the latter. To paraphrase Nike, stop talking about it and just do it! 2. Write a mission statement … and contract.  When I started  Island Apart , my mission was to use the skills I had acquired writing food stories and cookbooks over the years; the publishing and media contacts I had accumulated; and the promotional savvy I learned from dozens of book tours (and being married to a publicist—more on that in a future blog) to start, write, and finish a publishable novel within a year. Note the words “start,” “finish,” “publis...

So, because half of the people I know kept telling me to read The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, I decided to give it a try, but what I discovered, and I have known this for a while but this series really proved it to me was that everyone has different reading tastes and not everyone will think the same about a book series. When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an...

In 2010 Russia was the team to beat. Now Team USA is the one to beat in gymnastics. Team USA swiped the gold medal leaving Russia with the silver. Congrats Team USA