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My novel, The Wayfinder, is now available in two different digital versions. You can still find used copies of the book on Amazon, Abebooks and other online stores. In addition, you can download the novel from Amazon’s Kindle store and from Mobipocket’s Ebook store. Amazon’s version requires the Kindle, Amazon’s exclusive ebook reader. Mobipocket can [...]
2009: How did Fiction Notes do this year? Please answer at least one of these questions in the comment section or email me at darcy at darcypattison dot com. Even a short yes or no would be helpful in making this a better blog. Did you find information and encouragement on Fiction Notes that helped [...]
I’ve taken a look at my statistics and here’s the top posts on Fiction Notes for 2009, in order of popularity. Five of these are the first page of a series of posts on a certain topic. The other five are individual posts. Novel Writing. 30 Days to a Stronger Novel. 30 one-minute creative writing [...]
Each year Writer’s Digest names the “101 Best Websites” for writers. You’ll see this notice everywhere for the next few days, because the deadline for nominations is January 1, 2010. While I hope you’ll nominate Fiction Notes, you might also want to stop by Alltop list of writing related blogs and take a fresh look [...]
Find a Working Method that Works for You My current WIP novel is at a curious stage. I’ve finished two drafts and now have feedback from two readers. I collated all the critiques onto one printout and have made even more notes on these pages. So, the creative writing problem has been how to proceed [...]
Picking up the threads of a story is difficult after a holiday. Here’s four suggestions for making it easier: Read. Read through a couple
Around the Town Conversations I’ve been listening to around the web.
NYT List, Sales, and Champagne Wow! A couple of you have had great success this year. Read these:
What Problems Have you Had this Year? What kinds of problems have you had this year with your writing or your writing career? What are the most annoying problems? What are the most persistent problems? Getting a critique, negotiating a contract, online marketing, characterization, plotting, keeping alive the hope, finding a new market? What’s your [...]
What Kind of Successes have YOU had This Year? What kind of successes have you had this year? What is your biggest accomplishment for the year? Why this one? What kind of year was 2009 for you?
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