Monday, September 26, 2011

Also, that is my main blog. So, if you want to find out more information about me, Yorktown, Jamestowne, history, and historical fiction, this is where you want to go.

Thank you! Have a good evening.

~ Stacy Duplease

Author of Historical Fiction (of Virginia and the U.S.) & Journalkeeper

of Remembering Your Present, LLC

Blogs:

http://ushistoryfiction.blogspot.com (my main blog)

http://writingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://journalingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://thereadingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://millifechronicle.blogspot.com/

Latest Book: "Yorktown's Dawning" (Book 1 of 7)

Latest Historical Fiction Series: "The Chronicles of the Siege of Yorktown"

Next Book Planned: Jamestowne (Book 1 of 3)

Check me out on Facebook under my name. Also, check me out on twitter @hisfiction

Email: hisfiction@gmail.com

NaNoWriMo Advice: A Fantastic Resource

So, as a fiction writer, if you want to consider trying NaNoWriMo for the first time, or as a continuing participant, you will want to check out this incredible resource.It's a book called,

"The NEW NaNo for the New and the Insane"

Check it out. It was written by:

Lazette Gifford
http:/lazette.net
Tenth Year NaNo Participant
NaNo Blog: http://zette.blogspot.com/

And you can get the book at (and find out more information about it at):

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/4044931

The book is FREE!

I will also include information about how to prepare, do, and live through NaNoWriMo on this blog.

~ Stacy Duplease

Author of Historical Fiction (of Virginia and the U.S.) & Journalkeeper

of Remembering Your Present, LLC

Latest Book: "Yorktown's Dawning" (Book 1 of 7)

Latest Historical Fiction Series: "The Chronicles of the Siege of Yorktown"

NaNoWriMo Confessions

So, I have a confession to make regarding NaNoWriMo.

I love it and am quite passionate about it. I started to do it in 2009, after I found out about it too late in 2008, and have found an interesting trend in my life. I will, unless I am unconscious or in the hospital, do NaNoWriMo every year. Period. As a matter of fact, in 2012, I want to do JulNoWriMo as well (July). It's a non-negotiable to me. It's important to my writing life and for me personally.

Here comes the trend and confession...

However, every single year, it hits the end of September and I look at the calendar and see that it's almost October...meaning November and NaNoWriMo is just around the corner. Yikes! The pressure is then on and I have to work quickly to make up for loss time (at least in my mind to prepare myself mentally if nothing else. Although, a book idea at the very least is helpful.) It never hits me until the end of September for some reason. So, I now have a reminder set in my planner to remind myself monthly--starting 01 August about NaNoWriMo.

I can't help but chuckle and realize how wrapped up in life I can become to be so dense as to not to prepare for NaNoWriMo a little earlier in the year than at the end of September.

This confession gets worse. I am in the middle of writing my "Yorktown's Dawning" book, and am at 62,000 words of 135,000. So, I need to finish this novel first so I can start the novel for NaNoWriMo on 01 November 2011. Oh, boy! No pressure. So, it looks like October will be a preview for NaNoWriMo in November. Check out my blog at: http://ushistoryfiction.blogspot.com for how that goes (Along with what I mention on this blog).

Do I have any idea about what I am going to do for the real November NaNoWriMo? Yes. I know it's going to be on Jamestowne. Other than that, I don't have a clue. Maybe I should start thinking about that in between my personal OctNaNoWriMo.

So, am I out of my mind? Probably. But, hey. It's worth it! (Pray for my husband.)

~ Stacy Duplease

Author of Historical Fiction (of Virginia and the U.S.) & Journalkeeper

of Remembering Your Present, LLC

Latest Book: "Yorktown's Dawning"

Latest Historical Fiction Series: "The Chronicles of the Siege of Yorktown"

Email: hisfiction@gmail.com

NaNoWriMo #2: Where to find my book and information

Here is the link to find my NaNoWriMo information and page:

http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/846419

~ Stacy Duplease

Author of Historical Fiction (of Virginia and the U.S.) & Journalkeeper

of Remembering Your Present, LLC

NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month #1: A Blog Post Series:

November is NaNoWriMo every year and has been for 13 years as of this November.

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month.

Check out their website at: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ for more information.

I took place in NaNoWriMo in 2009 and 2010 and was a winner both years. All that means was I actually wrote the required word count of 50,000 words in 30 days. Saying I am a winner sounds pretty impressive, but anyone can do it and can be a winner. (Trust me. If I can, anyone can!)

This is my first blog post regarding NaNoWriMo for 2011.

WANT TO JOIN ME?:

Writers, would you care to join me? I would love to link arms with you and run this race. Individually, we will compete with ourselves. But, it's far better to have someone by your side. If you're interested in going through NaNo together, let me know. Either attach a comment at the end of any of my posts on this blog or send me an email. We can encourage one another. Also, if you've never done this before, I can give you some tips.

It doesn't matter if it's online, through email, through comments posted on this blog, or phone call. Everyone is invited to join me in this crazy and fun endeavor.

HAMPTON ROADS AREA

If you live in Virginia in the Hampton Roads area, holler. We can meet-up somewhere for this venture as well.

~ Stacy Duplease

Author of Historical Fiction (of Virginia and the U.S.) & Journalkeeper

of Remembering Your Present, LLC

Blogs:

http://ushistoryfiction.blogspot.com (my main blog)

http://writingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://journalingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://thereadingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://millifechronicle.blogspot.com/

Latest Book: "Yorktown's Dawning"

Latest Historical Fiction Series: "The Chronicles of the Siege of Yorktown"

Check me out on Facebook under my name. Also, check me out on twitter @hisfiction

Email: hisfiction@gmail.com

This blog is for writers of fiction in particular

This blog is for writers of fiction in particular.

I will talk about writing, the process of writing, goals, hints/tips, how-to, how not, writing books and other writing resources, other writers, and anything else you can think of regarding the art and craft of writing.

I look forward to hearing from you. This blog is meant to be an encouragement for you and a place to go to get inspired about writing.

~ Stacy Duplease

Author of Historical Fiction (of Virginia and the U.S.) & Journalkeeper

of Remembering Your Present, LLC

Blogs:

http://ushistoryfiction.blogspot.com (my main blog)

http://writingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://journalingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://thereadingchronicle.blogspot.com/

http://millifechronicle.blogspot.com/

Latest Book: "Yorktown's Dawning"

Latest Historical Fiction Series: "The Chronicles of the Siege of Yorktown"