Tag: NaNoWriMo
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Major Publishing Merger, NaNoWriMo, and more!
Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties (The Guardian) Foster was approached by George Lucas to write a novelisation of Star Wars: A New Hope, which was published at the end of 1976, shortly before the film was released. Foster alleges that when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, it bought the rights […]
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Native and Indigenous SciFi, Crime Novels, and more!
Crime novelists dish on writing about cops in a moment of reckoning (Los Angeles Times) Hall and Queally were joined by other L.A.-based crime fiction writers Attica Locke and Ivy Pochoda for a wide-ranging conversation about character voice, avoiding tropes, what they’re reading, the writing process — before and during a pandemic — and more. For Locke, the answer […]
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NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts!
We are two days into National Novel Writing Month! If you’re feeling a bit of writer’s block but desperate to produce something for #NaNoWriMo, try one of these writing prompts. I stared at the tiny diamond ring. “I know it’s a kooky idea, but I’ve read of other people who’ve done it. So why not […]
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Sci-Fi in Iraq, NaNoWriMo, Making a Living From Books, and more…
Why serious literary fiction like Ishiguro’s is vital in times like these (The Guardian) Eminent publishers predict a long-term decline for the entire industry, as younger people turn to other forms of entertainment. From a personal perspective, such worries feel well-founded: I organise the books events for the Brighton festival, and it’s been interesting to observe […]
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