NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 12: Where to Find More Info

Publishing Methods

How should you publish your book? Self-Publishing? Vanity Press? Traditional? POD-People? The Big Five? What's the difference? On this lens I explore the different options you have as a writer to get your book published.

EK's Lensography For Writers

This is a list of all of my lenses for writers. Oh, and for those wondering: What's with all the waterfalls? I do a lot of my writing outside in my garden or in the forest behind my yard, and there is a brook going through my yard. Now whenever I s...

Create Your Own Writer's Retreat

My life. My garden. How I write, where I write, and look at living with birds, trees, and cats, instead of with Humans. This is where I live. This is where I write. Welcome, to one writer's writing retreat. Some writers need the bustle of the busy c...

Accepting Your Writing Style

I think one of the hardest things for a new writer to do, is to just be themselves. To inspire them, I have reprinted here an article I wrote a few years back. May it inspire you to be yourself and do your own thing. Dare to be different. Dare to b...

What Genre is My Mermaid Story?

Inspired by the most asked question on NaNoWriMo, I now look at the least asked question. If the #1 question out there, is: "What genre is my vampire story?", I think the least asked question is: "What genre...

Writing Tip of the Day

I started blogging in 2004, and since that time one of the features added to my blog was a "Writing Tip of the Day". I never did get around to posting tips daily, but over the years several of them did show up, and a few of them are being compiled to...

Narration for Writers

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between one type of narration and another? Look no farther, I shall explain them all here.

Creating Character Profiles

A character is a person about whom you write. Every work of fiction (book, screenplay, SCA persona, RPG, LARP, MMORPG, video game, etc.) has characters in it. Question is, do you as a writer, really know as much as you should about your characters? T...

What Genre is My Vampire Story?

You know, I think the #1 question out there, is: What genre is my vampire story? You know what makes me think that? Well, here on the NaNoWriMo forums right now, there are 2 threads asking this question, on the first page of the "Character and...

What do you look for in a book?

Did you ever wonder why readers choose one book or author over another? Looking for more readers to read your own books? Think you might need to improve your writing skills some? Try this writing exercise to improve your own writing skills...

This article was originally published in October 2006, under the title The 13 Step Method To NaNoWriMo. The second edition was created on: April 22, 2007 and last updated: September 22, 2009, is copyright to Wendy C. Allen and The Twighlight Manor Press, and is reprinted here with permission.

To read the complete article: NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods (The Complete Article - All 26 Pages - Including the 13 Step Method)

NOTE: If you would rather read each section individually, you can follow the links below:

NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 1: Getting Started
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 2: Write Every Day
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 3: Don't Quit!
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 4: Write it YOUR Way!
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 5: The Dangers of Word Padding
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 6: The 13 Step Method
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 7: Love Your StoryNaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 8: December and Beyond
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 9: 50k in 3 Days!
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 10: But I've Never Written Anything Before
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 11: Remember - You Are Writing a Novel!
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 Using EelKat's Methods: Part 12: Where to Find More Info