If it's November it Must be NaNoWriMo

A Novel in 30 Days. Don't Make Me Laugh

A first for this frustrated freelancer. I committed myself to write a rough draft of a fiction novel in November. That's right. A whole novel in 30 days.


I started writing pieces of fiction as a child and continued until I started working as a freelance writer full time. The, fiction fell to the wayside as I struggled to pay my bills with non fiction articles for print and online. 


For several years I wanted to participate in National Novel Writing Month, the always found excuses. The bills had to be paid, how can a person write a novel in 30 days, I didn't know what I would write about.

Getting everything ready for NaNoWriMo

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Facebook Privacy Dependent on Facebook Friends

Freelance writers who use Facebook and other social media to promote themselves and their work usually have a lot of friends whom they've never met except online. We indiscriminately seek out and accept new friends who may read our work, confident that because we've educated ourselves on internet privacy, any information we've allowed on our Facebook pages is safe. We often post pictures of our cars, home exteriors and children to share with friends and to promote our work, never thinking about how much information we're sharing that someone can put together if they want to find us or  even get back at us because of our opinions.

According to a recent article I read, we may have a problem. Read More

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