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Ideas – Hone, Disgard or Wait by About Freelance Writing on Nov 6, 2009A friend called and at the end of the call I asked her what I should blog about. She said something like “write about where ideas come from.” I’ve blogged about where writers get their ideas and started to say “no.” But...

Listen To The Work by Shadow and Fang on Nov 5, 2009This is my 1,000th post at Shadow and Fang.  I would like to say that I have some brilliant insight to share that everyone will want to retweet, but to be perfectly honest, I’m having one of my rare “I hate writing.  Why am I doing this...

Inductive vs. Deductive Plotting by Shadow and Fang on Nov 4, 2009Over at All The Worlds Our Page, Kristen is talking about how love scenes (or at the very least kissing scenes–depending on your genre) are a really great way to get to know your characters on the front end of a book.  And she’s right...

Help Me Title My Novella! by Shadow and Fang on Nov 3, 2009I conceived of this novella sometime during the summer when I was in the thick of writing HiS.  I made my notes, plotted it out, and let it sit.  I actually started working on it maybe a month ago, and I’m pleased with the progress I’ve...

Tyranny of the Shoulds by Shadow and Fang on Nov 2, 2009I’m really late posting today.  I’ve been running around taking my car to the dealership, finding out I have a bent rim (thank you crappy Mississippi roads), having the nice and totally awesome guys at Nissan beat the thing back into sha...

Tom Waits' November by Behind the Bit on Nov 2, 2009Excerpts from NovemberNo shadowNo starsNo moonNo careNovemberIt only believesIn a pile of dead leavesAnd a moonThat's the color of boneNovember has tied me to an old dead treeGet word to April to rescue meTom Waits I wonder how many people love John...

Final October Novel Push Initiative Report by Shadow and Fang on Nov 1, 2009Well October’s Novel Push Initiative has officially CLOSED.  The numbers were truly impressive with a total collective word count of 177,266!   That’s two full length novels in 30 days!  I think we all did a good job establishing bette...