Category: Writing

You can read a review on Amazon and also a more detailed review here:   Read the Water’s Blood review. Water’s Blood (The Elemental Clans)#paranormal #kindle #ebook #writer #author #elementals Hope everyone had a great Superbowl Sunday!

 GINNY LYNN!!!!

Congratulations on your FREE ebook or Print Copy!

Thanks again to everyone who stopped by and left a comment. I greatly appreciate it, and for those who bought the book, please take the time to review it afterward (on Amazon, Barnes/Noble, etc.) so you can share what you thought with others.

Reviews often help buyers who are on the fence of buying a book.

Thanks again!

 

Hello all, I’m honored this month to return and do guest blogs on the Petit Fours & Hot Tamales web site. I used to write for them on a regular basis, and I’ve missed the camaraderie that I found there. For weekends in January, I’ll be doing a series of blogs on New Orleans, Louisiana (my home town!) and various travel tips for the city. Today’s blog features the food and best places to go on any budget. Read my guest blog here. St. Louis Cathedral

 

A fellow writer on Twitter contacted me about a week ago, wanting to do a Q&A with me and my writing process. I was (of course) honored, and now the questions/answers have been compiled and published to his blog.

The link is here, and the Q&A covers such things as how to survive when your hard drive crashes, what works for your process, etc.

Check it out!

http://writefasttheinterviews.blogspot.com/2012/12/elaine-calloway.html

Happy November :)

For those who don’t hear character voices in your head or hoard Diet Coke at writer conferences, the abbreviation in the title, NaNoWriMo, stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is always the month of November, with many people grasping caffeine in their hands, ready to take the challenge.

The challenge? Write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. That equals to about 1800 words per day, or doing massive catch-up on the weekends. There are website trackers to upload your word count, ways to chart/graph it based on regional area. Oh yes, we writers get into it!

Sometimes it helps to know that others are struggling to get the words down on paper, too. Sometimes it helps to have a network, no matter what activity you are doing.

So for all those starting #NaNoWriMo today, may the muse light upon your shoulder and bring you happy and wonderful words :)

As for me, I do intend to participate, but I need to finish an editing project first. So perhaps I will be one of those types who cranks out the words on the weekend, rather than daily. We shall see :)

BEST OF LUCK!

Elaine