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Tag Archives: writing
News on the Universe of The Sunshine Line
The Sunshine Line was published in late August and has gotten stunning reviews on Amazon to my great pleasure. Last month I rolled The Sunshine Line out on Smashwords, thus giving my readers more choices and more control over their purchase. Many … Continue reading
Attack of the Plot Bunnies!
Plot bunnies are story ideas, to put it succinctly. I have a folder within my writing folder to pen up my plot bunnies. I’ll write a few words, a premise, a location, sometimes only a bit of dialogue that I … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Process, Uncategorized
Tagged ideas, kat folland, plot bunnies, writing
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Outlining
I’ve addressed outlining in a couple of previous posts ( The Larval Stage of an Outline and The Bare Bones Outline ) but both of those were specific to individual works and hardly comprehensive. I don’t know if I’m going … Continue reading
The Inner Editor
Your inner editor is that voice in your head that tells you when you’ve made a typo, or written an awkward sentence, etc. A strong inner editor is not a bad thing, most of the time. When you’ve written your … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, inner editor, kat folland, National Novel Writing Month, process, writing
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National Novel Writing Month (aka: NaNoWriMo)
Okay, I know it’s still September and NaNoWriMo doesn’t start until November, but I thought to myself, Why wait to tell people what it is? Before I get into the history and utility of NaNoWriMo, let me say this: It is … Continue reading
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Tagged kat folland, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, writing
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Plotting in My Sleep
Or at least near my sleep. When I’m in the planning phase, the outlining phase, of a new book I’ve found a pretty darn reliable way to work on ideas. I snuggle in to go to sleep and then start musing. … Continue reading
It’s almost time for The Sunshine Line!!
After some delays on the cover art, The Sunshine Line is almost ready to go! Some time in the next few days I will be posting (to Google+ and facebook) the excerpts previously published on this blog, counting down to publication! … Continue reading
Posted in The Sunshine Line, Uncategorized
Tagged kat folland, publishing, The Sunshine Line, writing
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The Larval Stage of an Outline
Every story has to start somewhere. Truthfully, this isn’t especially vague for me for an intial outline. Got to get the ideas I have down, and go from there. Still, this is pretty funny stuff. I hope you enjoy! Oh, and … Continue reading
Spoilers and Sequels and Prequels, Oh My!
If I ever get my cover, I’ll be able to publish The Sunshine Line… So far, I’ve written two sequels and a short story that takes place between the first and second books. And now I’m starting to put together … Continue reading
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Tagged daganu, kat folland, publishing, The Sunshine Line, writing
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Becalmed
I’m still feeling a little bit at sea (thus the title) about what, exactly, I should be working on right now. I think I overloaded myself working on so many different projects more or less simultaneously. I can’t let this … Continue reading