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Construction Antics!

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All through January, Writers Ink will be in re-building mode: re-working the Writers Ink Books website, polishing up this one and the other allied pen name sites, and constructing a completely new site. Please bear with us during our mess!

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas from a 1909 German card! Gifts abound all around / and the Best cannot be seen only felt!

Success x 3

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Here's a lovely reward pix. I'm late posting -- as I was late all through November. Lots of disruptions and distractions in November, but I managed to work through a non-fiction project that I'll publish early in 2020. It's actually a combo project :: three things coming together as one. Nonfiction because I had no brain for creative work even though I have fiction hanging over me. Still, some things get done, other things percolate a while longer ~ as long as I'm not making bailiff coffee. Do you know what "bailiff coffee" is?  It's the coffee that bailiffs make for jurors, thick enough to keep a spoon upright, strong enough to keep everyone thinking, caffeinated enough to keep everyone determined to do the job so we could get out of there (which means reaching the consensus that a verdict is). I've served on two juries, one of which didn't want to reach a verdict, and I was grateful for bailiff coffee. Still am. I don...

Writers Write Words

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If you want to improve your writing,  start at the basic level: words and sentences. M.A. Lee offers the essential guidebook for enhancing your words and sentences. Discovering Sentence Craft  covers figurative and structural elements, from metaphors and symbols to zeugma and polysyndetons. The guidebook is A to Z, auxesis to zeugma. What more could you want? Find it here .

What's After Halloween?

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What's after Halloween?  The great HORROR. National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo. That sounds like a monster, doesn't it? > Succeed with the Number 1 indicator of writing success: Daily Word Count Tracking. Use the *Think/Pro* planner. > Getting stumped? Consult *Discovering Your Novel*, everything you need to know, from idea generation and story foundations to publication and promotions. > Stumbling over the basics? Use the 7 lessons every professional writer knows, in *Think like a Pro*. Discover more on M.A. Lee's author page. https://www.amazon.com/M.A.-Lee/e/B019PD3Z7W/

Prep for NaNoWriMo

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The best indicator of writing success?  Writing every day. Track your building word counts with Think/Pro ~ A Planner for Writers. Project planning. Word Counts. Project Meters. Tips and Guidance. Weekly agenda. Monthly review and previews. Seasonal checks and re-starts. Yearly success measures. F ind it her e.

October is PREPtober

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A lot of handy charts and infographic sets on this page. http://writersinkservi.com/ wis-write /