Thursday, November 3, 2011

Memory Lists

Make a list of the first 10 memories in your life that first come to mind.

Stacy Duplease
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Memory Lists

Make a list of the first 10 memories in your life that first come to mind.

Stacy Duplease
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Close of NaNoWriMo Day #2



So, how are you feeling today regarding NaNoWriMo?

How is your writing going so far?

What surprises have you had? 

What has gone better than you anticipated and why? What has gone worse and why? 

How is your book coming?

What lessons have you learned? 

What is your plan for tomorrow?

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love...
Find my books at/store: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Can you imagine? (Jamestown Passage)
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: 5868 word count for NaNoWriMo and Jamestown Passage
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5868 word count for NaNoWriMo and Jamestown Passage

I have 5868 words so far for today and my goal is at least 6,000.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 


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NaNoWriMo Day 2: Writing Tips/Hints and a New Perspective of a Journey

Well, it is Day 2 of NaNoWriMo and I am loving every bit of it! I hope you are as well.

There is something quite fulfilling to watch words add up on the blank white page--knowing that the combination of words have never been written before, except by me--in that moment. It is quite a spiritual journey and increases my faith. 

How about you? Is NaNoWriMo a stress component for you--or is it a journey?

Isn't it amazing how a different perspective changes everything? The way we look at things can have a negative or positive impact on us and on our lives. 

So, enjoy the journey and make sure to journal about it at the close of your day each night. It will be well worth it. I promise.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: A Complicated Christmas
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: A Complicated Christmas
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A Complicated Christmas

Well, I did it.

The book I finished writing the 1st rough draft of this morning is now on Smashwords and available for free at:


This is the book: "A Complicated Christmas" and is of the Oak Haven Series, Volume 1.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Word of Caution: Jamestown Passage and Smashwords
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: Word of Caution: Jamestown Passage and Smashwords

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Word of Caution: Jamestown Passage and Smashwords

If you have downloaded my book, "Jamestown Passage" for free on Smashwords at:

Please note that it is a work in progress. It is in the most rough form a book could possibly be. However, I wanted to publish it and share it with you. This is my book for NaNoWriMo this year (National Novel Writing Month of November). I will be updating the download at least once a day Monday through Friday. 

Thank you for reading it as I go along this month.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Grateful
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: Grateful

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Grateful

It was just four hours ago I downloaded my first found of my NaNoWriMo book to Smashwords and I have already had 28 people download the very, very, very 1st rough draft. It's more of an outline really. 

How amazing.

Talk about humbling.

Thank you if you were one of them. You have no idea what it means to me. 

Now I am working on preparing "A Complicated Christmas" to do the same and get it on Smashwords for free. Hopefully tomorrow or the next day at the latest. I've been able to get more done than I thought I would. (Whew!) 

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 

My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Jamestown Passage: My NaNoWriMo Book
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: Jamestown Passage: My NaNoWriMo Book
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Jamestown Passage: My NaNoWriMo Book

As I am writing "Jamestown Passage"

The Jamestown Mail-Order Bride Series, Vol. 1

You can view it for free at: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/101058

Enjoy! 

I will update it at least once a day.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Rough Draft #1 of "A Complicated Christmas" Completed
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: Yay!
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Yay!

I just finished writing: "A Complicated Christmas" and am now ready to start my NaNoWriMo book, "Jamestown Passage" shortly. (Yay!!!) 

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 

My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Day 1 of NaNoWriMo
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: Day 1 of NaNoWriMo
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Day 1 of NaNoWriMo

Well, today is the 1st official day of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).

I need to write 2,000 more words of my Christmas historical fiction novel and then I will hit today's word count goal of 3,000 words on my NaNoWriMo novel: Jamestown Passage.

Yes, today, I will finish writing "A Complicated Christmas." It's the first in the Oak Haven Series about a Virginia town in 1813. 

I just got done with my Quiet Time and am ready for the madness to begin! Woo-hoo! 

So, how are you? Are you ready for the NaNo madness (craziness)? Are you ready to write or type until your fingers go numb? Naa-haa-hah! Yep. Madness. 

But, talk about a fulfilling madness. Today is the first day to learn more about you as a writer--even if you've been one for years. Make sure not to allow the word count goal to get in the way of seeing this as the journey it really is. Take time to remember this very sweet truth.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: NaNoWriMo Starts Tomorrow
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Monday, October 31, 2011

NaNoWriMo Starts Tomorrow


NaNoWriMo STARTS TOMORROW!

Woo-hoo!

We are going to do it! We are going to write 50,000 words in one month. We will.

Are you excited?

I do not know about you, but at this point, I just can't wait to get started.

~ Stacy Duplease
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Friday, October 28, 2011

NaNoWriMo Countdown

NaNoWriMo is 3 short days away!

It begins Tuesday, 01 November 2011.

Hang on tight! This ride is about to get interesting--far more interesting than it has been already.



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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

NaNoWriMo Book: A writing resource

Check out this book. It's to help with NaNoWriMo:

http://www.amazon.com/Write-Book-Essential-NaNoWriMo-ebook/dp/B005VHLCD6/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319566305&sr=1-2

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: If you are new to this blog or NaNoWriMo
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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If you are new to this blog or NaNoWriMo

If you are new to this blog and/or to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month of November), make sure to check out previous blog posts of this blog (particularly in September and November), along with NaNo's site:

http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/dashboard

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 

My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: NaNoWriMo Wisdom: Who you are as a writer
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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NaNoWriMo Wisdom: Who you are as a writer



NaNo is the time to discover not only how well you can write under pressure, but who you are as a person.

And if you can't write well under pressure, through NaNoWriMo, you experiment and figure out how to improve the skill. After all, writing novels to publish are full of deadlines which must be met. NaNo prepares you for them.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: NaNoWriMo Resources
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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NaNoWriMo Resources

Check out these links:

(When I have the time, I will put the original links here. For now, I just wanted to make sure you had these resources.)


https://www.google.com/reader/view/?hl=en&tab=my#search/nanowrimo/3 (look at past blog post of this blog. Excellent resource!***)

https://www.google.com/reader/view/?hl=en&tab=my#search/nanowrimo/4 (look at past blog post of this blog. Excellent resource!***)

https://www.google.com/reader/view/?hl=en&tab=my#search/nanowrimo/8 (interesting resource/photo/example in here)



Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 

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NaNoWriMo Countdown: Where is Stacy Duplease's novel and where can I track her progress?

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month of November) starts in 6 days!

This is where you can find my NaNoWriMo novel and the progress of "The Jamestown Passage":

http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/hisfiction/novels/jamestown-passage

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Where to find my upcoming books
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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WWWWW, an H, and a WI Questions (NaNoWriMo Hints and Novel Writing Hints)

Whether you have your book planned or not, it is good to ask questions about your novel. Ask who, what, where, when, why, how and what-if questions about everything you can think of and write them down on the page. I actually recommend doing this weekly so you can see how your book is coming, where it went, and where it is headed.

Some questions might appear to be the same. But, answer them again anyway, even if it is the same answer. It can stir something up in you and give you another idea or cement the one you already have.

Here are some sample questions:
~ Who is in the novel?
~ What is the novel about?
~ What is the theme of the novel?
~ What is the conflict in the novel?
~ What is the motivation of the hero?
~ What happened?
~ What do you smell in the novel? See? Taste? Feel/touch? Hear? 
~ Where does the novel take place? 
~ When does the novel take place?
~ Why is this story being told (novel being written)?
~ Why is there conflict in the novel?
~ Why does the hero do what they do?
~ Why did the novel start the way it did?
~ Why did the novel end the way it did? 
~ Why did it happen? 
~ How did the story happen?
~ How are the characters growing in the novel?
~ How did the novel begin?
~ How did the novel end? 
~ What-if something different happened in the story?
~ What-if there was more to this story?
~ What-if there was less to this story?
~ What if the story started in another scene?
~ What-if the story ended in a different way? 
~ Write any more questions you can think of here. (I recommend cutting and pasting these questions into a new document and then add some of your own.)

Those are very basic questions. But, here is a more in-depth twist. Ask each of those questions about:
~ Each of the three acts of your book
~ Each chapter
~ Each scene
~ The hero/heroine
~ Each character 
~ Each page
~ Each paragraph

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Where to find my upcoming books
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: NaNoWriMo: How can it be only 7 days away?
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Monday, October 24, 2011

NaNoWriMo: How can it be only 7 days away?



NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, begins on Tuesday, 01 November 2011. That's seven days from today, as you well know.

I cannot believe it is coming up so quickly. I do not know about you. 

That means I have 44,100 words to write of my, "A Complicated Christmas" novel between now and then. This makes me want to chew on my nails--and I never do any such thing. There are too many germs there (and I am hardly a germ a-phobe) and it is bad for one's teeth.

I will keep you updated about my progress at my historical fiction blog listed below. It's the top link. 

Now, I am nervous about NaNo. How about you? 

I love the challenge, though! 


Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Where to find my upcoming books
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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NaNoWriMo Countdown


NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, begins in s-seven days! (Chewing on finger nails.)
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

The Countdown, NaNoWriMo, and Writing Resources for NaNoWriMo

11 days, ladies and gentlemen. 11 days!

Here are a couple of writing resources for NaNoWriMo for you:


http://timetowrite.blogs.com/weblog/2011/10/my-best-tips-for-writing-quickly-and-well.html



Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Where to find my upcoming books
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

NaNoWriMo Writers: A Writing Resource: A Publishing Opportunity with Smashwords: A MUST READ

I will write a great deal more about this tomorrow...

Do you want to publish your NaNoWriMo book as you go--and after you are finished writing it? Check out the link below for Smashwords.


Yes. You can self-publish and then submit your book to publishers and have it published later under a publisher. 

This is recommended to self-publish, so you can start a platform and make your writing more salable and publishers will like how you are already marketing your book. So, you might want to do this with Smashwords.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
My historical fiction blog & latest book information: Where to find my upcoming books
My writing fiction & NaNoWriMo blog: Where to find my upcoming books
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Where to find my upcoming books

I have two books in the works right now:

~ "Christmas Chronicles"
~ "Jamestown Passage" (My NaNoWriMo Book)

In the upcoming weeks, I will publish them in e-book form at the following link. As they are being written, I will allow you to read them for free. Just remember the clause--that it's in the most rough form possible.

Then, once they are edited, I will offer them there to be purchased at a minimal fee. 

Smashwords is an amazing company which will allow you to choose from multiple formats for your e-book. This includes Amazon Kindle. Also, they will offer my books to be available at other places, Barnes & Noble as an example.

Stay tuned. 

Here is where to find the books and all future writing I do:

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hisfiction

Note: There is nothing listed at the moment. However, there will be. I will keep you updated.

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 
Journaling Chronicle: Weekend journaling
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Nora Roberts and her success: Writing Resource and Inspiration

It doesn't matter if you like Nora Roberts or romance novels, you have to admit Nora Roberts and her writing is amazing.

She has this book coming out on 01 November:

It isn't even on the market and the book has been in the top 100 bestselling books on Amazon Kindle. How is that for a feat? I find that impressive.

But, it gets better. 

It's been in the top 100 for 21 days now. 

But, wait. It still gets better, 

She has two other books in the top 100 bestselling list for Amazon Kindle. 

I think as writers, no matter the genre, could learn a great deal from her. It just takes some study and analyzing. If you want to ever sell books for a living, she has lessons we should heed. We can learn from her and what she does--along with how she writes. 

Check out her website at: http://www.noraroberts.com/

Stacy Duplease
Inspirational Historical Romance Author
A timeless kind of love... 

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