NANOWRIMO!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I'm excited. Just a little. As many of you know, my goal for this year's National Novel Writing Month is to write 80K instead of 50K. Am I setting myself up for failure? Who knows. And who knows how many of those 80K will actually be usable.
Part of me is thinking - don't waste *any* time! Get started! Why are you even blogging? Tweeting? Facebooking? Playing with your child?
Well, I still need to do all that stuff. And I'll miss DS if I ignore him for a whole month. So writing this novel in a month will have to happen like I write everything else - during bits of stolen time, and late at night.
You know who knows a little something about writing a lot? Kate Hill. Her Ellora's Cave author page has like 40 books on it or something. Holy Moly. Fortunately for us, she stopped by The Writer's Challenge to chat.
Shoshanna: Hi Kate! How often and how much to do you write? Do you make a daily goal (pages, word count?)
Kate Hill: I write every day. How much depends on what my goals for the month are. Sometimes I have one story to finish, other times it's two. At other times I work on short stories and a novel at the same time, so the amount I write each day depends on my workload.
Shoshanna: What's the best way to cure writer's block?
Kate Hill: For me the best way to cure writer's block is to step away from the story I'm working on and write something different. If I write something just for pleasure, it relaxes me and I'm usually able to get back to the story I need to finish. Not that I don't enjoy working on all my stories, whether for fun or to sell, but writing a story for fun can be very liberating.
Shoshanna: Do you have an agent? Do you want one?
Kate Hill: I don't have an agent. A few times I tried to find one but none were interested. I can't say I tried diligently to get one because at this point I don't feel an agent is necessary for the markets I'm focused on.
Shoshanna: Do you have problems with e-book pirates? What should be done about that?
Kate Hill: I have a problem with theft in general, whether it's stealing ebooks, music or anything else. To me stealing online is no different than walking into a physical store and taking the merchandise.
I agree! Thanks for stopping by The Writer's Challenge, Kate!
To check out Kate Hill's latest Ellora's Cave release, Much More than Blood - click here.
To read an (adults only!) excerpt of Much More than Blood, click here.
There's no two ways to look at it. If you take something without paying for it, you've stolen it. Hopefully we figure out something soon to stop e-book pirating so that authors don't lose too much of their royalties.
ReplyDeleteI hope we can stop the pirates soon. I'm tired of losing money!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, Shoshanna.
I love to hear from people who have made it without agents. And I wish too that they could come up with something better to ensure there is no more piracy. And btw, I'm doing NANOWRIMO too!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your 80,000 words
ReplyDeleteKate, nice interview and a quite agree with you about book pirates. I rather think of them as crooks, not pirates
I just wanted to stop by and say hello and thank you, heatherthurmeier, Amber, Heather, and JL for commenting and thank you Shoshanna for having me here!
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