A surefire sign November has come around: a not so subtle wave of NaNoWriMo spam across the board: NaNoWriMo on social media, NaNoWriMo in videos, and NaNoWriMo right here on the blog. We'd apologize, except NaNoWriMo has a long-established tradition of eating our souls. Blogging about it, as it turns out, see…

In the words of one wiser and cooler than myself - "It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die." (Yes, it's Maggie Stiefvater. No one is surprised.) Apart from a deadly race atop demonic horses in The Scorpio Races , November 1st also marks another deadly race against time by wa…

One of the (many) reasons writing books is tricky business: a reader is shaped by the books (s)he reads, but a writer cannot allow to be overwhelmed by the books (s)he reads. And reading and writing are inextricably linked. A good writer is always an established reader. And sometimes, an established reader is a g…

With April's Camp NaNoWriMo drawing to a close, we have decided to honor the occasion by compiling a list of our favorite books which double as master classes on the art of writing, as one great has put it (and who is featured in the list below, fear not). Penned by authors, agents, publishers and screenwriters a…

Oh, hi Monday! It's us again and this time we're sharing our favourite quotes from those wise authors who inspire us. As you're all aware, November is the month for us author-wannabes as it's NaNoWriMo. These quotes have certainly helped us with our writing and encouraged and influenced us during thos…

November has officially arrived, and brought many of us in the literary community a beloved tradition - the National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo for short. Whether you've chosen to participate in the madness that is the race to complete a novel in a month, or whether you're chuckling at it from the sidelin…

With October just a couple of days away, we have entered the official part of the NaNoWriMo prep season. The time has come for planners  to kick their organizational skills into gear, and for pantsers  to consider heading down to the store and purchasing the coffee and sweets they'll likely need to survive the …