NaNo Day 1

Are you ready to start? Got all your notecards and research ready? Leslie Dow wrote an awesome post on SavvyAuthors.com on why to do NaNo, even if you might not "win."

Here's a link:

http://savvyauthors.com/blog/index.php/why-i-do-nanowrimo-even-though-may-not-win-by-leslie-dow/

If you're participating, come say hello!

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/louisabacio

Good luck and happy writing!

Louisa Bacio

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Don’t NaNo Alone – Erotic Romance

You write what? Writing is a solitary job, but you don’t have to do it alone! Come join a NaNo support group for erotic romance via Savvy Authors. I’ll be posting daily writing inspirations. You can take ‘em when you need them.

Plus, what’s right smack at the end of the month? For many, Thanksgiving, which means Thanks-distractions! Have a group to commiserate with!

Writing the Erotic Romance NaNo Bootcamp

Don’t face NaNovember alone! Do it with support! Let’s talk and write about sex this November. Whether you’re writing a short story, novella or a full-length novel, an erotic thriller, paranormal or historical romance, the basics of the Erotic Romance remain the same: it’s all about plot and keeping it hot.

Drafting a novel tends to be a solitary experience. The month of November brings out a variety of support groups. This year, join one geared toward your genre, erotic romance. During NaNoWriMo, this bootcamp is designed to offer supplemental lectures, prompts, and to keep you writing.

Adult Content: Note that with the subject matter of this bootcamp, the language may become explicit. Come with an open mind, and be prepared to write.

http://savvyauthors.com/Community/index.php?resources/writing-the-erotic-romance-nano-bootcamp-with-louisa-bacio.336/

The class starts on Monday, Oct. 31. Make sure to officially sign up for NaNo, too. http://nanowrimo.org You can find me at http://nanowrimo.org/participants/louisabacio

Louisa Bacio

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No NaNo 4 Me

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As October hits, it’s the hot question: “Are you going to NaNoWriMo?”

I’m even getting emails from “Your Novel” with the subject heading, “Please write me this November.”

Every year, I dutifully sign up, donate funds, go to write-ins and I get a lot done. But I never win.  Most often, I tend to write short. A full-length novel comes in at 50K. I’ve turned in 52K and had a copy editor suggest cuts in order to get it down to the required length. While writing, I usually “finish” at 45K and then edit, smoothing out transitions, flushing out descriptions and adding in those last 5K.

Some years, I’ve signed up knowing I was shooting for a 30K novella. Although I finished it, I still didn’t “win.” Well, officially. I completed the novella and got it published so that definitely counts for something, right?

I’ve met some local writers through the process, and had a blast hanging out with Kara Lennox, Rob Preece and Tari Lynn Jewett at IHOP and a local grocery store with our laptops. There’s nothing like 10 writers, clustered together working, without talking, garnering attention. People stared.

Why not this year? *shrugs shoulders* I fully support writers signing up, and working hard to complete their novel. I’m taking a realistic approach, and know I have three projects I’d like to finish in the next month:

1) The Vampire, The Witch & The Werewolf: A Wolfe in the City – The manuscript is about 47K right now, and it needs to be completed.

2) Second For Men for Ellora’s Cave: The Quickie is more than halfway done, and could be finished up within a week.

3) R&R for Decadent Publishing: Need to polish a few areas, and get it back in. It’s been on the burner for when the other two items were finished.

Plus, I have another 1Night Stand rattling around in my brain. With the recent release of A Dance with Death, this character is clamoring for a HEA.

So officially … no NaNo for me. I’ll be cheering on my friends, and you can send me some good thoughts for wrapping up my projects!

Louisa Bacio

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NaNoWriMo Fuel – Caffeine Jelly Beans

I’m sharing – only for my NaNo writing friends (well, or maybe those on deadline, too). A quickie, weekend contest to help fuel someone’s writing.

I’ve mentioned a writing snack – Jelly Belly Sport Beans – they are caffeinated for “Quick Energy, Sports Performance.” Pfft. Works well with my butt in the chair, too, lol.

Anyhoo, if you don’t want to be running to the loo with all that coffee in the last few days of NaNo, I’m giving away a few packs.

Leave a message, telling us how your writing is going, and an email address and I’ll enter you in. Me? Ahem – the writing is going well. Not to NaNo standards, but definitely writing.

Now, I know … as a writer I should try to entice readers, rather than writers. I also know that it’s a sad, lonely world out there for writer-type, and I love the camaraderie, so sometimes it’s for you!

Next Monday, The Wolfe Pack, the 4^th book in my erotic paranormal series The Vampire, The Witch & The Werewolf, releases, and I can go back to “readers” then! (As if as a writer, I’m not a reader.)

Prizes: 1^st prize – 2 packs of Sports Beans & a $5 gift card to Amazon (card to be sent after NaNo, no tricky stuff!), and a 2^nd prize of 1 pack of Sports Beans. Contest ends 9 p.m. PST Sunday, Nov. 17. I’ll randomly choose a winner from the responses, and contact the winners. Hopefully, they’ll respond right away because I have pre-paid mailers and I want to send on Monday before heading to the mountains! (U.S. only for shipping.)

Good luck!

Louisa Bacio

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