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Novel Draft: The Shame
National Novel Writers Month 2014 Done.
January 2016 A story accepted for publication “A Glimpse Of Me” What a great start to the new year.Published January the sixth 2016 In A Long Story Short.
http://alongstoryshort.net/a-glimpse-of-me/
I am thrilled to have been awarded first place in the Bloggers Bash short story competition 2017. it is
And for the fun of joining in, reading and writing with a whole bunch of unpretentious humans. Winning this award, on two occasions has been great fun. Thank you ChelseaAnn Owens.com visit here to read or join in.
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Ellen, you have such a gift for writing. Iām so terrible at it so I really admire anyone who does it so well like you. I look forward to checking out your novels š
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Thank you Lucy come back for a read and a listen anytime š
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popping in for a visit. Are you doing Camp NaNo this July 2019? I signed up late but decided I need the focus and push. Miss you.
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No,i have not the energy or time this year for Nano, but wish you the best with it … break a nib as probably only I say. š I miss our chats also. Right now it is time to put shape into my novel it deserves to come first. I will be popping by to post and read other blogs often. I wish you the very best and will keep you up to date on Twitter or instagram. X
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Wonderful for you to have won an award!!! All your writing and hard work acknowledgedš
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Thank you Cindy, fingers crossed for the best one … a finished novel on the shelves of libraries and book shops. What we all aim for the elusive publishing contract.
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I am self-published. It will be so much easier if you get a contract and I hope you do!
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Well done you, my tech skills are awful and stop me from self publishing. But the chances of being accepted by a house are miniscule, so I hope to enter as a novice, my novel in to a competition next year.
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Once you are self-published, no distributor, no matter how good your book is, wants to touch your book. It’s best to try the other route first, them self-publish if it doesn’t work out. My kids helped me with the technical stuff. My book is actually very professional looking. Most people would never know it was self-published.
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I will be needing to read that. X
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The link is the large pic you saw of my book to the right of the postš
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Sometimes the timing is right. A great place to get first draft done but no where near a finished novel.
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I tried NaMoWriMo. Didn’t last too long. š
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Hello Ellen Craig from Writers Carnival here great site love the pictures
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Wow, hi Craig welcome, thank you for the visit šš
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Woah! NaNoWriMo conquer — that is quite an achievement. One day I too will claim that victory. One day. Until then though, I’ll start with their poetry challenge and ah.. maybe write more frequently. Your blog is looking pretty snazzy aesthetically speaking and writing wise, I’m enjoying the ride.
Also, it would be nice to see how the process of editing and rewriting ‘The Shame’ goes for you — keep us updated? š
Cheers.
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*conqueror
(Typos! Why do you do this man.)
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I will , but come monday I will work on it four hours a day. Shame will be my job… my parents hoped I would never write the last sentence. HE HE .
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Hi Ellen. Nice blog. Ian
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