NaNoWriMo Contest Ends Today!

Today, November 30 is NaNoWriMo Day as I'd like to call it. Yeah, today is the last day of the November Novel Writing Contest. Read about it here and here. With less than two hours away from this year's NaNoWriMo contest some participants have finished the race before the writing competition closes at 11:59:59 PM local time.

I started out on the race, but couldn't beat the pace. Luckily, there's another NaNoWriMo contest next year, so I'd be prepared for it. For those who have almost given up on this race because they can't make up the 50, 000 word novel, an announcement on the NaNoWriMo site by Chris Baty might be a relief. So if you have written up to 45, 000 words, 'gravity' as he calls it will help with the rest 5,000 words.

So, what are you waiting for? Validate your novel now!

Tick...Tick...Tick...

Are NaNoWriMo writers on pace?

I have called this month, "Novel November" in my earlier post about the National Novel Writing Month - an annual event that invites aspiring writers to create a 50,000-word novel, about 175 pages during the month of November.

Actually, I was dared by this challenge and started out from the first of November, but couldn't keep up with my writing. What a shame! Yeah, I'd be better prepared next year:-) But, with 18 days into this year's contest, some writers are almost there though others are yet to go halfway.

I've been opportune to read a few excerpts from some writer's novel. One participant says, "Somewhere in the book, I am going to have to probably kill off one of the characters. That sucks, because I like my characters, and seeing as how I based them around people I actually know, it's even harder". Yeah, that's really some challenge, huh? Being a writer isn't easy, but being a murderer in your book? You'd get the cops on your trail!

Well, as the race becomes radical and the pace becomes powerful, we'd wish all participants of the NaNoWriMo to keep their eyes on the tracks.

Become A Travel Writer at ITWAP

Are you a traveler? Does traveling the world writing travel stories and taking travel photos appeal to you? If yes, then you might just need the right skill to jump-start or accelerate a career in travel writing.

The Society of American Travel Writers will be holding its 13th annual Institute for Travel Writing & Photography from January 25-27, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. The one-weekend institute is for writers, travel writers and experienced travelers who want to learn travel writing for articles and guidebooks or who already are travel writers and want to improve their performance. This travel writing course teaches how to prepare article queries and book proposals, how to negotiate contracts, how to work with editors, how to organize your time, how to self-publish your own books, and how to publish your travel writing on the Internet.

The course is lead by top travel editors and writers who debunk the glamor of travel writing as an extended vacation and teach the course as a career that must be approached with real world skills, goals and expectations.

For more details, visit the Institute

PayPerPost hosts FREE Blog Conference in Las Vegas

PayPerPost™ will be hosting bloggers from all planets of the blogosphere in a one-of-a-kind blog conference tagged PostieCon'07 on November 10, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The one-day conference will include targeted sessions focusing on helping bloggers market themselves and better leverage the PayPerPost™ platform. Experienced bloggers will share their knowledge of how bloggers can build traffic on their sites as well as readership, and how to effectively monetize their voice. Top PayPerPost™ earners and advertisers will also share their successes in two unique sessions. CEO/Founder Ted Murphy will also lead a special session for PayPerPost™ advertisers. The day will end with a rockin' party where winners of the Blogger's Choice Awards will be recognized!

PostieCon '07 attendees will get networking opportunities, blogging and business tips and if you happen to be one of the first 100 people to register, you'll get into BlogWorld FREE!