The Nighttime Novelist...accomplishes more in about 240 pages than a dozen other "how to write" or "craft your novel" books have ever done.

--Helen Gallagher/Blogcritics
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Nighttime Novelist Interview with Suite 101's Suzanne Pitner

The recent interview I did for Suite 101 with the wonderful Suzanne Pitner--who'd earlier given The Nighttime Novelist a very nice review and was gracious enough to include it in her roundup of "Best Creative Gifts for Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction"--is now online. I went a little long on my responses (thanks to her marvelous questions), so the full interview is in two parts:

Friday, December 3, 2010

Novel Journey Blog: On Preparation, Inspiration, & Time Management

Novel Journey has published a short piece of mine--"Off the Clock: On Preparation, Inspiration, & Time Management"-- as a guest blog today. To read it, as well as the site's many other great writing resources, click here.

My thanks to Novel Journey!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Suite 101's Review of The Nighttime Novelist

Author Suzanne Pitner has written a wonderful, quite generous review of The Nighttime Novelist for the respected writers' resource Suite 101.

"Practical Tips for the Nighttime Novelist" Excerpted on Writer Unboxed

I'm very happy to see that a portion of the "Practical Tips" section of The Nighttime Novelist--one of my favorite sections to write--has been excerpted on the wonderful site Writer Unboxed

Click on the links above to check it out...and, as always, make sure you stick around (and click around) the site to check out tons of other great content.

My thanks to Writer Unboxed!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Nighttime Novelist Excerpted on AuthorCulture

I'm very happy to see that AuthorCulture--a great-looking site with lots of terrific articles and info--has excerpted the "Checking for Plot Holes" section from The Nighttime Novelist today.

Check out the excerpt here...and make sure to spend some time browsing the site's other great resources.

Many thanks to AuthorCulture!

Friday, November 12, 2010

The Nighttime Novelist Excerpted on Tumblemoose

My great thanks to George Angus for excerpting the "Checking for Plot Holes" mini-chapter from The Nighttime Novelist on his wonderful site Tumblemoose.

Check out the excerpt here, and make sure to spend some time browsing the other great resources at the site.

My appreciation to George and Tumblemoose!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

(More) Nighttime Novelist Excerpts Online

I'd like to thank a couple of great sites for publishing excerpts of The Nighttime Novelist for your perusal pleasure: Savvy Verse & Wit for excerpting "Components of a Good Opening Scene" and Write It Sideways for excerpting the section on "Checking for Plot Holes."

Take a moment to check these out...and then stick around the sites and browse their wonderful articles and resources.

Much appreciated!