Hey NaperWriMo!
November is months away yet, but your MLs are already on job! We're putting together some amazing NaNo Prep workshops for you - look for the event listings soon!
Thanks to Mary Costello and the Nichols Library in Naperville for their continued sponsorship of NaperWriMo; they have set up our three most recent anthologies (from the Journey) in a display. writingjourney.org/books
Thanks so much to Ellie Roth and Danielle Egan-Miller for their workshop February 9th with the Writing Journey. It was a fantastic session; we all learned a lot about literary agents, query letters, and traditional publication.
Do you find that you procrastinate a lot? We're now in 2019--consider how you can beat procrastination. See this excellent TED talk: www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator (or view the blog post at waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html ).
Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
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Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban t...The Writing Journey is looking for authors to submit their flash fiction, short stories and poems for our 2019 anthology that explores the theme of being stranded. This includes stories of metaphorical, emotional, psychological stranding. We’re looking for poetry and fiction (from micro-fiction to short stories up to about 3000 words). Stories should be PG-13. - Read more about this project: writingjourney.org/anthology-2019/
The Writing Journey is pleased to announce the publication of its anthology Reasons For Hope, a collection of speculative fiction stories and poems that focuses on optimistic solutions and outcomes. www.amazon.com/dp/179182501X
Reasons for Hope: Speculative stories and poems
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These are dark times, some say, with so many unresolved problems in our world. Where is Hope? Renew your spirit with these speculative fictional answers to that eternal question.We live in our stories...Now is the time (post-NaNo) when you can get involved with the Writing Journey, our year-round writing community. See writingjourney.org/blog/2018/12/17/join-the-2019-writing-journey/
Visit the Naperville NaNoWriMo forum or the NaperWriMo facebook page or naperwrimo.org. Also be aware of our year-round writing community, the Writing Journey.
