Writers

Anyone participate NaNoWriMo Nov 2012? I did & have a 55K thriller. What are next steps towards indy Kindle publication?

Looking to interview tech writers for Fed Contract in Colulmbia, MD willing to take lots of meeting minutes; proof read; provide grammar, spelling, and usage advice to ESL testing staff; and lots of formatting documents in fast-paced environment. Agile and waterfall development testing documentation possible in a CMMI lvl 3 shop. If you are…[Read more]

Nick led a really terrific session at NextGen on writing better and thinking critically: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/write-better-think-critically

What mobile apps do you use as writing tools? Dave lists a few here:
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/tools-for-writing

My friend is looking for a writing coach – can you help her – question below – https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/looking-for-a-writing-coach-anyone-have-a-recommendation

Hey Writers! Support your fellow GovLoop author as he shares his recently published piece in Thematic Literary Magazine
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/the-really-real-world-published-in-thematic-literary

You retire. 🙂 Actually, my book took years between all the interruptions and not the best way to write a book. I finally had an editor/book doctor I don’t necessarily recommend try to find the common flow. Over the years, style and moods tend to change the writing. So, as I start my next book, it will be written on as regular a basis as I can…[Read more]

Charles Ray just wrote his 3rd fantasy novel and we’re talking a bit about how you find time to crank out a book:
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/just-completed-my-third-fantasy-novel

I wouldn’t mind sharing parts of my novel, In Makr’s Shadow, to get feedback on the various points of view with Gov Loop folks who are interested in a “what if” political scenario. In my novel, several groups emerge from conservative/evangelicals who make the new government into a religion to the fierce radicals that seek total annihilation of the…[Read more]

I just joined this group. I wrote a novel, In Makr’s Shadow, on what happens when people stop talking and the devices take over. The government in all it’s wisdom turns the running of the government over to an artificial intelligence that tells us the most logical decisions with the best outcomes for the human race and prevents us from destroying…[Read more]

1. May 25, 2011. I’m either still lost or lost again. I was drafting a comment to someone here who was working on a ‘primer’ of sorts and invited ideas. IMO, if there’s any subject in my experience worth space and discussion in a ‘primer’ it’s a ‘how to…’ for fixing and preventing mistakes in the workplace. Following are a few relevant links.…

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Do you agree with this? => “Why The Plain Writing Act Will Take Decades to Implement”
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/why-implementing-the-plain

Tips for anyone wanting to write a book:
1. Know your subject and feel passionately about it.
2. Research, research, and research some more.
3. Establish a firm writing schedule and stick to it.
4. Once you’ve finished the first draft, let it cool off a while, then revise it.
5. Have someone read it and comment on it.
6. Never loose faith in…[Read more]