Morning Edit

How I'm Handling NaNoWriMo

Check out my kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thearcanistsrefuge/novels-of-dusk-and-dawn It's November, which means that it's time for writers to overwork themselves and insight premature burnout! Yes, its time for NaNoWriMo. Today I'm discussing my earnest effort to achieve 50,000 words in one month. It's November 11th, and I haven't even start yet.

Short Books are the Future — Featuring Lee Patton

Check out A Valley of Shadow: https://thearcanist.net/novels/avos.html Fantasy authors feel obligated to write giant books in never ending series. Trilogies composed of 800-page tomes litter store shelves. In the days of yore, this was a good thing. Now, with attention spans dwindling, authors are failing to meet the needs of their readers. Lee Patton seeks to impact fantasy by returning to the serial and standalone models that drove 20th century pulp fiction. His debut novella, A Valley of Shadow, is a searing introduction into the realm of short books. In this talk, he enlightens us on how he did it.  Lee's website: https://deathlessrealms.com Follow my Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thearcanistsrefuge/novels-of-dusk-and-dawn

Perfection vs. Creativity — When to let go (featuring C.D. Jensen)

Win free copies of Jensen's books: https://kingsumo.com/g/1j2v5k3/fantasy-book-giveaway-the-crown-and-the-caged-god-by-cd-jensen All too often we get caught up in the idea perfection. Oh no! My first draft is riddled with errors, I need to go back and... we've all been there. Sometimes the pursuit of perfection is a worthy goal, other times it stands in the way of finishing your project. In this episode of the Morning Edit, author C.D. Jensen and I discuss the role of perfectionism in our creative lives and how we can use it and when to let it go.

Crop Rotation — Write More and Stay Motivated

Good morning fellow writers and welcome to the Morning Edit. Today we discuss my version of the Crop Rotation method of writing project management. If you are overwhelmed by myriad ideas, have a hard time staying motivated, and want to make progress on multiple projects—this is the method for you. Follow my kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thearcanistsrefuge/novels-of-dusk-and-dawn

Journaling the Production of Your Novel

Good morning fellow writers and welcome to the Morning Edit. Today we are discussing the merits of journaling your novel project and how doing so can help keep you motivated while you write, and allows you to solve major narrative issues as your write the first draft. To read my own production journal, visit my portfolio: https://portfolio.jamesdmills.com/posts/pr/