Plagiarism

And just like that…
by Eric Beetner …we have a book. One Too Many Blows To The Head is lose on the world. I’ll be honest, this is the third draft of this post and I threw out the others because they were all about me. Who cares about that? I am so grateful to have written this book with a partner and even now after that part of the work is done I am thankful all over again because I have much more motivation to promote the book with both our names attached than if it was just me pimping my own name. (Cringe! Shudder! Yuck!) So, if I may, on the occasion of having our book starting to make waves out among the readers I want to confess that parts of the book I stole.

And just like that…
by Eric Beetner …we have a book. One Too Many Blows To The Head is lose on the world. I’ll be honest, this is the third draft of this post and I threw out the others because they were all about me. Who cares about that? I am so grateful to have written this book with a partner and even now after that part of the work is done I am thankful all over again because I have much more motivation to promote the book with both our names attached than if it was just me pimping my own name. (Cringe! Shudder! Yuck!) So, if I may, on the occasion of having our book starting to make waves out among the readers I want to confess that parts of the book I stole.

And just like that…
…we have a book. One Too Many Blows To The Head is lose on the world. I’ll be honest, this is the third draft of this post and I threw out the others because they were all about me. Who cares about that? I am so grateful to have written this book with a partner and even now after that part of the work is done I am thankful all over again because I have much more motivation to promote the book with both our names attached than if it was just me pimping my own name. (Cringe! Shudder! Yuck!) So, if I may, on the occasion of having our book starting to make waves out among the readers I want to confess that parts of the book I stole. The book is broken

Did You Catch NaNo Fever Yet?
Okay, kids, it’s November, which means, on top of making ourselves crazy with holiday plans and trying to remember what to give thanks for, it’s time for NaNoWriMo once again. For those who are deeply enmeshed in the writing community, there is no explanation necessary. We all know what NaNoWriMo – affectionately shortened to NaNo by the diehards – means: One month of self-induced lunacy whereby we cough up 50,000 words of a novel in a 30-day time period. No pressure! As frightening as it might seem, at first, NaNo is actually a very good exercise for everyone who ever considered putting pen to paper. Or fingers to keyboard, as the case may be. F

A Writer’s Retreat
 Last month I had the privilege of traveling to a quaint little town in northern Iowa to participate in a writer’s retreat, hosted/sponsored by fellow Second Wind Publishing author, Sherrie Hansen. A bonus was staying in her beautiful Victorian Bed and Breakfast. Another was meeting Sherrie, Amy De Trempe, their husbands, and seeing Norm Brown again. The Blue Belle Inn retreat was a unique venue and I learned a great deal from my fellow authors, and from the characterization exercise we did in small groups. As I listened to others speak, my eyes would wander to admire features and decorations at the inn–the high ceilings, the woodwork, ornate furniture, breath