Author: Ron Delaney Jr

My name is Ron and I write about stuff. Weird stuff. Stuff that's sad/fun, magical/mundane, morbid/uplifting, deep/shallow, insightful/ridiculous, subjective/objective, big/small, topical/irrelevant, good/bad/really bad/OH GOD MY EYES, and fairies. And ghosts. And now robots!

Observations on #NaNoWriMo 2014

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I wasn’t planning on doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Not because I thought I couldn’t win it, but because I was so deep in the editing of my manuscript I forgot it was coming up. Thankfully (I think), a coworker mentioned it on November third (yes, late), and thankfully I’d already thoroughly outlined my second book. So, a little consideration and a ‘What the heck?’ later, I put editing on hold and accepted the challenge.

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Friday Morning FYI – 12/5/2014

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI! My chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

This week’s FYI is inspired by yesterday’s #PitMad on Twitter (if you’re unfamiliar, #PitMad – short for ‘Pitch Madness’ – is a twelve hour period where writers pitch their books through tweets, and agents and editors Favorite to indicate interest):

Participate, support, encourage, or get the hell out of the way. This works for everything in life.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 11/21/2014

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI! My chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

This week’s FYI is inspired by a conversation I recently had with my girlfriend about #NaNoWriMo:

Do things that are difficult for you. No honest feeling of accomplishment ever comes from doing something you find easy.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}