NaNoWriMo Notes [Paperback]

Richard Marcus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 2008

A series of articles chronicalling the author's experiences during the National Novel Writing Month contest and beyond. Bringing a book from idea to final draft. "Take a look inside the mind of a writer at work. Richard Marcus offers personal and insightful reflections as he drafts his first novel, a brave undertaking for any of us." Robert Scott: Author The Hickory Staff and Lessek's Key

Product Details

• Paperback: 142 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com; 1st edition (June 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435722140
• ISBN-13: 978-1435722149
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,538,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Once upon a time I worked in the magical world of theatre, but after nearly fifteen years of struggling to stay in one place I was worn out and needed a change. I went off into the real world for a while and worked first in a bead store and then in a denture lab. As T. S Elliot said "Mankind can only bear so much reality" and it all became too much for me, so I've run back to the shelter of the arts and took up the pen - well the keyboard anyway - and have struggled there for the last four years.

Thankfully here I seem to be making progress as I began to pick up freelance work early in 2008 with the publication of an extensive interview with Willy DeVille in the German edition of Rolling Stone Magazine. Since then I've begun publishing the occasional article for the German based web site Qantara.de, written the liner notes for a DVD, and of course was commissioned to write the book "What Will Happen In Eragon lV? by the nice people at Ulysses Press. They must have liked the work I did on it, and of those who actually read it before reviewing it there seems to be an even split between liking and hating it, because they commissioned me to co-author a second book. "The Unofficial Heroes Of Olympus Companion" is being published October 17 2011 in the US and November 8 2011 in Canada. I'm still looking for a publisher for my own fantasy series, "The Paths Life Takes" and am working on a couple of other projects as well. Of course you can always read my reviews and other articles at my blog - which sends a feed to this site - or at Blogcritics.org.

Somehow or other I find myself fifty years old, happily married and living in Kingston Ontario Canada with three cats. If you happen to be in Kingston on November 19 of 2011 I'll be doing a book signing for "The Unofficial Heroes Of Olympus Companion" at Indigo Books 259 Princess Street, downtown. Oh, and when you pick up "Inheritance", book four of Paolini's Eragon series, you could pick up a copy of my book and compare the two as you read along. Feel free to either be amazed at my accuracy ( I already know I was wrong with my choice of title) or laugh yourself silly at how wrong I was.