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January 3rd, 2009

lifeflame said :

I’m just in awe of anyone who manages to finish a novel.
Good luck with the rewrite!

January 1st, 2009

Knotmyday said :

You’re welcome! And welcome to Fluther.

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• January 9th, 2009

  What is the difference between Christian women's fiction and Contemporary Christian Romance?

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• January 5th, 2009

  How does Technorati work?

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• December 31st, 2008

  I'm about to begin editing the rough draft of my first completed novel. Any advice?

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• December 27th, 2008

  What are the least time consuming ways to drive traffic to your blog?

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Answers

• January 16th, 2009

  Does anyone here keep a diary? journal?

  I’ve kept a journal off and on for 25 years. I seem to go through phases where I write daily, and then times when I don’t write at all. I write to clear my head, and usually my entries deal with how I’ve spent my day, my impressions of different events. And almost always my entries end with a prayer—a kind of thank you to God for being with me throughout the day. My journal is for me, not others, so I would never consider publishing it.
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• January 16th, 2009

  What can I do to improve my blog in general?

  I started a blog back in October, and I’ve asked myself a lot of the same questions you’re asking. To me the number one thing anyone can do to improve their blog is to come up with great content. It’s not hard to drive traffic to your blog; it’s hard to keep them coming back. After content, I think the next most important thing is regular posting. Occasionally I’ll sit down for some blog-hopping. It amazes me the number of blogs that haven’t been posted to in months. I currently post every day, and I think it helps bring people back. Layout and design are important, but not criically so. My number one gripe about this is pages that have so many add-ons that they take forever to load. Videos and music seem to be the number one thing that causes it.
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• January 16th, 2009

  Do you find yourself with tunes running around in your head?

  It’s very common to get a song running through your head (I call them ear worms). But if it’s a song you’ve never heard, I would highly encourage you to write it down. Beethoven went completely dear, but continued to compose. Even though he couldn’t hear his music externally, he still heard it internally. Who knows?
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• January 16th, 2009

  Is anyone here working on their own novel/story (or have you in the past)? If so, how long has it taken you (so far) to develop a working first draft?

  I probably started six or seven novels before I ever completed one. After losing a friend to breast cancer, I realized that if I was ever going to pursue the dream of writing a novel, I’d better get started. Last November I participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and completed my first novel (or at least a lousy first draft). I, too, am a perfectionist, and would continually edit, or reach a place where I didn’t know where to go next. NaNo really helped me just to write and turn off my inner editor. I first got the idea for this novel almost two years ago. I’m currently working on revisions to my lousy first draft. If you haven’t already done so, I would suggest doing a lot of reading on the craft of writing. Doing this has been invaluable to me.
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• January 12th, 2009

  How do you knock walls in your house down?

  First make sure it’s not a load-bearing wall, or you could have problems. If it’s not a load-bearing wall then you should have no trouble. If there is any kind electrical work in the wall, then you will need to turn off the breaker to that outlet. If not, just hit into the wallboard, rip it out, then take out the framework. My husband and I did this in the house we’re living in. It made our small closet a walk-in closet. Huge improvement for relatively little work!
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