After six years of defeat... I WON NANOWRIMO!
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Joanna G. Holden
Nov 21, 20182 min read
The Final Battle has begun...
It has finally come to this...the last battle...the final, desperate moment before the sun rises and shatters the darkness... I figured...
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Joanna G. Holden
Oct 10, 20185 min read
Week 2:
Writing Prompt #2 - write a short story revolving around one fall family tradition. Mari slammed the door and starting tearing at her...
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Joanna G. Holden
Oct 2, 20183 min read
Week 1: Forget Me Not
Writing Prompt for Week 1: You come home from school to find a box on your porch. What’s inside? Her hands were shaking as she walked...
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Joanna G. Holden
Oct 2, 20182 min read
Tis the Season for WRITING CHALLENGES!
Goodbye, Summer...Hello, Fall! Okay, I'll give Summer this - 2018 is the first year in forever that I've actually been hesitant to see...
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Joanna G. Holden
Jul 23, 20186 min read
Q&A with Author Natalia Leigh
AuthorTube fans - here is a chance to get an insider look at the writer journey of self-published author Natalia Leigh! At some point,...
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Joanna G. Holden
Jul 11, 20183 min read
The Rewrite vs. The Edit...
So which is it? Do you rewrite or do you edit? Or do you revise? Does it matter? Oh, it does matter? Okay. Are they interchangeable? Are...
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Joanna G. Holden
Jul 4, 20181 min read
CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!
You asked. I answered. At long last (and after a LOT of technical difficulties), I am FINALLY adding the option to purchase SIGNED COPIES...
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Joanna G. Holden
Jun 26, 20182 min read
Surprise! Novel Excerpt...
For those of you that have been asking about my novel...I still can't say much. It's too far from the publication date. However... Since...
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Joanna G. Holden
Jun 26, 20185 min read
5 Things You Never Knew About Being a Writer...
I've seen people do these posts before - and yet I am still finding out things as I progress in my writer journey that I somehow missed...
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Joanna G. Holden
Jun 20, 20181 min read
WIP Update #1
Want to know where I've been for four weeks? I'VE BEEN WRITING! And as much as I've missed posting weekly, it was oh so worth it. In this...
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Joanna G. Holden
May 22, 20188 min read
Small Space Writing...
Your dream is to have a home office just for writing. After all, you want to make a living off of it. And what could make it feel more...
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Joanna G. Holden
May 15, 20181 min read
This Week's Writing Playlist...
Looking for some good music to go with that epic scene you're writing? Look no farther! Here is this week's playlist for five favorite...
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Joanna G. Holden
May 1, 20182 min read
A Netflix Villain to Remember...
I tend to hesitate before clicking "play" on any Netflix originals. In my experience, they tend to be a slush pile of "meh"s and "heck...
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Joanna G. Holden
Apr 24, 20181 min read
What's Wrong with Your MC...
You've got a hero. And she's REALLY a hero! But something's wrong and you're not sure what. A lot of new writers struggle with one simple...
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Joanna G. Holden
Apr 11, 20181 min read
One Paragraph at a Time..
Last week I FINALLY sat down with my laptop. My three-year-old was in her quiet time with her favorite kid's show on the tablet. My...
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Joanna G. Holden
Apr 4, 20182 min read
Why Pacific Rim: Uprising is a Fantastic Sequel
When I first heard Pacific Rim: Uprising was coming out, I hemmed and hawed over getting excited. Let's face it. Hollywood is NOT well...
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Joanna G. Holden
Mar 27, 20181 min read
I Thought I Knew My Protagonist...
...Then I started doing the exercises in Donald Maass's amazing book Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (a book YOU MUST get if you are...
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Joanna G. Holden
Mar 23, 20182 min read
Where All Writers Begin...
Today, I pulled out my writing journal and began listing all the books I wanted to write someday. Let me tell you - it was a LONG list!...
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