Author Archives: Joanne Huspek

Day Five of National Novel Writing Month. After a quick start for Days One and Two, Real Life reared an ugly head and put a temporary kabosh on my NaNoWriMo goals. All you fledgling writers out there participating in this … Continue reading

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Today is November 1, and I am once again participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I find it helpful to concentrate on the novel during November, so I won’t post much to the blog. However, I plan on the … Continue reading

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How apropos that this article from Query Tracker landed in my email inbox today. What do they call it? Kismet? A couple of days ago, I received a critique on the YA story I’ve been working on forever. I had … Continue reading

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Life is good. Not only do I write, but I also read. And not only do I read [a lot], but I write reviews, especially if the story is a particularly moving one. Since I’m kinda-sorta known for such things, … Continue reading

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My followers (and the other people who accidentally happen upon this page), you’d be so proud of me. I actually spent the last two weeks writing every chance that I got. Yup, I finished the first draft of Virtually Yours Forever, … Continue reading

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I am happy to be a host in the Novel Publicity whirlwind blog tour this week, for The Book of Paul by Richard Long. I ordinarily do not read supernatural thrillers, but I can’t put this one down. The Book … Continue reading

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The last few weeks have found me mostly editing Virtually Yours Forever, so new story ideas aren’t exactly on the front burner – yet. However, one of the recent exercises in the Savvy Author Donald Maass workshop I’m taking has … Continue reading

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