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FIRST NOVEL  

I worked on my first novel in 2005. Here are some things I learned as I was going through the process...

I have made all of these mistakes. Learn from them and finish your novel.

Writing a novel is an easy concept but hard to put into practice, but if you're dilligent enough to keep going then you might have what it takes to complete that first novel.

Nearly everyone has thought about writing a novel, but very few of these ambitions ever turn into a completed novel. Here are seven guidelines that will help you get beyond thinking about writing your first novel and enable you to finally finish it.

Getting published is not an easy feat. Many have tried and failed miserably...but it really boils down to how well you research and how well you can put together your submission packet.

A story set back in the Heian Era, depicts the future and reveals why Japanese people act the way they do in the present. It is a must read for anyone studying or traveling to Japan.

Fans of real and alternative history willI find Harris' novel to be a true "can't put this down till I finish" book.

First you must print it out and read it yourself. If you have only read it on a computer screen then you must print it out and read it on paper.

Part Three of my series on the experience of writing and publishing my first novel, "God, Guns, and the Perfect Chicken-Fried Steak."

An introduction to the first book of the Necroscope series.

In Part One of this article, I described how National Novel Writing Month played a critical part in my completion of my first novel, God, Guns, and the Perfect Chicken-Fried Steak. When the first draft was finally completed I thought the hard part was over. I was wrong.

Something Gorgeous is the first novel from songwriter/playwright Junior Burke. It plays off of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby.

Every year, thousands of writers, both published and un-published, attempt to write a novel in a month. How do they do it? What's the process? And what's the pay-off?

In just under five weeks the insanity will begin again. Tens of thousands of would-be novelists will take up the challenge of National Novel Writing Month in the attempt to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days.

Astronomers are human, all too human--especially gathered on a remote island in the South China Sea!

There are thousands of people every year who dream of writing a novel. Most of them remain in that dream state while others put a little more effort into the idea. They may write the first few pages of their story, maybe even the first few chapters.

Many of us feel we are not ready to write the novel. If that were true thousands of novels would never see print. This article tells you what to do before you write the masterpiece.

Writing a novel isn't difficult as long as you approach it systematically.

An article on writing the novel, telling the basics like getting the ideas, as well as developing an outline and characters.

How to promote your novel from the experiences of a first-time published author.

Moll Flanders is a historical novel which provided an accurate look into eighteenth century Europe through the criminal life and prostitution of Moll Cutpurse and declared Daniel Defoe as the writer who started the genre of novel writing.

The novel began as an underground bastard child of literature. It sure has come a long way, baby.

Ivan Sugarwood's first novel is available now, ask for it at your local bookstore or go online!

For many writers, typing "The End" at the foot of the first draft of their book-length manuscript is just the beginning. Here are some useful tips on how to revise your novel.

Writing a novel is hard enough, but writing a hybrid comic/novel is even harder. Author Evan Kuhlman highlights what he likes about writing, how he got his breaks, and why he wrote Wolf Boy.

This how-to guide is meant to help beginning novelists edit their own manuscripts, so they can create a better product to meet the stringent requirements of today's literary agents and publishers.

This article provides information about two events to help you write that novel you've always wanted to write -- plus some advice about the best way for busy people (like all of us) to get that book written.

A second set of eyes can save you time and rejection letters. Whether you meet online or in person, finding a critique partner or group is an essential part of your writing career.

A re-write of an already-classic science fiction novel.

Anna Rice deserves a big SPANKING.

A short review of Mary Anna Evans second novel Relics.

Brom may knock off deliciously Gothy graphic novels, but his writing stinks.

Clay's Quilt is a family story set in Eastern Kentucky that deals with the life of Clay Sizemore, who struggles to find meaning in his life, until he discovers the essence of family and love.

To help kick off the release of their first novel "Corpse of Freedom", I conducted an Email interview with authors Dax and Lloyd Garner. The brothers, who hail from Phoenix, Arizona, have an impressive background and a passion for personal freedom.

This is a question that most writers are asked, and unsurprisingly, the answers vary considerably. What might take one writer two weeks to write might be completed in just a few hours by another.

This article highlights my experiences in editing novels. It might not lead to publication, but it won't hurt the odds.

While some authors like to "live on the edge" and combine or cross genres on a regular basis, most beginning writers are well-advised to write within a clearly articulated literary genre.

Writing well takes practice, and novels are epic endeavors: without good practice habits and a clear cut goal, failure is a certainty.

Having the knack for writing well, whether your work touches, angers, delights or motivates your readers, is a wonderful gift. Make sure that gift isn't obscured by poor presentation.

Thus, the question is not so much the semblance of the fictional world of White Noise to the reader's experience of reality, but the mimetic function of Jack Gladney's narrative.

Even though John Grisham and Christine Feehan have two very different writing styles, the one thing that they do have in common is that they are both are best-selling authors.

Concentration on the writing styles of six writers' from different writing genres, including technical writing, academic writing, and fiction writing. Comparisons are drawn from different writers' composition style and the steps to writing a book.

The goal of any good novel is to read so smoothly that the reader is disillusioned into thinking that writing the book was simple. Already sounds complicated, doesn't it?

The moral qualities of relationships between grandfathers, fathers, sons, and friends in Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel, Everything is Illuminated.

Learn the steps to complete your novel. Don't let your novel sit and wait when you could be finishing it quickly, productively and well.

Although fans know the ultimate fate of the films' major characters, Luceno's Revenge of the Sith novel is a suspenseful and exciting set-up for the final Star Wars movie.

Writing a novel is a labor of love, but many things can get in the way of finishing it. Use these tips to learn how to create space that will foster the muse and help you get that novel finished.