EelKat's Lensography: The NaNoWriMo Edition

Plan to Publish Your NaNo Novel? Read This First! 

If you only read one article on this lens, this this be that one!

Publishing Methods

How should you publish your book? Self-Publishing? Vanity Press? Traditional? POD-People? The Big Five? What's the difference? On this lens I explore the different options you have as a writer to get your book published.

General Writing Advice 

Writing Advice Didn't Work for Her (or Me Either!)

While searching for advice for writers, I can across the home page of Patricia A. Duffy, who says that when it comes to writing, "Conventional Advice Wouldn't Work for Me. After reading her article, I have to say that basically, she has said pre...

Narration for Writers

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between one type of narration and another? Look no farther, I shall explain them all here.

Why Was My Manuscript Rejected?

You have poured your heart and soul into your story. It is perfect. It is wonderful. It is finished at last. Now comes the hard part: publication. But you have no fear, your story is the greatest story ever written, editors will love it, they'll be k...

NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 using EelKat's Methods

NaNoWriMo 2009 will be my 5th year at NaNo. So far I've had 4 years and 3 wins and this year I'm going for my fourth win. I failed my first year (2005) ...did like 2,000 before I got bored with my plot. I did 183,000 my second year (2006) ... kind...

Choosing a Topic to Write About: Are You Enthusiastic About the Idea?

Writers are sentimental about their writing, but are they enthusiastic about it? You have found a topic to write about, but you don't know if it's one you really want to write about. How can you tell if you should use it as your next topic? Just ask...

Accepting Your Writing Style

I think one of the hardest things for a new writer to do, is to just be themselves. To inspire them, I have reprinted here an article I wrote a few years back. May it inspire you to be yourself and do your own thing. Dare to be different. Dare to b...

Researching For a Fantasy Novel

On this lens you can follow my research as I write my newest book: The Ruby Throated Humming Bird. This lens well take you through my studies into the creation of a fantasy world. By reading this lens, my hope is that it may help you to write a fanta...

Creating a Fantasy Realm

Are you writing a fantasy novel? Have you joined NaNoWriMo and don't know what to do next? Do you need to know where your characters live? Need help creating that new world? You can find help here! On this lens are some things that I do when creating...

Character Creating Lenses 

Creating Character Profiles

A character is a person about whom you write. Every work of fiction (book, screenplay, SCA persona, RPG, LARP, MMORPG, video game, etc.) has characters in it. Question is, do you as a writer, really know as much as you should about your characters? T...

Need to Kill Writer’s Block? Kill a Character.

Need to Kill Writer’s Block? Kill a Character. Do you find you have a great story going, than suddenly without warning writer’s block stops you dead in your tracks? Writer’s block, that horrible dreaded thing, is a great boon to...

In Need of a Place to Write? 

Create Your Own Writer's Retreat

My life. My garden. How I write, where I write, and look at living with birds, trees, and cats, instead of with Humans. This is where I live. This is where I write. Welcome, to one writer's writing retreat. Some writers need the bustle of the busy c...

Stuff by Genre 

Writing Tips: Horror

So you want to write horror, or maybe you started writing some other genre but now you think it may have turned into horror. What is horror? How do you know you are writing it? Every year I join the NaNoWriMo Horror Forum and every year it gets bogg...

What Is "Non-Genre"?

Does all fiction have a genre? Nope, it does not have to have a genre to be a fiction story. Here are my views on the matter. Created on April 18, 2007 Last updated: May 29, 2008

Writing Tips: Science Fiction

(THIS LENS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION!)...this section is being edited and shall return shortly... IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT MY LENSES STARTED IN FALL of 2008: ALL OF THEM SHALL REMAIN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS! Due to unexpected circ...

Writing Exercises To Test Your Writing Brainwaves 

Why Do You Blog?

This lens is currently undergoing a major over haul! All former content is being removed, and new content being written. This lens, is long dead and so rather than delete it, I'm am changing topics! It will be back soon so please come back later to s...

Overcoming Writer’s Block With Free Writing

Just some of my thoughts on how to go about overcoming writer's block.

Writing Exercise: Word of the Day: Panspermia

A writing exercise for those seeking to write a sci-fi story and in need of a jumping off point.

What do you look for in a book?

Did you ever wonder why readers choose one book or author over another? Looking for more readers to read your own books? Think you might need to improve your writing skills some? Try this writing exercise to improve your own writing skills.

Harlequin books seeks real men for covers

I saw this article on Yahoo News and thought it to be quite interesting, cause when it comes to romance books, I usually buy them for the cover art, but than rarely ever read the book, all I wanted was the picture on the cover! LOL! Of course all my...

Book Related Things To Do On Your NaNo-Breaks 

What's on My Bookshelf?

A glimpse inside one author's private book collection. Find new books you haven't read before as well as books to help you write. This lens is here to answer the question: What's on your bookshelf?

I.N.D.U.C.K.S.

The ultimate online cataloging system for your Disney comic book library.

LibraryThing

If you love books, than you'll love LibraryThing, the massive online book cataloging system, that allows you the chat with others who own the same books you do. Allows comic book collectors to catalog their comic books as well!

Who is this EelKat person and What Other Lenses Did She Write? 

Ekography: EelKat's Lensography

I joined Squidoo in April of 2007. At the time of Ekography's last edit I had 313 lenses and 23 groups. I make new ones all the time, so watch for new ones to be added as time goes by. This is my index for them all. Ekography is eternally under...

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The Twighlight Manor Press

Welcome to The Twighlight Manor Press' official Squidoo lens. We are not currently taking submissions for book manuscripts, though that may be in our distant future. For the time being we only publish books for The Twighlight Manor series, and it's s...