If anyone was filling left out of the Nano month, then there is another contest that hones in on just 30 hours of writing. It’s called NaNoWriWee (National Novel Writing Weekend), and is taking place January 26/27. There’s no set word limit, but you have to start from scratch and write more than one word. They will also post your final entries online for people to review.
At the end, they will award prizes in the following categories:
- Best novel
- Best science fiction or technology-related novel
- Best humorous or satirical novel
- Best sex scene
The overall winner will receive a “publishing deal with HarperCollins, with an ebook to be published as soon as possible after the announcement.”
Details on the contest and how to enter can be found at: http://www.kernelmag.com/scene/3669/the-30-hour-novel/
Details on the contest and how to enter can be found at: http://www.kernelmag.com/scene/3669/the-30-hour-novel/
Note: I’m not going to do it, but I did note that it is going to be based in England, so some words of wisdom for those daring enough to attempt it include….
*The British allow more sex/nudity than we do on TV, but a lot less violence.
*There are some word changes you might want to be aware of. For example, Pants mean underwear, Raunchy means loud and energetic, and Randy means Raunchy.
*They typically use the single quote mark where we use double ones to begin a dialogue, and I believe they also use the double quote mark where we would typically put a single mark. (But don’t “quote” me on it-ha ha.)
*As for spelling…See if you can put your spell check to British - English so it will help you fix words like honor to honour and armor to armour.
