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#PitMad Pitch Wars on Twitter? #PitMad takes place quarterly on Twitter. Authors and writers are invited to pitch their ready-to-go (ready to query) manuscript in a 280-character Twitter tweet. When is the Next Twitter #PitMad? As NaNoWriMo or the crazy November of National Novel Writing Month draws to a close. A frenzied December Pitchwars.org threatens … Read moreWhat is #PitMad on Twitter? Some Top Tips
Free School Visits Free school visits from a children’s author. Children’s Author Free School Visits I will be offering a limited number of free school visits. The number of free school visits that I can perform will be limited. I cannot give all of my time away for free – I have a wife and … Read moreFree School Visits
NaNoWriMo NaNoWriMo November is National Novel Writing Month shortened to #NaNoWriMo. Hundreds of thousands of people engage in this writing challenge to pen 50,000 words of a new novel in the month of November. The task is not a finished book – it is about the first draft. “The first draft is just you telling … Read moreNaNoWriMo
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