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Those of you who follow my blog will know that this year has been a little patchy for me so I thought a good way of giving myself a kick up my creative backside was by taking part in NaNoWriMo - yes, I really thought that writing 50,000 words in one month would be a good idea... Emma from NaNoEssex asked me to write a post for her blog and I thought it would be nice to share with you. So here we go - this is my NaNo blog, I hope you enjoy it!
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Blog: Burly and Grum (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Those of you who follow my blog will know that this year has been a little patchy for me so I thought a good way of giving myself a kick up my creative backside was by taking part in NaNoWriMo - yes, I really thought that writing 50,000 words in one month would be a good idea... Emma from NaNoEssex asked me to write a post for her blog and I thought it would be nice to share with you. So here we go - this is my NaNo blog, I hope you enjoy it!
Blog: Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Every writer I know, it seems, is either preparing now to write a fast draft during NaNoWriMo, has a jump-start on November by speed-writing now to finish by the end of the year or has given up.
One of the biggest shocks for novelists just starting out is the realization they may have to write more than one draft -- several even. You get the end of draft 1 euphoric, only to understand how much work is still left to be done. You want it to be over. You want your story perfect in the next rewrite. You even work through all 30 exercises and 5.5 hours of video instruction during PlotWriMo, revision your entire story, only to rewrite again. And perhaps again and again.
Begin now by accepting that the fast draft you write now, you may have to rewrite all those thousands of words again later. Then put your head down and get to writing. Finish by the end of the year.
Writing a fast draft demands consistent and powerful writing.
Consistent writing is a tough one to achieve for writers who insist they can only write when they're inspired to write. Consistent writing means showing up to write whether you're inspired or dull, frightened or brave, energetic or lazy. You show up and write anyway.
A consistent writing regime is helpful, especially so writing a fast draft. A tight deadline of a month facilitates fast writing -- no time for procrastination, no time to wait for inspiration. Every spare moment must be devoted to writing or pre-plotting to succeed at completing a fast draft in a month.
Today I write! Rather, today I pre-plot for NaNo!
For pre-plotting tips and tricks and how to write a novel in a month, check out my Plot Whisperer books:
1) The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
2) The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
3) The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing.
To continue writing and revising:
- PlotWriMo: Revise Your Novel in a Month ~~ View your story in an entirely new light. Recharge your energy and enthusiasm for your writing. 8 videos (5.5 hours)+ 30 exercises
- How to Write a Sell a Picture Book with a Plot ~~ Picture books are without subplots allowing the primary plot lines to shine through. 7 videos + 28 exercises
- Advanced Picture Book Workshop ~~ for writers watching the series and looking for support with their individual story
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Sounds like you're kicking some NaNo butt! :) Have an awesome weekend!
THanks Meradeth! :0)
You are doing amazing!!! Great job!
I'm only at about 1600...will hope to kick some nano butt today and over the weekend!
Girl, in my book you are off to a great start. Hat's off to you.
girl! you are on a roll! I'm way behind. I'm not yet to 3000. But Beth Miles and I have planned a few "write ins" at our local Starbucks. Too bad you aren't closer. You could come, too!
Great job! I hope the momentum keeps up.
Thanks guys! I appreciate it! :0)
Go, go go! Great progress Christy! Keep it going.
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I can't believe NaNo is going so well for me this year. I have three youngin's and a busy life. I didn't even know if I should tackle NaNo this year; 1) because my past NaNo stories have turned out to be junk 2) I didn't know if I had the time. I hate to start something and not finish it.
But then I decided to do it; 1) because a friend talked me into it 2) I had an idea to write the back story and character sketches of my book instead of the book itself 3) we all can find time to do the things that we WANT to do. I knew I could find the time if I really tried.
I encourage anyone who is thinking about NaNo to do NaNo on in the way that will best suite you and your goals. Who cares if you don't make it to the full 50K? Who cares if you are writing a book about your book? Who cares if you're just brainstorming nothing in particular? The point is setting your goals and working towards them.
Writing a book about back story and characters seems "weird" but it has been really helpful.
1) I'm gaining a better understanding of what motivates my characters and how they effect each other.
2) I'm seeing my characters in a more well-rounded way. They are becoming real to me and I think that will help my story when I start to really write about them.
3) I'm able to connect the dots with some questions I had in my mind but didn't know how to work them out.
4) My inner editor is completely shut off. None of this is meant to be cut and pasted into my novel, so I can type freely with little to no road blocks.
When I do find that my creative process is slowing down, I know it's time to stop. One of the best ways I find to let the words flow is to visualize the scenes or thoughts that I want to write about, like I'm watching a movie in my head, before I start to type. The clearer movie-like picture I have in my head, the easier it is to let the words pour out.
OK, I'm going to go now and try to plunk out another couple thousand words. That is, if I can keep the cat off my key-board. Shooooo Sammy, shoooooo!
What about you? What helps you get the words out when you're writing?
I have a lot of respect for those who not only keep the words flowing, manage Email (more words) and manage to blog so eloquently. Pat yourself on the back. This is beyond me.
Mirka, I think you're my new bestest friend. ;0) Thanks. I think that using Nano as a brainstorming tool has made all the difference, plus I'm a fast typer. In the past I wasn't quite as speedy.
Ah, I know all about cats on keyboards. Nonetheless, congratulations on being so productive! Most impressive. And I don't think writing about backstory and characters is weird at all. We need to know these things, right?
Thanks Cynthia! A keyboard just isn't the same w/o cat hair, is it? ;0)
Using NaNo for brainstorming is a very good brainstorm. :) I don't think I could do NaNo "as it's supposed to be done," but I could do this.
Congratulations, Christy! Sounds like NaNo is really working for you. Yay!
WOO! Sounds like you're in the zone! Congrats on your success so far. Keep it up! (love the cat)
THanks Marcia, inluvwithwods and Terry! I appreciate the support and cheers! :0)
I am impressed that you feel so on top with everything going on in your life. I only have a husband, two cats and school twice a week, but I feeled swamped already. Best of luck to you with getting to that magic 50k!
Thanks Cassandra. The brainstorming thing is the key. Without that, I would be stuck.
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I had the best of intentions, I really did. I started out strong and racked up 17K words in a week. Yeah, it pretty much ended there. However, despite the fact that NaNo was a bust, I'm not considering the month a failure because a) thanks to the magic of Scrivener (yes, I devoted a whole post to this wonder program) I have the entire book outlined and b) I worked really hard the rest of the month on a different ms. I'd say the detour worked out okay in the end, as December was officially the best writing-related month of my life so far. Details are forthcoming, but suffice it to say that I'm still pinching myself.
So for those of you who finished NaNo this year, you rock! 50K in a month is a huge commitment. And for those who tried, but feel bad because you 'only' got 20K or 30K written, you rock too! That's 20,000 more words than you had in October. Goals are fun, but make sure you're having fun in the process.
How many of you did NaNo and finished this year? How many tried but didn't quite hit 50K? How many of you decided that no way in hell would you attempt such craziness?
I always call NaNo my successful failure. By the time December rolls again, I once again know what's important: the novel I've been working on for the past three years, straight (except for the two months doing--you guessed it--NaNo).
To shamelessly plug: I blogged about NaNoWriMo. rivreads.blogspot.com
I love the term 'successful failure.' Good luck w/ your novel. :)
I finished this year as well, but I do believe that every word written - no matter if they add up to 50k or not - is something to be proud of.
Tips for next year - add sex scenes. It saves me every year when I'm stumped for plot.
Congrats on finishing, Malin--that's awesome! :)
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If you've ever heard of, or perhaps even participated in NANO (National Novel Writing Month), you recognize that peer pressure can be a positive thing egging you on to do what you promised to do and helping you set up good writing habits -- in this case writing daily. And so it did for me (even though I didn't officially "win" NANO I did come pretty close). The daily writing was an easy habit to make and keep but sadly, a writing career isn't all about writing. There's networking, finding new markets, honing skills, and so much more.
The Internet has been a marvelous tool for accomplishing many of those goals, and with the best of intentions I set up a Facebook and Twitter account. Well, the Facebook account swiftly became inundated with personal announcements: who had a baby, went on vacation, wanted me to volunteer at a school fundraiser. So that left my Twitter account which I faithfully populated with the accounts of fellow writers, agents, publishers and such. I would be tuned into the publishing world. Hmmmm. Not so much.
I blame my phone. He isn't smart. Of sure, he can make phone calls, store numbers, even text (but I'm not a great texter so he doesn't get to show off that skill very often). But he definitely isn't smart enough to connect to the Internet and allow me to be constantly able to scroll through Twitter and tweet about my life from moment to moment. My tweeting is limited to when I am near my computer -- early in the morning or late in then evening. And oftentimes the thing that occurred to me to tweet earlier in the day has jumped clean out of my head. So tweeting, and even reading tweets, rapidly became I thing I DIDN'T do.
So I have decided to have a Tons of Tweets Month. At first, just for me but then I thought it would be much more fun if, like NANO, we were all playing the game together. It is an easy goal. One tweet a day from today until March 4. Tweets about writing, the publishing world, authors, books, whatever you think other writers would be interested in. Include the hashtag #TonsOfTweets. If you'd like me -- or anyone else reading today's post -- to enjoy your writing tweets leave your twitter tag below. You can follow me at #wordsbywebb
And let the Tons of Tweets begin!
Jodi Webb is a writer, WOW blog tour manager, and attempting to improve her tweeting skills. Stop by her blog Words by Webb or #WordsByWebb.
Keep us posted on Tons of Tweet month! Social media is a tricky time-sucker to negotiate.
I love this idea. I'm going to give it a go and let others know about it, too. YAY!
I'm going to try this. I don't know much about Tweeter, but I am @NancyClarkVA. I can't yet find Jodi Webb, but I did include #TonsOfTweets in my tweet.
Love this! I'm @Margo_L_Dill. I just sent a #tonsoftweets from WOW!'s too. We are @womenonwriting
THANKS, Jodi!
I'm adding everybody -- I think I already have you Margo. You can find we @wordsbywebb
Great idea, Jodi!
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Candy and I visit a 500 year old tree in the town where she and her boyfriend are waiting out the winter so they can hit the road again come March
Laura who? Um...yeah, about that. Happens to everybody. A break in "the MO." It's like working out. Whenever I travel, I usually break my routine and sometimes it takes weeks to recover. That's sorta what happened to my posts. And what's funny is I wonder if anything that I write is every really missed. I'm sure in a world of hundreds of years of novels to catch up on and infinite Internet reading this lil' ol' blog isn't a big deal in the scheme of things. But, well, I miss it. And I miss you.
Catching up: The long and winding road from Cali to Florida
Got to make a few dreams come true over the past few weeks. Flew to New York and met with my editor. Talked story and had lunch in cafes and wrote and wrote and wrote. Best part? I think I have a great idea for an ending. Well, at least the last scene. Makes me happy. And I had a great time visitng with my sis and her family and my parents and my daughter and her boyfriend in Florida:)
Mom and Dad and Me enjoying a walk at their beautiful new home
Me and my sis
Candy's new pad
I was talking with my bro this AM about how a holiday can take every emotion we feel and blow them up to epic proportions. Case in point? Yesterday. Finding out I needed a crown. Sitting in the dentist's chair with all my shopping to do and baking to do. Admittedly most of the baking is self-inflicted this year as a random chain of events/life changes leave Joe and I alone this Thanksgiving. We are going to our neighbor's for turkey and a bonfire this year. I might get to see a friend on her way through Big Sur with her family. She's Welsh and they are admittedly Thanksgiving challenged:) Anyway, I arrive home late last night to find that the garlic didn't make it home. I live one hour and 20 minutes from a grocery store. And, I had the world's best chicken soup to make because, well, I needed it. NO GARLIC was the last straw.
It's kinda funny. What's your last straw? You got plenty left? Well back to the cooking and the 20K left on my nano novel. I do hope the soup turns out ok. It's kind of funny how every time I decide to cook like a mad woman the weather heats up. It's hot, hot, hot here....
WE MISS YOU MX!!! Hope they have good pumpkin pie in Italy:)
Hope this Thanksgiving finds you surrounded by those that you love! [and lots of straws left :) ]
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I've been keeping journals as Joe and I travel from place to place. This is what it was like here, last Saturday night, at our house in Big Sur:
"Writing by candle light. It's a bit of a windy night and we've lost power off and on all day. Made writing my NaNoWriMo novel that much more challenging, as if I needed another one. Joe and I had been watching "Gladiator" when the lights finally decided to go out for the night. Joe has gone to bed.
It's amazing how much focus a person gets when the lights go out. Truly. Nearly every distraction, except the slow hum of a far off generator, silenced. Candlelight so dim I have to get the candles positioned just right to see the page. When I place my pen down it is lost to the darkness, even on this moonlit night. I write by flashlight now.
The wind chimes make their music..ding, da, dum, ding. Chimes we bought on our honeymoon on Maui. There is a huge bell hanging from the corner of the house. When it rings I know the winds are fierce. It sits quiet this night.
As we have hit the road this year, it occurs to me that the chimes have been the thing we've taken from place to place to make us feel at home. [That, a crystal bear, a pirate and a chunk of blue-green glass but those are other stories]. That little piece of Maui, those memories that started it all are what see us through, keep us company, everywhere we go. My parents backyard chimes come to mind. The one gifted to us rings in the wind. More memories keep me company.
The moon is three-quarters full and casts a bluish-white tint on the world, inside and out. A gigantic moonlit rectangle lights up our floor, streaming in through a skylight above. The skylight the size of the one we put in our first house on Vestal, in Echo Park in Los Angeles. This kind of moonlight will always remind me of the night before Candy was born. I think that's the night I ever really admired the beauty of moonlight. How it can make the mundane magical. How it can comfort. The moon and I have had an understanding ever since."
Behind my advent calendar window today: a man playing the violin, I think of my dad.
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Graffiti that inspired me the other day
I don't know what it's been exactly. I haven't been sick, just tired. But I did ask Joe to pick up a thermometer on his way home the other day, when I couldn't find one among our things here at the house in Big Sur. Surely there's twelve of them packed nicely in our storage unit back in LA. As it turns out? No fever. Just really, really tired. Not like me at all.
So, what snapped me out of it? Scrivener. Really? Software? Yeah, really. And I guess that makes me an even bigger geek than someone who finishes NaNoWriMo six years in a row.
But, seriously, Scrivener did the trick. This isn't an ad. It's just a thank you. I hate outlines and breaking my writing into scenes, keeping track of my research. And with this tool Miss Organic has been able to organize my notes, photos, web sites, research, pdfs, different versions of my story, notes from my editor into one super productive space and I think it bodes well for the WIP I put on hold while I NaNo'd one more time. The WIP I want to have edited by this February.
So this morning I'm in the middle of revising [yet again...] Chapter Three of my WIP and am realizing that I can blend two scenes and get to the tension/emotions better. OK, I realized that in the shower this morning. But without the scenes broken down into chunks, I couldn't see what parts of my story were repetitive, bogging down the action. I also like editing in smaller chunks than chapters. Editing by scene has been a new experience for me, but one that really works for my process.
Here's the odd thing. When I write I write in Word, but Scrivener is making my editing process much smoother and will save me oodles and oodles of time. I doubt I will pen a first draft there. But, we'll see.
So, thank you NaNo, for if this wasn't offered on their site as a goodie for participants, I never would have found the Yellow Brick Road to organization that my writing has sorely needed for quite some time. And, because I won NaNo this year, I got the software for half price. Can't beat that!
Behind today's advent window? Well, I felt a little guilty that I opened two in a row, so Joe is going to open it tonight. I can't wait. Does that up my geek factor too?
What I'd make in the kitchen if I wasn't a revision fiend: Butternut Squash Soup.
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Sometimes things don't turn out the way you expect.
This picture was taken five years ago when my daughter had just turned two. She was SO not interested in sitting on this fat guy's lap and I'm sure he'd had his fill of cranky babies, too. All the same, this is one of my favorite Christmas photos ever, precisely because it didn't turn out the way it was supposed to!
It's like that when I write sometimes. I was literally typing away last week when I realized, "Omigosh, this happened to her! I had no idea!" It was almost like I'd discovered this secret the character had been trying to hide. I know I'm a geek, but I got so excited. I figured out something new about this character that I thought I already knew so well!
Has a character ever surprised you that way? And then forced you to go back and change the story to accommodate this new discovery? It's cool. It's fun. But it's also a LOT of work!
Well today is the Second Day of Christmas. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go back and read this post then come back and join in the fun. And now, for the randomly generated winner from the First Day of Christmas, please give it up for:
Congratulations, Mim!! Email me at solvangsherrie at gmail dot com and let me know which prize you'd like receive.
For the Second Day of Christmas you have three choices again. Choice #1 is another ARC, this time of AVALON HIGH by Meg Cabot. Ever heard of her? Yeah, I thought so. I actually bought this at the library when they were having a sale of used books. Of course I snatched it up. It was the first Meg Cabot I ever read! And it was just as good as I expected it would be :)
Choice #2 is Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George. This is a great MG retelling of my favorite fairy tale, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. If you haven't heard of it, read this post.
Choice #3 is this über cool bracelet by Ubuntu. Sales of these bracelets help women and orphaned children devastated by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Perfect for men or women, these bracelets pretty much go with anything in your closet :
YES! My mc from Dogsled Dreams did something I was surprised with. Isn't that cool? I try to explain that to non writing friends and they just look at me like I'm nuts. Great post, and love the photo too!
I haven't had that happen to me yet, but I look forward to it!
I love Meg Cabot, but that bracelet is awesome! ;-)
Yes, I love when characters surprise me. It adds depth, multiple layers to who they are, what place they are coming from. And, it's true, that sometimes when you go back to the beginning you have to adjust for what you've discovered about them.
Very cool gifts! You are pretty awesome.
Yep. My characters love to surprise me. Avalon High was a fun read.
It's magic when this happens. And there's some way we could get there more often, I think, if we could loosen the reins more frequently. Another thing to work on! :)
I love it when that happens. I ended up changing half my manuscript when my mc surprised me with something.
TerryLynn: That's why it's great to have writing friends who understand :)
Shannon: You'll get chills when it does happen!
Tricia: It does add a lot of depth to the character, that's true. Maybe that's why I got excited, because she seemed even more real at that point.
Lois: Avalon High was a fun read :)
Becky: It is magical. But loosening the reins is hard, isn't it?
Susan: That's the hard part, going back to make the changes.
I know exactly what you mean! Even in novels you work on for a while, when someone asks you something or you get a suggestion, you're like, "Why yes, my character has this in his past." It's thrilling!
Oh gosh, it's the best feeling in the world when everything just clicks isn't it? I get so excited! Guess that makes me a nerd too. No big surprise there...
Love that bracelet and love all your giveaways! What a festive month!
That picture is just priceless. Could your kids be any cuter?
I don't know if I've ever had a surprise as big as what you're describing. But, definitely, I don't always know the characters as well as I think!
you are like arc girl!
BTW i have the same pic with my 2 year old :)
The moment with the lil ones with Santa is sometimes stressful if they are crying, but you do laugh at it later! I have a pic of my son pulling Santa's beard!
Adorable picture.
I just discovered that one of my characters secretly likes another of my characters....I'm kind of mad, actually. I mean, he could have told me sooner....
Same thing happened on a second draft of my WIP and I am still thrilled about it.
Elana: Why yes, I know what you mean!
LiLa: Thanks, I think they're pretty cute too :)
Barrie: It's almost like they're real people that you get to know better each day...
Shelli: Just spreading the ARC love around :)
Kelli: Those Santa moments are stressful, aren't they?
Shelley: That boy was holding out on you!
PJ: Very cool! Love those moments!
OMG! This just happened to me. My current WIP is just coming at me from every angle. It started as a sort of dream (I was in and out of sleep) and then as I started writing it, I began to think that these people aren't alive, well, aren't human and they don't even know it. When I brought it up to a non-writer friend that I think my characters might not be human, she was like..."um, you're in control of this story, they can be what you want."
But sometimes they can't and even though my characters were living breathing beings when I started...they had to become what they are now.
And you're kids are just cute to the second power!
Cute photo!
I HAVE had characters surprise me, and I love it when they do! What a great contest, BTW.
It's amazing how characters can surprise you!
Love this pic--thx for sharing!
I love it when those surprises happen when I'm writing. But I love surprises (good ones) in general.
Comments are now closed for the drawing. I'll announce the winner in the morning.
Karen: Don't worry, your writing friends get it! And yeah, I think my kiddos are pretty cute, too :)
Dawn: Surprises can be fun, yes? Good luck in the drawing!
Lori: I think that's part of the fun of writing :)
Rebecca: I love a good surprise :D
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Last week I was supposed to be working on my outline so that I could just jump in with the writing today. Instead, I spent the week revising another manuscript. That's probably a good thing. I won't be thinking about the other project while I'm trying to work on this new one. But here I am Day One of Nano, preparing to...wing it. Which I guess kind of makes the "preparing" part a joke.
Of course, NaNo was kind of founded on the concept of winging it, so that might work in my favor. Plus, last time I wrote an outline for a book, I never finished writing the book. I decided on page 50 that the story sucked. Ironic, isn't it?
My goal for each day is 1667 words, but the kids are home from school today. I'm not sure how much writing will get done since Crazy 8s and popcorn seem to take priority on days like this. But I'm excited to work on this new project. I'll keep you updated on my progress. Hopefully, that will keep me motivated to actually plow through to the end this time.
If you'd like a chance to win Something Old or Something New, don't delay. Contest ends Tuesday at midnight PST. Go to this post to enter.
Good luck! I'm not going Nano but I"ll be working something new!
Good luck with Nano. Winging it is always good, it's only day 1 and I've already thrown the plot outline out the window. I'm sure you'll reach your goal.
Good Luck!
(I mean, you are already lucky that you don't have to get your kids up for school today....!)
Ooo, should we be NaNo friends? I'm mostly doing it to get a big push on my current ms, not really to do an entirely new project. This is me: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/524481
One of my kids is home today, too. I'm going to aim for 1000 words. Not that I'm officially doing NaNo. :D
Good luck, Sherrie. I just can't wing it. I'd be deleting the ms by the end of the month if I tried.
Good luck! I highly recommend winging it for NaNo. It frees you up from trying to write something good.
I'm not in a place to be writing something new, so I'm doing the one thing that I hate but it works really well for me - scheduling my time. NaNoScheMo.
Have a great NaNo!
Good luck ... I have a feeling you'll do great! :-)
Good luck and have fun!
I'm not participating in NaNo, but good luck!
By the way, I gave you an award on my blog.
Good luck! I'm winging it too! I've tried it both ways, and I think winging it is more fun.
NaNo seems like such a daunting beast. Good luck, Sherrie! I'll be cheering for you every step of the way. :-)
Good luck! Winging it has sent me off in lots of wrong directions, but on the bright side, things I never would have thought of in an outline come out. Wing it, eat popcorn and enjoy.
Good luck on the wing. You'll fly.
That's sort of what happened to me, except instead of another manuscript, I was busy working on my Halloween costume since I procrastinated! So now I'm more or less on the wing too. Eep!
Good luck! (Oh and my word count as of right now = zero. Haha.)
Go for it! And good luck!
My kids are home today as well ...so... no substantial writing. Alas.
BUT, I'll be back pounding the edits tomorrow.
And NaNo is kind of free-wheeling which I like about it - my brain can't ever decide if it's really a pantser or plotter anyway.
You can do it! I'm aiming for 1500 on weekdays and 5000 total on weekends.
Good luck with your word count! And I'm a huge fan of winging it. :)
Sometimes winging it is all that is needed. i hope November proves a good month for you.
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This past weekend I went to Baton Rouge with a good friend, Debbie Dolme. We attended the Heartla Luncheon. This is the Baton Rouge RWA Group. What a nice bunch of ladies. I got to chat with Sherrilyn Kenyon, Deborah LeBlanc, Diana Rowland, Farrah Rochon, Barbara Colley, and several other wonderful authors. I was surprised to see some ladies that I'd met in RWA Nationals. (waving to the Leger ladies)
The lunch was really good, especially the dark chocolate cake. Yum.
The only minor bump we had was getting to the hotel - the LSU game was only minutes away and traffic was horrible. Matter of fact, we were in the hotel with the Auburn coaches, staff and players.
They put a curtain around our conference room so we wouldn't disturb the players, guess it didn't work. (grin)
Anyway, let's talk about NaNo. I'm a little behind with my goals, but I plan to do a really hard push tomorrow. I'm meeting up with a writing buddy and we will do some writing sprints at Starbucks. With all the caffeine (and chocolate) in my system, my fingers should fly across the keyboard with no problems...
If you are doing Nano - how are you coming along?
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I sure hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. I held up pretty well, better than I thought I would. Most of you know my mom passed away in May this year so these holiday moments are tough. Really tough. But I found if I talk to her (in my mind) then I feel a little better. You know, I say things like how much I miss her, and how I wish she were still here. I'm guessing this is normal, I don't know, but if it makes me feel a little better then that's what I gotta' do.
My daughters are in Georgia this Thanksgiving with their dad and relatives, so it was a little lonely without them too. However, I did spend time with the hubbies family and then later that night with my sister and her kids, my aunt, cousins and my dad. Everyone seemed to be holding up pretty well under the circumstances.
Today has been a lazy day for me. Yes, I did write a lot of words, but not much else. Oh and to update you on my Nano count - I ran into a road block and ended up taking a detour on a short story just to keep my writing going. I'll detour back once I find the right fork in the road.
And to all of you Black Friday shoppers --- you can have it. I've seen the insane crowds crush people trying to get into those Target doors. No thank you! I'll shop in the safety of my home from the internet or early on week day mornings.
One last note - Sola-RWA will not have a meeting in December, (we have a party instead!!!) and our speaker for January is the very talented author, Shirley Jump. If you are learning how to write, you should attend the January meeting.
Have a great Thanksgiving week.
Hugs to you all,
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While the holidays' spirit of compassion and giving still lingers, I thought it might be interesting to talk about a point that came up this year in the blogosphere's discussion of NaNoWriMo: whether many of the participants are being narcissistic by churning out words that perhaps no one wants to or ever will read.
I posed the question to The Spec's bloggers, and here's what they said:
Linda Joy: Writing can be a way of expressing oneself, which can increase personal growth and increase confidence. Years ago I had a clinical depression, and writing was a method I used to open a window of light and climb out of the darkness. Never judge anyone else's writing…until it gets published.
Greg: Writing a book isn't any more narcissistic than riding a bicycle around the block. The narcissistic part is trying to get your book published–that's more like riding a bicycle around the block, naked, while shouting, "Hey, everybody, look what I can do!" To paraphrase Robert Heinlein, the writing process is natural and healthy as long as you do it in private and wash your hands afterward.
Parker: I agree that novel-writing can be a narcissistic undertaking for some. Many people have it in mind to write a novel someday not for the joy of creating a story but for the glow of accomplishment or recognition. NaNo may serve those individuals, but it also serves writers who have a true passion for stories and language but just need the encouragement to finish a draft.
PJ: This isn't a NaNo issue; it's about publishing (or the global economy) overall. Everyone already has a cell phone, but people buy new ones all the time. I bet the old ones would work fine, but people still want something more. They want the iPhone, and not the old, crappy model, but the new 4G one that has an app to warm your toilet seat for you. Do you need your toilet seat warmed? It doesn't matter. It's just the newest and coolest thing to have. Are cell phone designers narcissistic because they design their product to offer this toilet warming app? No. (And I know this because I used to be one.) What we were trying to do with each new generation of microchips and phones was meet what the market wanted.
So why are books any different? Older novels totally serve as reading material. We could have stopped publishing new books in 1980 and no one would ever run out of reading material. But the new stuff meets new trends and offers new bells and whistles. It tries to hook in ways never before thought of. And many times it succeeds.
Chris: Reading a novel can offer an escape, but writing one can help you explore yourself. That kind of narcissism is all right, even valuable — so long as you don't expect people to read something just because you wrote it. You have a right to write, but not a right to be read.If you want to be read, you have a responsibility to produce something that people want to read. If you don't have the time, energy, or skill to do that, then enjoy writing for yourself and don't get caught up in the idea that publication has to be the final result. I think writing becomes narcissistic only when we start believing that people should be fascinated by our words simply because they are ours.
What do you think? Would the time, money, and energy we spend on stories be better used to save the world? Or when can writing be altruistic?
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>>churning out words that perhaps no one wants to or ever will read.
Isn't that what all beginners do? And yet, once the skills are built and the right words finally found, isn't a great story, well told, a gift?
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NaNo World: I decided I needed to do something to keep me motivated this year. So I'm playing with my journal theme to highlight something in the story from the day before. My novel is called Libretto, and I'll be posting my best sentence of the previous day here.
First sentence: "Pamina, at sixteen, slept with the mask like most babies sleep with blankets."
Real World: I'm totally sick, blech. And--it's a long story--have to drive 10 hours round trip to vote tomorrow, back to the barrel on Wednesday. I'll be listening to the election results on the radio. VOTE....VOTE....VOTE!!!!!
I'll be NaNoing and posting from the road, as usual.
Here's an awesome pic from my trip to visit my amazing sister and her wonderful family a week ago. Cutest, sweetest nieces ever [my littlest niece K was running around and didn't quite get in the pic]!! They made me the most amazing welcome posters and scary Halloween drawings!
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There are days in NaNo when I feel like I'm Queen of the NaNo Universe and many more days like today where I'm like 3000 words behind and if I don't get cracking I'll be 5000 behind tomorrow. Times like these call for buddies to keep a girl inspired. As I was procrastinating, I read this in my good friend Edna's bio and it really cheered me up.
"NaNo turbo-charges the process of digging deep into the earthiness of experience, poking through the blackened unknown, for a scattering of truthful gems."
And so, with all that needs to get done today, with all that's on my mind [biopsy, not one of my favorite words] I decided that NaNo is coming first. So three weeks of mail, banking, prescription filling, etc is going to wait and I am so going to catch up. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be close to 10,000. *crosses fingers*
Here's today's sentence from my NaNo novel:
The only thing more irritating than a grown up just letting themselves into Pamina's room was having that same grown up call her Pam.
Here's a great saying I overheard somewhere on the airwaves on my drive down to vote yesterday. I just love it:
Rosa sat so that Martin could walk. Martin walked so that Barack could run. Barack ran so that our children can fly.
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Loving being back in sunny SoCal, thawing out a little and kickin' back at home. Lots to do down here. LOTS. But, it's so nice at the end of a busy day to come home. Home is different. I see it in ways I never did when I wasn't such a gypsy. I always loved my home, but there was always this thing or that thing I wanted to change, work on, fix. When I do get the chance to spend a few days here, I just appreciate it. I don't see all the projects that have to get done. I don't feel bad because it's hard to do everything I'd like while we live life on the road. I look forward to the time that lands us here a little more often and I can do the little things I used to when we spent more time here. Until then, I usually just put a few flowers in a vase when I get home and that is enough.
Almost gave up on NaNo Wednesday. But, I think I'm over the hump. [Oh, yeah, seems like I go through this every week during NaNo] Anyway, I'm past this week's hump.
Here's yesterday's writing inspiration, from the Academy Award winning documentary "In The Shadow of the Stars"
Another NaNo sentence: "You know, your mother was in love with metamorphosis, in love with transformation, to the point when there was little of herself left."
I'm behind on my word count, but happy.
Lastly, a cause near and dear to my heart:
Find a happy home for Zakarias Warburton, Love Machine in Novelty Tuxedo Jammies!
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Real life can be a real pain when you are Nanoing....
Take this weekend. If, like my NaNo novel seems to be pointing out, all in life is a metaphor, I wonder what message the universe was trying to send us when in a period of 48 hours:
1. Our garage door stopped working 2. One car has a mysterious light come on that a crooked car dealership [we think anyway] says will cost 4500 + to fix [we took it to another dealership] 3. Our other car, on the same day, has a major electrical malfunction and could need a new transmission 4. When Joe did get home late from having that car towed could not charge his computer 5. We had no car to get back on the road yesterday, so we had to rent. 6. We got up to Big Sur SUPER late last night and the satellite is not working.
Hummm, how is a NaNoer to get inspired in the middle of the real life buzz kill? I take it where I can get it. And while putting car maintenance in my novel might be tempting, a natural to up the word count, I like my fantasy to stay firmly away from my reality. So where's the inspiration? Last night, due to said car drama, we drove up the coast way later than we normally do, in the moonlight. Amazing. So take a little moonlight drive with me, if you need a little inspiration too.
I thought I saw the zebras running in the moonlight on the hills just below San Simeon. The mountains look sugar coated and the surf seemed more alive. Oso was on patrol last night. Barking and barking and barking in the middle of the night. Barking at the moon. Or, werewolves? :)
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For years and years Sunday meant church and big meals and taking a load off as much as possible [between loads of laundry and the endless weekend errands]. But then things changed. Somewhere along the way Joe and I stopped attending church regularly. And now I go to church on the back of Joe's motorcycle. When in Big Sur, we usually take Sunday drives on dirt roads someplace in the Santa Lucia Mountains. It never fails to give me the same special feeling I used to get during an amazing hymn or kneeling at communion.
Today, after an awesome breakfast at Deetjen's, we drove the Old Coast Road up above Ventana. I had never traveled so far on the Old Coast Road. I saw more of the devastation from this summer's fires and was truly humbled. As I always am by the beauty we see on our Sunday Drives. New green growth has begun peeking out between the cracks of the charred bark of the burned and disfigured redwoods. At the top of the hills we hiked a little and looked at the watershed for this year's upcoming storms. The still, blue Pacific sat far below. And I couldn't help but imagine how amazing it would be to see a sea monster peek it's head out of the water.
NaNo sentence: "Because, sweet child, we are only able to sing because of two little pieces of heaven placed in our throats and it's important for us to know how to use them well."
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This grueling thing called NaNo. Kill me now. But sometimes incredible things happen that leaves me floating on air. Like last night. Met a friend at Nepenthe and words poured onto our screens faster than wine poured into our glasses. We laughed and commiserated about stubborn characters and my characters' propensity for 'heart racing' and my childish use of the word 'and.' As we laughed and typed I found out that thebirdsings sang opera and her mother is an opera star. [FYI my book is about a girl who discovers that her life is like a famous opera and she'll stop at nothing to change the ending.] This month has been full of serendipity in my story and in RL. Like, in all of Big Sur there are only two NaNo's and we discover we are living right next to each other. Cool.
NaNo sentence: "Sometimes, a common history weaves and dances around strangers."
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Because I feel like taunting my friends...and helping with my own word count which is in danger of falling woefully behind this weekend unless I do something drastic...I challenge you to a word war!! Heh-heh-heh. Didn't see that coming aye? Well, anyone can play. Not in Nano? Then I challenge you to write 5001 words this weekend on your WIP. We can do it! Here's what I'll have on hand: jalepeno chips, chocolate, a trip to see Quantum of Solace [*giggles at what thebirdsings told me about Mr. Craig*], several road trips to distant locations, And...lots and lots of plot twists. Ya with me? I'll prolly be typing in the wee hours of the morn' but I know it will be worth it.
NaNo sentence: "Ghosts have names."
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This is what's inspired me lately. A metamorphosis of sorts. Mx did a photo shoot and I just love this photo. Love how she's transformed. My nano novel "Libretto" is about metamorphosis. The process is fascinating. We are constantly re-imagining, reinventing ourselves, evolving. I love the intensity of self-discovery. After seeing this photo I'm inspired to keep up my quest of telling one good story.
Here's a nano sentence: "And since Pamina knew little of singing into the mask, her emotions flavored the aria and fed the ever hungry curse."
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I wrote a novel. In a month. I'm a fool. I know that.
And, here's the thing, immersing myself in story, pure adrenaline-rushed story felt fabulous, but ask Joe, it also made me pull out my hair. This year's NaNo novel came in at 50287 caffeine-fueled, horrible wonderful, [and at times cursed] words. I learned so much about myself as a writer this year. But, I'm too bleary-eyed and dizzy from champagne to put any of that into words. In fact, it took me way to long to figure out how to word this little post.
More to come tomorrow but I had to shout out to maedwen and Edna, both first time NaNo winners!!!!, who helped me when I was ready to pack in this year. And to all the crazy NaNo's who all won no matter how many words we typed because we all dared to dream.
I love what Piers Anthony said in our Pep Talk this week...
"Consider the first card of the Tarot deck, titled The Fool. There's this young man traipsing along with a small dog at his heel, toting a bag of his worldly goods on the end of his wooden staff, carrying a flower in his other hand, gazing raptly at the sky—and about to step off a cliff, because he isn't watching his feet. A fool indeed. Does this feel familiar? It should. You're doing much the same thing. What made you ever think you could bat out a bad book like that, let alone write anything readable?
So are you going to give up this folly and focus on reality before you step off the cliff? No? Are you sure? Even though you know you are about to confirm the suspicion of your dubious relatives, several acquaintances, and fewer friends that you never are going to amount to anything more than a dank hill of beans? That you're too damned oink-headed to rise to the level of the very lowest rung of common sense?
Sigh. You're a lost soul. So there's no help for it but to join the lowly company of the other aspect of The Fool. Because the fact is, that Fool is a Dreamer, and it is Dreamers who ultimately make life worthwhile for the unimaginative rest of us. Dreamers consider the wider universe. Dreamers build cathedrals, shape fine sculptures, and yes, generate literature. Dreamers are the artists who provide our rapacious species with some faint evidence of nobility."
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Can you write a 50,000 word novel in one month? Wanna try? Sure you do.
Well, it's November. That means, once again, it's time for National Novel Writing Month!
It's super fun, and you should do it! Some helpful hints to pad your word count:
Give your character a double first name, such as Mary Anne. That way, every time you write his/her name, it counts as 2 words instead of 1.
Do not use contractions. Don't = 1 word. Do Not = 2.
When in doubt, have ninjas and/or pirates attack the scene. Especially if they don't belong. All sorts of chaos to write!
Never delete. Want to go back and change something? Change the color of the rejected text, or italicize it. Something so that you know it shouldn't be there, but so it's still in your file, helping your word count move right along.
And, as if that weren't good enough, check out this awesome contest. It makes me wish I were writing YA this year:
Serendipity Literary Agency, in collaboration with Sourcebooks and Gotham Writers' Workshop, is hosting its first Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition for a chance to win a one-on-one consultation with one of New York's leading YA literary agents!
If you've written a novel for young adults—or have an idea for one that you would like to write—we invite you to enter our contest. Simply submit only an enticing title along with the first 250 words from the opening of your original YA novel using the form below. There's no entry fee or purchase requirement.
The Grand Prize Winner will have the opportunity to submit an entire manuscript to YA literary agent Regina Brooks and receive a free, 10-week writing course, courtesy of Gotham Writers' Workshop.
The Top Five Entrants (including the Grand Prize winner) will receive a 15-minute, one-on-one pitch session with Regina Brooks, one of New York's premier literary agents for young adult books. They will also receive commentary on their submissions by editors at HarperCollins, Penguin, Harlequin, Random House, and Sourcebooks and receive a one-year subscription toThe Writer magazine.
YA literary agent Regina Brooks, along with editors at Sourcebooks, will read all of the entries and determine the top 20 submissions. These submissions will then be read by Dan Ehrenhaft, head Acquisitions Editor at Soucebooks Fire; Alisha Niehaus, Editor at Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin); David Linker, Executive Editor at HarperCollins Children's Books; Michele Burke, Editor at Knopf Books for Young Readers (Random House); and Evette Porter, Editor at Harlequin. These judges will whittle the top 20 down to five, and each of the five winners will be provided commentary on their submissions.
NOVEMBER IS NaNoWriMo
In honor of National Novel Writing Month—an international event where aspiring novelists are encouraged to write an entire novel in 30 days—entries for the YA Novel Discovery Contest will be accepted from 12:01am (ET) November 1 until 11:59pm (ET), November 30, 2009.
The contest is open to writers 13 years of age or older. Entrants will be judged solely on the title and the first 250 words of their YA novel—no additional material will be accepted. For an inside look at what the judges will be looking for, participants can refer to Writing Great Books for Young Adults by Regina Brooks. There is no minimum word count for the submission. Only online entries will be accepted. And only one submission per person.
Press Release Provided by... Sourcebooks
I like your list of suggestions for NaNoWriMo. Honestly, I admire the people who sign up for it; writing a 50,000-word novel in a month is hard work!
I'm NaNo-ing for the first time and finding it not my style. I figured writing about characters I'd worked with before would be an advantage. I'm not so sure, though, that I have anything left to say!
The structure and discipline are good. As for the writing, we'll have to see.
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This is why I LOVE Halloween. More incriminating photos here.
The morning of Halloween we got up and went to breakfast discussing the best way to apply our fangs and when said fangs would need to go be applied and, oh yeah, would be able to eat and drink with fangs. That's the start of a great day. And it was a day that ended up in the wee-wee hours of the next morning. And it's the surprises we remember. Totally shocking Halloween and a totally fun one. Best costumes this year? There was a Twister board that was SO cute. And there was a guy decked out in S & M wear that we were like...OK, that guy has a lot of confidence. Best part was all the dancing. Icing foot today with mystery pain in toe. But doing it with a BIG smile. Catching up with old friends LA Style, which means when you leave the party the party starts and when you randomly walk down the street to take a photo of a house that is so over the top you have to photograph it, the owners offer you a glass of Dom and chat. Hahahahaha. [What recession] Biggest surprise for us was that we intended to go as a couple of Hippie Vampires, but after we got all dressed up Joe looked like Ozzy and he was the life and undead hit of the party having folks snap shots of him all night.
I really meant to post more last week. I have a whole slew of spooky stories, oh well. Maybe next year.
Why am I doing a happy dance today? [even as we are still recovering from the weekend?] I sent a story out to an editor I met and heard at LA Writer's Day in 2008 and she just sent me a reply. Why, after 18 months am I happy about it? She wrote me, hand-wrote me a wonderful note with a few ideas and it just made my day. Woohooo! Here's to getting a little encouragement along the way:)
Here's to another wonderful year of NaNo. I'm totally behind. But, that's all part of the fun...Leaving for NYC and Florida in a week, what to wear, what to wear... Read the rest of this post
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Discussion in 'Orlando Hotels and Attractions' started by nana2tots, Jul 16, 2005.
Tell me , Why i should rent your Vacation Home, instead of theirs?
I doubt that any of the owners here are going to trash talk anothers home
I am guessing the best your gonna get is recomendations from people like me who have stayed in their homes
we stayed with our extended family here http://www.jansfloridavilla.co.uk/
and we loved it so much we are going back in dec 06
why did we pick this over others???
well we liked the pictures and the location
and the owner is Great to deal with and that adds a great personal touch
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I am not sure you should. You have to find a home that will fit your families needs. I perspnally have a 6 bed 5 bath. Probably not a good fit if you have less then 10 people. Of course if every one wants there own room 6 would be a good fit. I think my home is wonderful for families, easy to clean up if messes are made. Why you ask I have tile in all of the common areas leather sectional that type of thing. I also have childrens items and fun things for decorations. Not very comfortable if you want sleek, traditional and a formal living quarters. My home will appeal to some where others would not find it a good fit.
If you are looking for themed rooms with the typical princess you will not find it at my home. I have a princess but I also have 2 prince's. They would not sleep in a pink room and so I decided when we started to decorate we would be different then most. Again not all will like the beach theme I have taken to. Each room is a little bit different brach scene. The kids bath has fish and so does one of the twin rooms, tried to work in Nemo. One is surfer, one palm trees, one red whit and blue nautical. My kitchen is mermaid themed. You get the idea. Not for every one.
I really think you need to sit down and decide what every one will need. How many bed rooms will we need. How many baths if lots of teens or girlie girls you can never have enough any way so go with what you can afford. They will just have to take turns.LOL Do you want a pool or will a club pool you might have to drive to be ok? Do you want a spa, pool heat? I would have it I am a wimp!!!! Games room or is a game system enough? TV's in all rooms or not? Access ti internet? So on and so on...There is a match for you out there have fun looking and find something that will make a good fit for your crew.
To be quite honest when we first bought our home we went down with my best friend and her husband and 2 boys our family my mom and neice. We had barely any furniture, no tv's set up or vcr's or dvd players not even a game system. My kids had a great time and did not even notice I swear it. If you are going down to have a great vaca it will happen if you are in a shack or a 5 star home.
Have a great time planning and remember to stop on occasion and smell the roses during your vaca.
Forgot to give you my web site to check out the house. To busy chewing your ear off.
I wasn't trying to hurt anyones feelings, heck, if you own any Home at WDW, you are a very Lucky person, i would even take a Shack, as long as i was owning something. Just thought it would be a good little game, that way i could view all the Homes.As far as choosing, i have already booked a Home several months ago .
Never know, still might find that one home that, oh the one that Really catches my eye, like King Trition.
Some of the homes are outrageous, but heck , look at the size of them, could put three of my home inside one of them Oh, well, i'll sit back and enjoy their Pics on the net.Hope every1 is having a Great Disney Day!!!
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By: Sal Cangeloso
For years now consumers have patiently awaited the successful release of the eBook reader. Manufacturers have tried a few times to get this right, but the results have always been disappointing. A proper digital book should fit the form factor of a normal paperback, though will replace the pages with memory and the cover with a display. While this is a simple enough concept, actually making a feasible product has been extremely tough.
Why has producing a successful eBook reader been such a struggle? After all, much of the cost of a book goes into the printing and binding, so there seems to be huge incentives to lower production costs of each book. The challenges are numerous, but have come down to display design and the logistics behind the delivery of reading material.
The expected release dates for some eBook readers is not far away. This is an exciting prospect and something which could have a large impact on the printing industry and the entire field of mobile products. This article is going to go over what we know about these products as well as what to expect from the next round of readers.
[Photographic Note: The images showed were take at this year's CES and are a prototype of Sony's Reader]
A major reason why older versions of eBook readers could not get off the ground was their display technology. Previous versions used LCD displays similar to those found on a noteBook computer or PDA. While this may have been the best option at the time it was problematic. A fundamental problem with LCD displays is that they are backlit so their brightness would inevitably cause eye strain and headaches during extended reading. Also, LCDs and backlights need continuous power, which means that the longer you take to read each page the less you will be able to read before the battery dies.
The next round of readers, such as Sony's Reader and Irex Technologies' iLiad, use a technology known as "epaper" or electronic ink. This technology only requires power to get from one page to the next, once a page is on the screen is stays there and does not use the battery to sustain it. In addition to extra battery life, electronic ink does not require backlighting, has impressive contrast, and is easier on the eyes than an LCD. Sony expects the Reader's battery life to be 7,500 page turns. Irex has estimated their product's life to be over 21 hours, though this is based on the speed of an average paced reader.
With an expected price of $299 to $399, according to a Sony spokesman, the readers will not mark a small investment. Users will ostensibly be able to make up for this cost in convenience and savings on book purchases. The convenience will come into play when users are able to travel with hundreds of books with them in a product that is just 6.9″ x 4.9″ x 0.5″ and weighs about 9 ounces, to use the Sony as an example. The savings will be dependent on how many eBooks are purchased- at CES the rumor was that Sony would be starting their online library with nearly 10,000 titles available at about a 25% discount (compared to the cost of a hardcover book)- but all this is totally up in the air.
The Sony Reader is designed to hold about 80 books (at 800 KB per book) but they can also be read off of a MemoryStick. This means its onboard available storage may be as little as 64MB. Supplementing this with a MemoryStick would be easy to do, depending on how many books you really need to have with you, but it is another expense. This feature will be more useful when the reader is used to play MP3 files, a capability which Sony is expected to include. The iLiad has 224MB of storage and accepts USB, CF, and SD/MMC and can be connected to through onboard WiFi and 10/100 LAN.
Not much is being said about supported formats, but Sony has made it clear that the Reader will be able to use PDF files in addition to a format known as BBeB (Broadband Electronic Books). Their site states that the product will be able to handle "personal documents, blogs, newsfeeds, and JPEGs," so it is shaping up to be quite a powerful tool. The ability to display JPEGs means that it might also be able to support images within PDFs, a fact which we confirmed with a Sony representative. Irex says their reader will be able to work with PDF, XHTML, plain text, and MP3 formats, though this will possibly expand in the future.
Digital book readers have had trouble finding their audience, at least in part, because people are very attached to the feel of a book. Sony makes no attempt to emulate this, instead includes a slick interface. In addition to page controls, bookmarks can be set and there are navigation buttons on the right side. The text size can be toggled, which means people will poor eye sight will no longer be limited to expensive and hefty hardcover versions.
eBooks are not without their problems though. A number of newspapers have just gotten through looking over eBooks, some paying special attention to digitized text books, and serious issues have been raised. The complaints are primarily not with the readers themselves but rather with the eBooks. Many of their problems were with the DRM issues associated with the text books that are currently available, such as expiration periods and that they can't be resold or bought used. Some books also limit how many pages can be printed from them over a given time period. Problems like these will be especially tough to work around with text books, but DRM issues will arise with all eBooks, regardless of their content.
So, the big question remains: are eBook readers ready for the mass market? With the Reader expected to reach consumers some time this fall (certainly not before the end of the summer, according to the representative) a number of issues still have to be resolved. The most important of these are DRM decisions, but the logistics are crucial as well. Consumers will need a fast and easy way to get themselves electronic books to read and the prices will have to present a savings over their printed counterparts. Supposing that big players, like Sony and its publishing partners, can find a common ground, this round of digital books may just have a chance for survival. Even so, it will be an uphill battle, as paper-based reading material is one thing which even the most dedicated electronics users have been hesitant to give up.
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The image above was taken from Froogle.com at the time when this article was printed. It lists the Sony Reader at $349.95. [The link from Froogle goes to Sony's online store.] It is in line with Sony's unofficial word of a price between $299 and $399.
In order to get things really started there will probably need to be a subsidizing of the eBook readers if the companies want this generation. Chances are that producers are not at this stage yet and they will need some time to measure customer interest and acceptance. At the expected prices companies will be asking a lot of early adopters, especially when the supply of electronic books is not as large as many readers would like. Considering these factors, eBook reader may never buy themselves back in savings, especially for those who tend to read used books and paperbacks. This is a main reason why Irex Technologies is directing their product more towards business users, people who need to have a large amount of documents on hand and are not as concerned about the cost (or will save on the costs associated with transportation).
So while the eBook reader may not be ready for every consumer, its recent advances have finally brought it to the point where niche users will be interested. Later on, once more eBooks are ready and some of the trickier DRM problems have been worked out, these devices are definitely going to be something to keep an eye on.


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Denying that he was the author of the White Paper on Palestine, which he declared was the product of the entire British Cabinet, Lord Passfield, British Secretary for the Colonies, announces in an interview with Harry Rogoff, assistant editor of the Jewish Forward, who is now in London, and J. L. Fine, London correspondent of the Forward, that the British government will not issue any new statement regarding the White Paper, but that all misunderstandings with regard to it will be clarified in a statement which the government will soon make in parliament. Rogoff's interview with Lord Passfield appears in Sunday's Forward.
Regarding Jewish land purchase in Palestine in the future, the British Colonial Secretary declared in the interview that Jews will be able to buy land just as before, but that the government will not permit the expropriation of Arabs who till the soil. He also declared that the government will not make any changes with regard to its immigration policy, stating thereby that immigration was suspended last May only for economic reasons.
With regard to Jewish immigration, Lord Passfield declared that the White Paper has been misinterpreted in this respect. He pointed out that the 1,500 chalutzim certificates have just been issued purposely to prove that the government has not changed its policy toward Jewish immigration into Palestine.
Lord Passfield also admitted frankly in his interview with the Forward representative that he is opposed to the Palestine Jewish labor federation, the Histadruth. Expressing the belief that the Jewish labor unions in Palestine were not labor unions but Zionist organizations, the British Secretary for the Colonies attacked the Histadruth for excluding Arabs from its affiliated unions.
With regard to Lord Passfield's statement that he was not the author of the White Paper, Mr. Rogoff says:
"During our conversation Passfield made the astonishing statement that he did not edit the White Paper on Palestine. 'This is not my document,' he said, 'but a document of the Cabinet. I am only technically responsible for it, as Minister for the Colonies.' Passfield made this statement as an apology for the fact that the White Paper made a worse impression upon the Jews than he, Passfield, would have desired, and for the fact that the White Paper is not as clear on many points as he himself is.
"Passfield's statement that the White Paper is not his work seemed comical to us, since the Cabinet had stated that it had nothing to do with it, and threw the entire responsibility for it upon Lord Passfield. It seems as if every one wishes to throw off from himself responsibility for the White Paper and no one wants to admit that it is his work."
On the question of Jewish land purchase, which Lord Passfield declared will not be restricted in the future, Mr. Rogoff states:
"Lord Passfield admitted that the Jews in Palestine have always provided for the Arabs who lost their land. He even admitted that in many cases the Jews made it possible for the Arabs to make a better livelihood on a smaller parcel of land. But, he said, the Arab very often squanders all the money which he got from the Jews and remains penniless and landless. Such Arabs, he said, become dangerous, and the government intends to see that such cases should not occur in the future.
"'The government will therefore interfere only in such cases where Jews will buy land and Arabs will thereby lose their land,' said Lord Passfield, adding: 'I have spoken very often with the most prominent local Zionist leaders and they are very satisfied with this attitude. If the White Paper contained only this, the Zionists would have no complaint. The Zionist leaders told me that the Jews have always provided for the Arabs who lost their land and will continue to do so with the greatest pleasure'.
"Here Passfield spoke about the plans of the government to prepare land for agricultural purposes. The government intends to conduct the work on a large scale. He admitted that at present the plans are not yet definite and clear. It is not known as yet when the work will commence, on how large a scale it will be and how much it will cost. He, Passfield, doesn't know how the necessary sums will be raised. The London government will aid in the work, but to what extent it will help he cannot say definitely.
"After the work of improving parcels of land has been accomplished, Lord Passfield continued, the first concern of the government will be the Arabs who are landless. But this shouldn't worry the Jews, since the number of such landless Arabs is very small, altogether less than thirty thousand. When this is accomplished, Jews and Arabs will receive equal treatment in the purchase of land.
"We asked him whether the land would then be distributed equally among the two peoples according to their respective numbers. Passfield smiled and answered that this wouldn't satisfy the Jews. One could understand that he meant that Jews would be able to buy more land in proportion to their numbers in the country."
Lord Passfield's attack on the Histadruth is described by Mr. Rogoff as follows:
"He stated openly that he is against the Histadruth, that he prefers the old type of Palestinian Jewish colonists, the Palestinian Jews of before the war, the 'pious Jew', as Passfield expressed it. He doesn't like the new type of Jewish colonist which the Histadruth is bringing into the country.
"We dwelt at length on this point. We pointed out that Socialists and labor leaders should be more satisfied with the type of new Jewish immigrants, since the latter are Socialists and trade-unionists who have come to Palestine to live in accordance with their Socialist ideals.
"Passfield emphasized strongly that he is not opposed to the new immigrants because they are Socialists and trade-unionists. He is only opposed to them because they are Zionists and do not live in harmony with the Arabs. He stated that the Jewish labor unions in Palestine are not really trade unions, but Zionist organizations, and that the Arabs cannot therefore enter them.
"When I heard Passfield speak so heatedly on this subject I was amazed. I couldn't understand how such famous Socialists as Emil Vandervelde, MacDonald, Mrs. Snowden, who were in Palestine and themselves saw the work of the Histadruth, came back enthusiastic over the Jewish labor unions there, while Passfield, who was never there, hasn't one good word for the Histadruth.
"Passfield dwelt at length upon the question of Jews excluding Arab workers. He spoke of this in a firm tone. We showed him that Arab workers are excluded only from such Jewish undertakings as are being financed by Jewish funds. Fine called his attention to an article in the Manchester Guardian. The writer of that article said that to ask of the Jews to hire Arabs for such undertakings means asking them to be superhuman. I said that Russia could be taken as an example; there the government is allowing the Jews to utilize Jewish funds only for Jews. Passfield didn't agree with all this, but kept stubbornly to his view.
"It was a great disappointment for us, both what Passfield had said about the Histadruth and the tone in which he spoke. He complained that the Jews demand more privileges than the Arabs by demanding better wages. I asked him why the government of Palestine never adopted any labor laws. To this Passfield replied that something was done in this respect before the occurrences of August, 1929, but that since then nothing more could be done for the Palestine workers."
In conclusion Mr. Rogoff states in his cable that London Zionist leaders regard this interview with Lord Passfield, which though originally planned to last half an hour, was prolonged to an hour and a quarter, as the most important statement made by the Colonial Secretary since the issuance of the White Paper.


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Governor Cuomo, along with Democrat and Republican legislators, is ramming through a bill to restrict gun ownership, re-classify weapons in order to ban them—and, in a far-reaching move, create psychiatrists as cops who must report patients to law-enforcement, in order to keep the patients from owning a weapon.
Psychiatrists must report patients "who could potentially harm themselves or others." If such a patient owns a gun, it will be confiscated.
This means a comprehensive data base, accessible by law-enforcement personnel and anyone else involved in doing background checks These "problematic" patients will be kept from buying a new weapon, too. Otherwise, the law would have no teeth.
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Hungerford & Terry, Inc. has announced the appointment of Frank Caligiuri as its new Vice President of Sales for the venerable 105-year-old employee-owned, water-conditioning purification engineering and manufacturing firm.
Mr. Caligiuri replaces Ken Sayell, who will retire in May 2014, after 42 distinguished years with the company. H&T's last four decades under Mr. Sayell have includedits latest accomplishments in the ion exchange evolution,its continuing success in treatment for the removal of iron, manganese, arsenic and nitrates,as well asits increased utilization of membrane technology in the company's non-stop efforts to solve customers' increasing demands forthe future.
"Frank brings a wealth of experience to the critical role of sales for the company," says Mr. Tom Carrocino, Hungerford & Terry's newly appointed President, as of March 20, 2014."His engineering background, his 22 years' experience in H&T Sales and his diverse prior technical experience will all prove invaluable going forward. Frank will interface with our nationwide sales representatives to promote Hungerford & Terry's well-deserved reputation for solving all types of water-treatment problems and improving both H&T's and our representatives' bottom lines.
When asked about his appointment to his new position, Mr. Caligiuri states: "First, I want to thank Tom and my colleagues on the Board of Directors for their confidence in me. I look forward to enhancing H&T's pre-eminent status as the company that continuously seeks the best technology to solve water-filtration challenges on a daily basis. That's what this job is all about."
Prior to joining Hungerford & Terry in 1992, Mr. Caligiuri was employed by Penn Ventilator in 1991 in a technical management capacity and served as a Total Quality Management Program Facilitator. Early in his career he received theDale Carnegie accreditation for Sales and Public Speaking. He pursued a degree in Environmental Engineering at Gloucester County Community College, New Jersey in the late 1980s after he received his degree from Brandywine College (now part of Widener University) in Wilmington, Delaware in 1977.
Mr. Caligiuri was elected to the Monroe Township Council, Gloucester County for three consecutive terms, including two years as President and two years as Vice President. He also served on the Monroe Township Planning Board and the Gloucester County Improvement Authority.
About Hungerford & Terry
In 2009, Hungerford & Terry, Inc. celebrated 100 years of designing and building water-conditioning systems for a wide range of industrial, commercial and municipal operations throughout the world. Since its inception in 1909, Hungerford & Terry has designed and manufactured thousands of systems that incorporate both conventional and unique water-treatment technologies that include filtration and ion exchange technologies.
The firm has been employee-owned since the 1920s and is considered one of the early pioneers of company-employee joint ownership.
Today, Hungerford & Terry is a leading distributor of high-performance water-filtration media, including GreensandPlus. Based in Clayton, New Jersey, USA, Hungerford & Terry has over 30 sales representative organizations throughout the United States, as well as representatives in Canada, Central America, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Asia. For more information, visit www.hungerfordterry.com.
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- The Pacific pushes out its taros.
- China holds on to its pigs.
- Vanuatu preserves its bananas.
- The world talks about yams in particular. And crop breeding in general.
- How Britain got its monkey puzzles.
- Bangladesh goes for mola culture. But not only.
- Australia puts money into beer.
- France gets into the whole baobab factsheet thing, but with a video twist.
- Virginia makes wine. With infographic goodness.
- UK tries to slow down its food.
- Canada barcodes everything.
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Under Offer £169,995
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- Detached house in town centre location
- Two double bedrooms
- Lounge
- Kitchen/diner
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- Gas central heating
- Some updating required
- Off road parking and courtyard garden
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Fitted with low-level WC, double glazed window to front, full height ceramic tiling to all walls, radiator, coving to ceiling.
4.38m (14'4") x 4.12m (13'6")
Double glazed window to side, gas fire with feature surround, radiator, coving to ceiling, stairs leading to first floor, double doors to conservatory.
1.93m (6'4") x 1.87m (6'2")
UPVC double glazed construction, door to outside.
4.12m (13'6") x 3.44m (11'3")
Fitted with a matching range of base and eye level units with worktop space over, stainless steel sink with single drainer and mixer tap, plumbing for automatic washing machine, space for fridge/freezer, gas and electric points for cooker, double glazed window to rear, double glazed window to side, radiator, coving to ceiling, ceiling spotlights, wall mounted gas radiator heating boiler, door to courtyard.
Double glazed window to side, radiator, coving to ceiling.
3.71m (12'2") x 3.39m (11'2") max
Double glazed window to front, double glazed window to side, radiator, coving to ceiling, storage cupboard, fitted double wardrobe.
3.21m (10'6") x 2.47m (8'1")
Double glazed window to rear, double glazed window to side, radiator, coving to ceiling.
Fitted with three piece suite comprising panelled bath with shower over, pedestal wash hand basin and low-level WC, full height ceramic tiling to all walls, extractor fan, double glazed window to side, radiator, coving to ceiling.
A gravel driveway to the side leads to off road parking. The property also offers a courtyard with a storage shed with power and lighting.
Walk out of our office and turn left. Continue along East Street and the property can be found on the left hand side.
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Intel Chairman Calls on Employers to Transform Healthcare System
Subject: General Tech | September 28, 2006 - 03:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 26, 2006 -
Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, speaking at the eHealth Initiative's
Health Information Technology Summit, urged a dramatic change in the
way the nation administers healthcare. Barrett called for employers to
exercise their influence as the largest purchasers of healthcare to
drive improvements in care delivery, reducing costs and improving
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 26, 2006 -
"The current healthcare system is
economically unsustainable and negatively impacting our nation's
ability to compete globally," said Barrett, also a member of the United
States Health and Human Services' American Health Information
Community. "It's time for a systemic transformation, and U.S. employers
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If you want the Florida education commissioner to be more focused on politics than schools, then elect him, says state Board of Education member Phoebe Raulerson. "I just hate for us to go away from that, where the concentration is away from education, it's on getting elected," Raulerson told The Gradebook.
Raulerson, a former Okeechobee County superintendent, was referring to a proposed constitutional amendment, now winding its way through the Legislature, that would return Florida to the not-long-ago days when education commissioners were elected and state Cabinets served as the BOE. Under the current set-up, governors appoint BOE members to staggered terms, and the board picks the commish.
Raulerson said that system is better: Current BOE members are devoted to one issue, she said, while elected Cabinet officials (currently the governor, the attorney general, the chief financial officer and the commissioner of agriculture) would not be.
In case you're thinking Raulerson has a dog in this fight, she notes her 4-year term (she was appointed by Jeb Bush) expires this year. "So this is not my future we're talking about," she said.
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Simon Le Bon talks digital music, picking songs for setlists and the ongoing need to be on radio
The voice of Simon Le Bon shocked me from the start. "Hi, Steve." It was higher-pitched than I'd imagined it would be. But obviously he'd taken the time to learn my name (and newspaper's name) ahead of time. The boys of Duran Duran are nothing if not media savvy.
I had just 10 minutes to talk with Simon on the eve of Duran Duran's 2011 North American tour. I had written down 10 questions, thinking I'd have time for only five. In reality, I probably needed 12. One thing I've yet to really learn after interviewing maybe 50 celebrities from the '80s: They are always unpredictable. Some will chat your ears off. Others, it's like pulling teeth. You just cross your fingers and hope for something in between.
In this case, Simon's answers were either short and to the point, or long and thoughtful. Either I tickled his brain or I didn't. And that's fine. Simon has probably been interviewed tens of thousands of times in 30 years. Probably most of them for no more than 10 minutes at a time. My goal -- to hit him with something he'd never really heard before -- was a tough one, and I probably didn't accomplish it.
And here's the other problem: When you're in love with a band, it makes it all the more difficult to come up with intelligent questions when you actually get the chance. The first 30 questions that ran through my head were childish. They were the equivalent of asking U2's Bono, "Hey, why wave around a white flag?" So I focused on the new album, the upcoming anniversary of Rio and what he thinks about the digital age of music. If Simon has an opinion on the music biz, I wanted to know it. And his answer really surprised me.
But, when it's all said and done, hey ... I talked to Simon Le Bon. Go back and ask the 18-year-old version of myself if I ever foresaw that happening. Turns out that just asking ANY question was the real conquest.
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- Modern military firepower confronts the tooth and claw of legend in a massive, blockbuster experience with spectacular run and gun firefights and battles
- Skyscrapers fall and your world crumbles around you. See London burn to the ground and witness New York torn apart in spectacular supernatural destruction
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descriptionAll creatures of ancient myth, legend and lore are real. They've just been sealed away for thousands of years inside Pandora's box, waiting ... for you ... in Legendary. When a thief named Deckard is hired to steal an ancient artifact, he unwittingly triggers a war between man and myth.
Griffons rule the skies, werewolves tear the innocent limb from limb, and cities are held under siege as creatures we'd dismissed as imaginings of our ancestors prove to be very real and very angry for being held prisoner for untold millennia. As the only person able to return these creatures to the box, Deckard finds that he must work with a shadowy secret society to save civilization before it is torn apart by tooth and claw.
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A new type of translation–rotation encoder that makes use of two identical transparent dielectric gratings lighted in a -1-order Littrow mount is proposed. The correct choice of the wavelength-to-groove-spacing ratio produces only two transmitted beams, which interfere with the highest possible visibility in a large range of experimental conditions. Thus this mounting permits high-accuracy encoders to be produced by the use of cheap photoresist or plastic gratings and opens the way to industrial applications in high-precision mechanics, information processing, etc.
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Jacques C. Védrine
Jacques C. Vé drine was born in Lyon, France. He received a Chemical Engineering degree from ESCIL, and a Doctorat é s Sciences degree in 1968 from Lyon University. He spent two years in the USA (19691971) at Varian Associates and Princeton University. He returned to Lyon at IRC as a CNRS permanent scientist. In 1988, he became a Deputy Director of IRC. In 1998, he moved to the University of Liverpool in the UK as a Professor with chair at the Chemistry Department, and as a Director of European Associated Laboratory High Specificity Catalysis between CNRS and University of Liverpool. He moved back to France in 2003 and joined the Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Surfaces (ENSCP) and was a Part-Time "Chargé de Mission" at the Ministry of High Education and Research. He moved in 2006 to the Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, University Paris VI, where he is working currently. He was awarded the Grand prix (Pierre SUE) SFC in 2001, and he was elected the President of Catalysis Division of SFC 1994—1997. He was an Elected Member of the French National Committee of Scientific Research (1996—2001), and he was elected as the President of the European Federation of Catalysis Society (EFCATS), 1997—1999. He authored more than 350 publications in international journals and 7 books, and shared in 250 conferences or communications, including 30 plenary lectures and 50 invited lectures. His scientific interests cover heterogeneous catalysis (selective oxidation on mixed oxides and polyoxometalates, and acid-base catalysis on zeolites, polyoxometalates, sulfated oxides), combinatorial catalysis, and physical techniques of catalyst characterisation. He is currently working on a Michel Che, two-volume book Characterisation of Solid Materials: From Structure to Surface Reactivity to appear at the end of 2011 by Wiley-VCH. He has been a Consultant for many national and international industrial companies, a member of editorial boards of several international scientific journals, and a Co-organizer of many national and international congresses.
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London, United Kingdom, 2010/10/08 - New product bundling capability enables UK's largest home website to offer product packages at significant discounts.
mydeco.com today announced the launch of the new mydeco Kitchenshop a new selection of kitchenware and accessories hand-picked by mydeco editors for design and value, which will be sold directly through the mydeco online basket. The Kitchenshop is a new venture for mydeco.com, the UKs largest furniture and home design website, expanding the range of items purchased directly through mydecos basket, and enabling the website to offer heavily discounted product bundles.
The first manufacturer to work with mydeco to offer product bundles is Sabichi, whose kitchenware and accessories have been packaged into back to Uni kitchenware bundles for students, providing all the essentials to equip a student kitchen at three price points (Basic, Premium and Deluxe). Ranging from £52.50 for 14 kitchen basics to £142.50 for 19 deluxe items, the bundled packages represent savings of between 21% and 28% over the total cost of buying each item separately.
Nicole Vanderbilt, mydeco.com CEO comments Were delighted to be partnering with Sabichi to offer this exciting new range of product bundles, because we know that a huge part of why people shop online is convenience and value for money. These bundles make it possible to buy everything you need to equip a kitchen with one click at a fantastic discount.
The new mydeco Kitchenshop marketplace is powered by Ixtens, a leader in marketplace platform technology, and includes ten manufacturers representing over 2,500 products. Nicole adds Launching a marketplace on mydeco.com cements our position as the best place to find the right item for your home, from the best possible range of retailers and manufacturers. In addition to our 1,500+ retailers, the Ixtens marketplace platform allows us to help our customers discover products from new brands and buy from multiple retailers in the same basket.
Sabichi New Product Development Manager Emma Perruzza adds The bundles weve put together with mydeco.com are ideal for students. Each and every item has been road-tested, so were confident that each package offers unbeatable value for money -something which is bound to be uppermost in students minds as they go back to Uni this month.
mydeco.com plans to release a number of new product bundles over the coming months, focusing on kids baking accessories for the October half term, followed by entertaining bundles of glasses and barware for the Christmas season.
mydeco also plans to make it possible for shoppers to create their own bundles, combining items from different manufacturers into a bundle to receive a discounted price at the checkout.
The full list of manufacturers in mydeco Kitchenshop at launch includes:
The Cocktail Store
Coco and Bo
Buckingham Healthcare
Corkscrew Co
Charles Gallen Irish
Eternity Tableware
Please note that mydeco is all one word, all lowercase (mydeco not MyDeco).
For high-res images, exclusive comment from mydeco.com or more information please contact: Jo Casley, jo[.]mydeco.com / 0203 384 1371 or email.
About mydeco.com
mydeco.com was founded by the management team behind lastminute.com, one of Europe's most successful ever online businesses. mydeco.com brings together more than three million homeware products from over 1,500 UK retailers. From high-end to high street, mass market to niche, mydeco.com enables consumers to find what they are looking for, for their home, without having to trawling the high street.
Key website features include: Shopping: Search the UK's most comprehensive database of over three million home products by price, discount, colour or dimension. Over 1,500 retailers in one easy-to-search online website.
3D room planner: View over 200,000 3D rooms and build a virtual model of your room using an easy-to-use tool, and choose from over 75,000 3D pieces of furniture, wallpaper, paints and flooring to visualize how your room will look.
Community: Share creative ideas, ask questions and get expert advice from over 150,000 members simply by registering on mydeco.com.
Moodboards: Make a quick, easy virtual moodboard by selecting any items from our database of 3 million products, or upload your own photos. Moodboards are a great tool to help you visualize how items will look together in your room.
mydeco boutique: Our home for hand-picked, original design. Weve selected over 200 British designers you wont find on the high street, and brought them together into a boutique of unique, quirky designs from tea towels to tables, youll find something to fall in love with.
About Sabichi
Sabichi Homewares Ltd (sabichi.co.uk) is one of the leading UK retail brand in homewares, established in 1994, supplying many of the major high street chain stores, catalogue and mail order companies, in addition to several hundred independent stores and individuals throughout the UK and Ireland.
Sabichis comprehensive product range includes kitchenware, dining ware and glassware, domestic electricals, bath ware, laundry accessories, kitchen textiles and bedding.
About Ixtens
Based in New York City, Ixtens (ixtens.com) powers marketplaces for online retailers and media companies, and helps drop-shippers, suppliers and merchants work in multichannel ecommerce. Ixtens provides a SaaS-based platform that enables merchants to syndicate their products out to multiple marketplaces or to sell third-party inventory by powering their own marketplaces.
Agency / Source: Mydeco.com
Availability: All Regions (Including Int'l)
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