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    After six years of defeat...
I WON NANOWRIMO!
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Nov 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    After six years of defeat... I WON NANOWRIMO!

    I'm writing this post at 1:26am because I stayed up till 12:20am writing and I have spent the last hour loading vlog footage, screaming...
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    The Final Battle has begun...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Nov 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Final Battle has begun...

    It has finally come to this...the last battle...the final, desperate moment before the sun rises and shatters the darkness... I figured...
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    Week 2:
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Oct 10, 2018
    • 5 min

    Week 2:

    Writing Prompt #2 - write a short story revolving around one fall family tradition. Mari slammed the door and starting tearing at her...
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    Week 1: Forget Me Not
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Oct 2, 2018
    • 3 min

    Week 1: Forget Me Not

    Writing Prompt for Week 1: You come home from school to find a box on your porch. What’s inside? Her hands were shaking as she walked...
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    Tis the Season for WRITING CHALLENGES!
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Oct 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Tis the Season for WRITING CHALLENGES!

    Goodbye, Summer...Hello, Fall! Okay, I'll give Summer this - 2018 is the first year in forever that I've actually been hesitant to see...
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    Q&A with Author Natalia Leigh
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Jul 23, 2018
    • 6 min

    Q&A with Author Natalia Leigh

    AuthorTube fans - here is a chance to get an insider look at the writer journey of self-published author Natalia Leigh! At some point,...
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    The Rewrite vs. The Edit...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Jul 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Rewrite vs. The Edit...

    So which is it? Do you rewrite or do you edit? Or do you revise? Does it matter? Oh, it does matter? Okay. Are they interchangeable? Are...
    9 views0 comments
    CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Jul 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!

    You asked. I answered. At long last (and after a LOT of technical difficulties), I am FINALLY adding the option to purchase SIGNED COPIES...
    31 views0 comments
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Jun 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    Surprise! Novel Excerpt...

    For those of you that have been asking about my novel...I still can't say much. It's too far from the publication date. However... Since...
    19 views0 comments
    5 Things You Never Knew About Being a Writer...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Jun 26, 2018
    • 5 min

    5 Things You Never Knew About Being a Writer...

    I've seen people do these posts before - and yet I am still finding out things as I progress in my writer journey that I somehow missed...
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    WIP Update #1
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Jun 20, 2018
    • 1 min

    WIP Update #1

    Want to know where I've been for four weeks? I'VE BEEN WRITING! And as much as I've missed posting weekly, it was oh so worth it. In this...
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    Small Space Writing...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • May 22, 2018
    • 8 min

    Small Space Writing...

    Your dream is to have a home office just for writing. After all, you want to make a living off of it. And what could make it feel more...
    19 views0 comments
    This Week's Writing Playlist...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • May 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    This Week's Writing Playlist...

    Looking for some good music to go with that epic scene you're writing? Look no farther! Here is this week's playlist for five favorite...
    9 views0 comments
    A Netflix Villain to Remember...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • May 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    A Netflix Villain to Remember...

    I tend to hesitate before clicking "play" on any Netflix originals. In my experience, they tend to be a slush pile of "meh"s and "heck...
    9 views0 comments
    What's Wrong with Your MC...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Apr 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    What's Wrong with Your MC...

    You've got a hero. And she's REALLY a hero! But something's wrong and you're not sure what. A lot of new writers struggle with one simple...
    7 views0 comments
    The Book That Changed My Life...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Apr 17, 2018
    • 0 min

    The Book That Changed My Life...

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    One Paragraph at a Time..
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Apr 11, 2018
    • 1 min

    One Paragraph at a Time..

    Last week I FINALLY sat down with my laptop. My three-year-old was in her quiet time with her favorite kid's show on the tablet. My...
    5 views0 comments
    Why Pacific Rim: Uprising is a Fantastic Sequel
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Apr 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    Why Pacific Rim: Uprising is a Fantastic Sequel

    When I first heard Pacific Rim: Uprising was coming out, I hemmed and hawed over getting excited. Let's face it. Hollywood is NOT well...
    15 views0 comments
    I Thought I Knew 
My Protagonist...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Mar 27, 2018
    • 1 min

    I Thought I Knew My Protagonist...

    ...Then I started doing the exercises in Donald Maass's amazing book Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (a book YOU MUST get if you are...
    10 views2 comments
    
Where All Writers Begin...
    Joanna G. Holden
    • Mar 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    Where All Writers Begin...

    Today, I pulled out my writing journal and began listing all the books I wanted to write someday. Let me tell you - it was a LONG list!...
    14 views0 comments

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