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Camp NaNoWriMo – I’m In!

01 Wednesday Apr 2020

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in History of Rome and the New Caesarian Colonies, NaNoWriMo, Novellas

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Salve! Hot on the heels of submitting my last novella to my ‘people’ for formatting, I’ve got another project raring to go!

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The Power of Not Making It – A NaNoWriMo Unsuccess Story

30 Saturday Nov 2019

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in NaNoWriMo 2019, Self-Publishing, The Last Gladiator

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Sometimes, you crush your goals, other times, your goals crush you!

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An update, yes please! – NaNoWriMo2019

19 Tuesday Nov 2019

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in NaNoWriMo 2019, Novellas, Self-Publishing, Steam Empire Chronicles, The Last Gladiator, World of Romanpunk

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Hi all,

Unfortunately I’ve been falling behind on my goals – November is a massive crunch time for me this year, with school things, Warhammer Club and Tournament things, plus now D&D things keeping me busy. I’m still going to finish this novella, but I’m falling behind in my goals. Never-the-less, here’s some updated writing!

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NANOWRIMO 2019 – Committed!

24 Tuesday Sep 2019

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Alternate History, NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo 2019, Self-Publishing, Short Stories, Steam Empire Chronicles, Story Ideas

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Hi all!

It’s official! I’ve committed to National Novel Writing Month 2019. Although for me it will be National Novella writing month!

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Cover Art Revealed! – Day 18!

18 Friday Nov 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in artwork, Cover Art, NaNoWriMo, Sale, Self-Publishing, Steel Praetorian

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Hi everyone… Welcome to the event you’ve all been waiting for…. The Cover Reveal for Steel Praetorian!

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Let me know what you all think! I’m extremely excited to share this with you!

If this cover art gets your blood pumping, and you want to know the backstory, read my first three novels. Remember, Iron Tribune is on sale all November long! Get it now while it’s only $3.99! All my books are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or through Apple via Smashwords, and remember to like me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter for more frequent updates throughout NaNoWriMo2016!

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Day 16 – We’re close to the end!

16 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2016, Self-Publishing, Steel Praetorian

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Steel Praetorian has a cover (or at least, a first draft) and an entirely formatted book! Which means it should be done soon! OH MY GOSH I’M SO EXCITED! Estimated Book release date is the 1st of December, which gives me time to do some more blog posts, put it on sale for pre-order, get some proof copies in, and send out review copies.

If you’re a blogger that’s interested in getting a pre-release copy of Steel Praetorian for review, let me know!

For tonight, that’s all!

Current Word Count – Laurel Emperor: 23,500 – Not much progress but it’s been a crazy week here – plus getting sick never helps!

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Day 15 – How to Write Plot Twists

15 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in How to, Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2016, Self-Publishing

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Hi everyone!

Today I want to talk about everyone’s favorite point in a novel – the plot twist. Whether you’re a reader, a writer, an author, a movie-goer or a television watcher, you’re familiar with the plot twist. Everything is going perfectly fine (or at least, in the same, expected direction) and then suddenly, a key component of the story is spun on it’s head. This forces the reader/viewer to adapt or even change their opinions about a character, event, or challenge.

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Day 14 – Almost Halfway There

14 Monday Nov 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in How to, NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo2016, Questions, Self-Publishing, Thoughts

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Salve!

For today’s post, I’m going to actually ask a question of my readers. What would be something you’d like to read an article about? As I’ve discussed before, my two most popular articles are those written about how to kill characters in novels. Gruesome (and highly entertaining) to write about – especially since I don’t take myself seriously in this regard. But what would be some articles you’d like to see? I can’t profess to being an expert at the craft of writing, but I do have experience and some thoughts/opinions about certain things.

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Day 13 – Lucky or Unlucky?

13 Sunday Nov 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo2016, Self-Publishing

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Salve! Welcome to the 13th day of Blogging this November!

Today is really exciting, as I’ve hit the 20,000 word mark. This is a really big deal for me, as it means that almost 1/4 of Laurel Emperor’s first draft is finished! Also, I haven’t been the most focused today, so I also managed to write 500 words on another short story/fan fic idea I’ve been playing around with, which brings my total number of words written today to nearly 3,000! With all my major characters having gotten at least one chapter, I’m about to start working in several new characters that were introduced in the last book, and will begin to play a bigger role in some of the events in Rome.

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Day 11 – Maybe Sent a Character to Heaven?

11 Friday Nov 2016

Posted by Daniel Ottalini in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo2016, Self-Publishing

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Spoiler?

Maybe, Maybe not.

PS – If you’ve already liked me on Facebook, there’s a big announcement about Iron Tribune going on, go check it out!

Here’s today’s writing snippet below the read more tag. Word Count: 17,032

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