J. R. FRONTERA, author

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Writing Goals: Project List for October 2015

Remember when I said October was going to be just as busy as September? Yeah. For some reason I thought it would be a great idea to self-publish two books this month. Silly me. But hey, I also once opened a dog grooming business and barely knew how to groom a dog. And ya know what? I had five clients my very first week. And all five clients ended up being very satisfied and happy clients. So what the hell. I can do this. Sure. *gulp* This month, my writing goals are to: Buy ... View Post

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for September 2015

September was a rather productive month, actually, which amuses me because I did not set very many goals for the month, and subsequently accomplished a heckuvalot more than I expected! Here is a report of what I accomplished in the month of September 2015: - 30.5 hours editing Primus (only up to chapter 8, ugh)- Edited two of author friend's fantasy novel chapters - Compiled and organized handout for Wordwraiths' NaNoWriMo workshop and participated in workshop- Wrote my first children's ... View Post

NaNoWriMo Boot Camp: Lesson One – Preparation Matters

(this NaNoWriMo Boot Camp series was originally written in October of 2013. However, I like to pull them out and dust them off every October  as a refresher! So, if you haven't yet seen them, enjoy! If you have seen them already ... enjoy again! Good luck! - J. R.) OH, so you thought NaNoWriMo started in NOVEMBER, did you!?! WRONG! NaNoWriMo starts NOW, RIGHT NOW! The secret to success in this venture is PLANNING!!! PLANNING, people. “But I’m a PANTSER!” you say??? NOT THIS MONTH YOU ... View Post

NaNoWriMo: The Secret to Success is to …

Winter is coming. More specifically, November is coming. And with it, National Novel Writing Month. If you are a writer or an author, you probably either love or hate this time of year, as your social media will suddenly alight with a frenzy of "NaNoWriMo preparation" posts. You'll hate this if you think NaNoWriMo is just a bunch of rubbish (and you'd be wrong about that), and you'll love it if you think NaNoWriMo is awesome (and you'd be right about that) and plan to take part this year ... View Post

5 Reasons I Participate in the Writing Challenges on Twitter – And Why You Should, Too!

If you are a writer and sometimes struggle with having the motivation to meet your word count or editing goals (so, like, all of us?), and you're not participating in the monthly writing challenges on Twitter, your only two excuses had better be that you've never heard of it, or you don't have a Twitter account. As to the first excuse, go here and be educated. As for the second excuse ... why are you a writer without a Twitter account!? But that discussion is for another day, so let's move ... View Post

To my wordpress.com followers – I have OFFICIALLY moved to a self-hosted WordPress.org website!

Pretty much everything for everyone reading this post will stay the same ... BUT! If you only follow this blog on wordpress.com instead of by email, then my new posts will only show up in your Reader, and you won't receive email alerts for new blog posts. If you would like to receive email notifications for new posts on my blog, simply subscribe here again! (Sorry! :P) Hopefully this will not be too annoying for you, but I just hate the thought of disappearing from your radar without an ... View Post

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