J. R. FRONTERA, author

Rebel stories for rebel souls...

NaNoWriMo The Third Was NOT The Charm: How I Survived My 3rd Year of November Noveling Madness

  All righty. Here goes. The long-awaited NaNoWriMo 2014 recap post!  Nearly a month later, I think I'm recovered enough to tackle this, and I think I've had enough reflection time to determine what I need to improve upon next year. So, my dear fellow writerly people ... if you have accomplished NaNoWriMo yourselves, please do chime in with your comments on your own experiences.  And if you have not NaNo-ed before, but are considering doing so next year, please take my experiences here ... View Post

Project List for December 2014: REVISED EDITION

"Wait wait," you may say, "you dropped off the face of the planet for a month only to reappear here and post a December Project List as if nothing had happened?!  What's the deal?  What about NaNoWriMo and all that Boot Camp business?  WHAT IS GOING ON!?" Well, those are all very valid observations and questions. And there was certainly a great deal happening during November, which is why I dropped off the face of the blogosphere. I have now returned, but am so exhausted it's going to take a ... View Post

Backstory: The More You Know, The Less I Have To

Holey moley, this post is FANTASTIC! Probably the most important thing I’ve learned thus far in my writing ventures is that “characters poop plot, plot does not poop characters” ( … thanks, Chuck Wendig), which is the exact point made here. Knowing my characters inside and out, and all of their backstory, has made the plot of my current WIP, now at 99k words, a BREEZE compared to my previous novels. When I do get stuck, I’ve found it’s because I’m trying to FORCE the characters to do something ... View Post

How "Following Your Dreams", or Doing What You LOVE in Life, is Like Running a Half-Marathon! (but not like running a full marathon, because I've never done that … that would just be crazy!)

A funny thing happened to me yesterday. I was told by a very lovely person (Zenobia Southcombe, to be precise - please do head over and check out her site!) that my "enthusiasm is so catchy"! This was very flattering, for two reasons. 1) I haven't actually felt all that enthusiastic about my life pursuits recently, so I was happy to know I hadn't outwardly let that bring me down all that much and 2) I'd actually been clinging to HER enthusiasm for HER life pursuits the last several days in an ... View Post

500 TWITTER FOLLOWERS!!?!? NUH-UH! … How Twitter is Becoming My Own Favorite Social Media

Well my friends, I told myself when I reached 500 Twitter followers, I would have a party. Today, just about two minutes ago now, I hit that magic number.  I suppose this means I get to have a party!  What is your favorite kind of cake?  Let's have cake, yes?  Lots and lots of cake! Wait, what's that?  Why celebrate 500 followers? Oh. Good question. Well ... because.  500 is halfway to 1000.  500 is a nice, round, even number. 500 sounds cool. 500 is more than 100, or 200, or 300, or 400.  ... View Post

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