Hey, look.
A new writing book.
All original.
Nothing taken from the blog.
From the book description:
30 Days In The Word Mines takes you on a month-long journey of writing, offering pages filled with practical writing tips, motivational throat-punches, and ruminations on the craft of writing and art of storytelling. Whether you’re running with National Novel Writing Month or just want to hunker down and write to see just how far you can get, this book will help you every step of the way with a new tip, trick or thought every day of the month-long journey. From the mad mind behind terribleminds comes an original companion book to help you navigate the maze of writing every day. Good luck, and art harder.
Wanna check it out? It’s $2.99 at:
B&N.
Buy 30 Days In The Word Mines!
Or — or! — I’m offering it as part of my Gonzo Big Writing Bundle.
Twenty bucks gets you (now) eight books.
And that’s the deal.
Hope you check it out — this one’s a bit of an experiment for me, given that it’s a little more focused in terms of content, and again, is not material that originated at the blog. (The exception is the appendix, which features my Big 350 zero-fuckery writing plan.)
Enjoy!
*climbs into submarine*
*descends into the ink-sodden sea*
Peg says:
I wonder if I can read this all by the 1st!
October 30, 2014 — 9:45 PM
Peg says:
Getting an error on the bundled version of the 30 day book, says “file type is not in Mobi or PDF. The others seem to be working fine.
October 30, 2014 — 9:57 PM
Peg says:
oka nm, i unzipped, downloaded as pdf and sent via email.
October 30, 2014 — 9:59 PM
terribleminds says:
The bundled version is a ZIP archive — you can’t open it?
October 30, 2014 — 10:27 PM
Peg says:
Yeah, I figured it out, some were zipped and some were pdf and I just didn’t see the zip on those that were zipped.But thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
October 30, 2014 — 10:39 PM
terribleminds says:
WHEW
October 31, 2014 — 7:53 AM
Reay Jespersen says:
Sold!
October 30, 2014 — 9:58 PM
boydstun215 says:
Thanks, Chuck. This is the stuff that helps keeps me going. I need throat-punches more often than I’d like to admit, especially right now.
October 30, 2014 — 10:04 PM
boydstun215 says:
Bought the Gonzo pack . . . what an awesome deal!
October 30, 2014 — 10:12 PM
Dusty Layne says:
Is that the pickaxe from Skyrim? I’m such a TES geek if it is. Yeah…
October 30, 2014 — 10:05 PM
Jen Donohue says:
It looks (to me) darned close, anyway. But a pickaxe is a pickaxe, too.
October 30, 2014 — 11:44 PM
R.L. Black says:
Got it! Thanks!
October 30, 2014 — 10:15 PM
Louisa says:
Thanks Chuck. I’m off to devour it.
October 30, 2014 — 10:32 PM
leedunning says:
Woot! Mine!
October 30, 2014 — 10:39 PM
Noel Kelly says:
This was an insta-buy for me! Thanks Chuck for all the scribblings! Your posts based around “writers write” and “finish your shit” are the motivation I needed to start writing again after so long! You gave me the kick needed ti get up off my ass (not literally) and write, instead of aspiring all this time. Still have those posts clipped to Evernote in case I need more asskicking!
October 30, 2014 — 11:10 PM
Kern Windwraith says:
I went for the Gonzo bundle even though I already have three of them–still a fantastic deal. Thanks, Chuck!
October 30, 2014 — 11:15 PM
Jen Donohue says:
Why would you release this the DAY before NaNoWriMo? (okay, two days before)
*ahem*
I mean, congratulations on your publication.
October 30, 2014 — 11:44 PM
terribleminds says:
Well, the hope is that folks can find it useful on this month’s NaNo journey. The book isn’t about prep — it’s meant to go with you day after day in the word mines.
October 31, 2014 — 7:52 AM
Peg says:
I was worried about that, but it’s written diary-like so I am going to actually use it as my NaNo prep each day before I write. Chuck’s writing is paced so quickly that I think it will be a good jumpstart to the writing day.
October 30, 2014 — 11:53 PM
Amy says:
Hey Chuck is this going to be available in the Australian Amazon because it’s not coming up and the U.S. site no longer will allow you to buy from their kindle store…thanks
October 31, 2014 — 12:09 AM
Amy says:
Nevermind its just popped up! Whoo!
October 31, 2014 — 12:38 AM
terribleminds says:
MAGIC.
*waves magic wand*
*also magic whiskey bottle*
October 31, 2014 — 7:51 AM
Annie Howland says:
You’re like Santa, only more helpful, cuz a pony wasn’t gonna help me get through “oh,no-NaNo” this year.
October 31, 2014 — 8:26 AM
MakeLifeMemorable says:
Eeeeeee Nano THINGS!!! sold
October 31, 2014 — 8:51 AM
Peter Hentges (@theJBRU) says:
Always with the motivational throat punches! Can I just once get a motivational shoulder rub?
October 31, 2014 — 9:13 AM
Rose Red says:
I went through NaNo last year for the first time. I found your blog by searching for the terms, “I suck as a writer,” and found this http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/11/05/nanowrimo-dialogues-i-think-i-suck-and-im-not-a-real-writer/ .
It was such a great help to me. I also read 500 Ways to Write Harder. Thanks for the new advice at a timely time.
October 31, 2014 — 9:19 AM
Virlana says:
Hello. Is there another way to open the zipped books in the collection other than having to purchase WinZip? Thx.
October 31, 2014 — 9:26 AM
terribleminds says:
Most operating systems now just let you dig right into the ZIP file. If worse comes to worse, I can send you the preferred e-book variant separately.
October 31, 2014 — 9:32 AM
Virlana says:
Yes, please. Boy, would I ever appreciate that. Thx.
October 31, 2014 — 9:45 AM
terribleminds says:
Hit me up at terribleminds at gmail dot com!
October 31, 2014 — 9:56 AM
Virlana says:
I sent the email. Didn’t get any e-book variatns yet. Did I miss something? Thx.
November 3, 2014 — 1:24 PM
terribleminds says:
I apologize, but see no email! I looked in spam but didn’t seem to find it?
November 3, 2014 — 1:33 PM
Nospheratt says:
I use 7-Zip – http://www.7-zip.org/
It’s free and works just like WinZip. 🙂
October 31, 2014 — 10:04 AM
kristin nador says:
Got it. Thanks Chuck!
October 31, 2014 — 10:07 AM
dangerdean says:
Got it!
October 31, 2014 — 4:03 PM
Jon Stoffel says:
I look forward to digging into this. Thank you, Mr. Wendig. And, uh, you’re welcome?
October 31, 2014 — 4:37 PM
yarnmama77 says:
Ah, what would I do without my favourite bearded enabler? Got it, now for a weekend of neglecting the house, family and, possibly, personal hygiene.
November 1, 2014 — 8:42 AM
mat says:
just grabbed it good work and i’m not even doing nano
November 1, 2014 — 10:02 AM