The Moatcast for November 2018 will be a 2 hour surgery. Not even kidding.

November 1st from 8 pm GMT*

And if you have a question, or an answer, or want to talk about your experiences in Novembers past, you can (if you want to) come on camera.

NaNoWriMo is one of the best ways to develop your creative process

I’ll talk a little about my own experiences, and advice that I’ve given to authors about using NaNoWriMo to best effect.

I’ll also be inviting attendees to give their take or ask their questions.

If you have a story idea you think might work, bring it along, tell us about it, and we’ll workshop it!

You can register right now by just using the form below.

Do you have questions? Get them ready for November 1st or tweet them at me @densewords with the hashtag #MoatcastNaNo.

Remember, if you can’t be there for the live session (at 20:00 GMT), if you register you can still send me your questions, and you’ll be notified as soon as the replay is ready, so you can find out the answer!

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* Some other international times:

• London: 8 pm
• Paris: 21:00
• Boston: 4 pm
• Austin: 3 pm
• L.A. 1 pm
• Kuala Lumpur: 04:00, November 2nd!
• Canberra: 7 am , November 2nd!

What is Science Fiction anyway?

There’s a big market with low expectations for Science Fiction serial fiction. It may be one of the best ways to break into earning from writing novels.

This webinar is an introduction to this big, competitive but far from saturated niche.

I’ll tell you the real difference between SF and fantasy

Jack will give his take on SF, and we’ll talk about, and take questions on, the principles, practicalities and pitfalls of writing SF for a huge, diverse and hungry market.

You can register right now by just using the form below.

Do you have questions about SF? Get them ready for October 5th or tweet them at me @densewords with the hashtag #MoatcastSF.

Remember, if you can’t be there for the live session (at 14:00 GMT), if you register you can still send me your questions, and you’ll be notified as soon as the replay is ready, so you can find out the answer!

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Storytelling is art, not engineering.

Storytelling is social, not mechanical.​

Putting POV* to bed.

A misunderstanding of POV is seriously hampering the effectiveness of your writing.

In this free Live Lesson, I’m going to explore the purpose of POV, and show you why on its own, it’s not enough to achieve those goals. So I’m also going to explain to you what is enough.

POV itself is easy. The main reason people think it’s hard is because they try to make it work too hard. Try to achieve with POV alone what experienced authors do with a whole host of techniques.

Register for The Last Word in POV now. If you miss this, you’re going to miss out on a free one hour primer in the creative writing techniques that bring your reader closer to your characters, make your reader care, and want to care, about your characters, and solve at a stroke all the problems that POV causes, and all the problems that POV can’t solve.

* POV is “point of view” – but you knew that.

A faster way to improve, and sell, your art.

All publishing is collaboration.

Are authors lonely?

The obvious answer to anyone whose been an author for long is no – at least I think it is.

This Moatcast is all about collaboration:

• why authors choose to collaborate artistically, and
• why authors can’t avoid artistic collaboration

Prepare your questions, and prepare to find out:

How collaboration – and good collaborative skills – can make your awesome story into a great book.

How collaboration with other authors is one of the best roots not only to a better book, but to a longer marketing reach, more sales, and more visibility.

Click the button to register now:

Joining me as guest cohost:

Scarlett Rugers from The Book Design House.

Scarlett has been a book designer and business coach for over a decade and has worked with publishers and authors on dozens of books.

Register now so you don’t miss out: this is an hour long free Webinar, where you can ask, and get answers to, your questions on collaboration as both a traditionally published or self-published author. What are the benefits and pitfalls? How can you best find the best partners for the production of your book?

GDPR (European Data Protection and Privacy) update: 

From May 25th new rules apply to the collection and use of your personal data. When you register for a Moatcast, your email address and name will not be added to my mailing list.

It will only be stored on the Webinarninja site, and used only to give you information about the webinar that you have registered for. If you want to get further updates from me on this and future webinars, please use the signup link below to subscribe to my personal mailing list.

Storytelling is art, not engineering.

Storytelling is social, not mechanical.​

Putting POV* to bed.

A misunderstanding of POV is seriously hampering the effectiveness of your writing.

In this free Live Lesson, I’m going to explore the purpose of POV, and show you why on its own, it’s not enough to achieve those goals. So I’m also going to explain to you what is enough.

POV itself is easy. The main reason people think it’s hard is because they try to make it work too hard. Try to achieve with POV alone what experienced authors do with a whole host of techniques.

Register for The Last Word in POV now. If you miss this, you’re going to miss out on a free one hour primer in the creative writing techniques that bring your reader closer to your characters, make your reader care, and want to care, about your characters, and solve at a stroke all the problems that POV causes, and all the problems that POV can’t solve.

* POV is “point of view” – but you knew that.