Nanowrimo 2016… writing retreat in a castle! (Sponsored by Derek Murphy)

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I started planning Nanowrimo 2016 in December of last year. I booked a castle for an entire month in January. I didn’t know who was going to come… but I knew spending Nanowrimo 2016 in a castle with a group of authors was exactly the kind of thing I wanted to be known for.

And it’s really happening.

I gave away a few slots to writers, and invited some USA Today and NYT bestselling authors to join.

Now in just a few weeks, we’ll move into Chateau de Cadres and get busy writing. We’ll also do visit some other castles in the area, do a little archery and horse-back riding, and other medieval things. But mostly, writing. I’m really excited to finish part 2 of Shearwater and hopefully Scarlet Thread this winter – part 1 of both have been downloaded over 50,000 times this year, and readers keep emailing me asking for the rest of the story.

So that’s excited. I can’t wait to finish and get the whole book out!

If you’re doing Nanowrimo 2016, you can follow me here.

Stone castle with pointed towers on a hilltop surrounded by green trees under a blue sky

Wide view of an ornate old room with tall windows, armchairs and dark wood furniture

Glowing Book Lamps for YA Fans (GIVEAWAY!)

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I’ve been in love with these lamps since I saw them about a year ago, so I just ordered a bunch of them to use for Christmas presents. I’m planning to add covers from classic books to each of them. I’m giving away  three of them for the holidays (they make great gifts!).

This giveaway is for YA fans and readers.

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EDIT

I didn’t realize these lamps were probably invented by Lumio (they were on Shark Tank, a friend tells me…). The ones I ordered are not official Lumio lamps, they’re knock offs, but I plan to customize them with antique book covers. Still, credit should go to Lumio, this is their website.