Will check it out. Might take a look at Worlds of Wonder by David Gerrold, too, for very practical pointers.

I enjoyed it a lot, and there's some pretty good advice in there. Most of it IS geared around doing NaNo, and a lot of that stuff won't help you much - BUT there's an overall approach to writing that is different and liberating. If you can get it at your library and give it a read, that might be better.

I wasn't too impressed with it. There was very little that talked about writing. It was more like how to make time to write. Find it at a chapters and leaf through it and you'll get the just of t.

Otherwise it could be summed up as butt in seat, find people who support your efforts and don't try to detract from them, the second and third week (the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end) part of the novel is the hardest, and just keep at it. Oh, and drink lots of coffee and eat lots of chocolate.

I enjoyed reading it, but I don't think it's worth buying except for that Nano experience.