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By Wendy C Allen

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She might be the woman who murdered my son. 

Site Map or Table of Contents: A List of Every Page on this site. This is going to be a really huge list. I am transferring all of my blog posts, Squidoo Lenses, and "free hosted" web sites to this site. A grand total of 7,000+ pages. A long slow process that will likely take a few years to do. In these early stages of the site this ToC is going to be a straight up list. As more pages get added however, this page will be converted into a series of pages forming an index sorted alphabetically by topic and titles. That's ways down the road yet. For now it's just a one page list.

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100 Words Instead of Said

The 13 Step Method To Writing Everything you could ever want to know about NaNoWriMo and how to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days or less

15 Practical Tips

How Long is 50,000 Words?

Why Write 50,000 Words In 30 Days?

600 Pages: Epic Big Super Sized Novels and Why You Should Never Write One

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ABCs of Writing A glossary of writing terms EK style

About About EelKat Wendy C Allen, her life, career, pets, cars, and this website.

About EelKat Everything you could ever want to know about the author of The Twighlight Manor series

About EelKat.com, What it is and Why it Exists About EelKat.com, What it is and Why it Exists

Amphibious Aliens In 1978 I encounted the infamous Memegwasi of Saco, Maine. Identifying this creature became my life long obsession which inspired the Twighlight Manor Series

Art Equipment Reviews of things I use to create my art

Ask EelKat Ask EelKat any question about writing, publishing, or marketing your next book

Attracting Readers (Customers)

Attack of the Zombie Pizza Boys

Index of
"Autism Awareness" Articles

If you came to this page through The Autism Awareness series, you can get back to the rest of the pages in the mega long article here:

  • Schizotypal Aspergers is NOT the same as your average Aspreger's Syndrome!

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Becoming a Better Writer

Bride of Damballa

The Business Side Of Writing and Being an Author A look at the often overlooked business side of being an author

Buried Treasure

Business Resources

Buying Reviews

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Character Creation for Writers of short stories, novels, video games and rpgs

The Cheesy Pink Flamingo My idea, plans, and goals for a mac&cheese food truck.

Children's Fiction

Christian Fiction

The Chystonite Chronicles

The Church of The Holy Rhinestone Did you know EelKat is a minister and started her own church? Here it is.

Comic Books

Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts Art by Maine author EelKat Wendy C Allen

Copyrights and Other Things You Need To Know

Create Something To Sell

Creative Writing Prompts Finding ideas for what to write about and killing writer's block with EelKat

Be sure to check out this brand new post written exclusively for EelKat.com on September 15, 2013:

EelKat.com is only days old yet is getting 300+ visits a day from a "bad review" on a blog?

Index of
"Comic Book" Articles





Your Character Creation
Questions Answered:

  1. When naming your characters, do you give any thought to the actual meaning?
  2. I need help Writing Mixed Race Asian Characters
  3. What would happen if an Elf adopted a Human baby?
  4. I need to write a rape scene, but I don't think I've made the character evil enough. How do you write a sleazy man?
  5. Is the main character a reflection of you, if yes, how?
  6. How to deal with writing racist characters?
  7. How can a non-Human villain who hates Humans learn to love a Human character?
  8. I'm creating my own character and does it matter what I call her, even if it sounds slightly odd?
  9. How do you write a demisexual?
  10. My main character is going to murder his children. How do I handle writing him?
  11. What inspired you to use a mentally ill person as your main character? 
  12. Creating mute characters.
  13. Is a 20 year age difference between my main couple weird?
  14. How to write a bi-sexual character?
  15. Any help with writing a cannibal chef?
  16. What is the difference between transgender, transsexual, transvestite, and intersex?
  17. My character is too much like myself, how do I change her?
  18. How do you pick what mental illness to write about? 
  19. What jobs did Medieval servants have?
  20. What can you tell me about writing a polygamous character?
  21. Should I write incest in my stories?
  22. How do you make sure you get your character accurate or true to life when dealing with mental illnesses?
  23. Any advice for writing a romantic relationship between an adult and a child?
  24. How to Develop Your Characters When Writing a Fiction Novel
  25. Why Character Development is Different for Short Stories
  26. Are In-Laws Family? (Writing Gypsy Culture Accurately)
  27. I'm writing an Autistic character. Can you tell me what it is like to live with Autism?
  28. I heard you write transvestites but it's not Erotica? How can you write a gay transvestite character and the book not be Erotica? It's not possible for transvestites to be in anything but Erotica.
  29. My characters keep being cookie cutter Mary Sues and Stevie Steus. How do you creature such highly detailed complex characters?

Even More Pages Which Talk About Character Creation:



Since people often ask which books I recommend to writers, here is a section of books I use when writing my novels.

Books I use when writing novels:

Note, some of these are writing books, but most of them are NOT. These are the references books that I use when writing almost every novel I write. These books are always on my desk and I reference them constantly, daily, over and over again.

And when you see what books I use to write The Quaraun novels with, than you can understand why they are like they are.

As you can see I rarely consult writing books when I want to figure out how to write something. Which is why I'm continually baffled by so many newbie writers who rush to ask other writers how to write.

You think of a thing, then write what you see in your head. It really is that simple. You just write down everything you see.

You do not need writing how to books or advice from authors to figure out how to write the story you want to tell.

Note too that I bought these books new and for cover price and many of them are self published short run books with only 100 to 1,000 copies printed (if you didn't know DnD books were self published and often had only 100 to 1,000 copies published than, you don't your DnD very well) and as such have been out of print for 20+ years and often sell for $500 to $3k+ now today, so, I don't expect you to be able to amass this same collection of 10,000+ DnD books I have, but, you wanted to know which books I use when I write my novels and here they are:

Wondering how authors find publishers?

Writer's Market -  it's a giant 1,000+ page book, costs around $40, is like a yellow pages style phone book directory of every publishing house, magazine, anthology, newspaper, and literary agent currently seeking submissions. There are around 20,000 publishers listed in it.

They come out with a new edition every year, so get the 2018 edition which comes out in a few weeks.

It's not easy to get listed in the Writer's Market. They do a major amount of rigorous filtering, to make sure no scams get in.

The Writer's Market has been the #1 way authors find publishers since the 1940s.

Here's their website: http://www.writersmarket.com/

They have an online directory that is the same as the print book, but it costs around $70 a year to access it.


More Pages Helpful To New Writers:

FAQs: What books do you use to look up English Grammar rules?

You probably won't like this, but I am constantly practicing English Grammar, by daily doing High School Grammar lessons. I diagram 100 sentence a day and have done so since 1996. 

Yes. While you all want the instant quick answer to writing rules, so you skip school and take the easy way out, I go through an entire High School manual in a couple of weeks, and when I get to the end I start over again.

I didn't have the luxury of going to school like you did, so I had no choice but to teach myself. I did the entire ABeka Grammar series starting from Grade 4 to Grade 12, then repeated it starting at Grade 7 to 12, and repeat it from Grade 7 to Grade 12, continually ever since. It takes me about 8 months to complete all 5 years' worth of textbooks. And when I reach the end, I start over again, and when I reach the end again, I start over again.

When I say I constantly practice English Grammar, I mean what I say and I actually practice English Grammar and I find it quiet annoying when school-skipping idiots respond to that by saying: "But I write every day and I never improve."

Did I tell you to write every day? No. I most certainly did not. I told you to practice English Grammar. There's a hell of a big difference.

Practice makes perfect. If you want to perfect your writing skills, you must first perfect your Grammar skills. If you continually write without knowing your errors, you only practice the art of writing errors and perfect the art of writing errors perfectly incorrect.

You will never be a skilled writer if you are not first skilled at Grammar.

Before you can practice writing, you must first practice Grammar.

I've not listed all the books below as there are so many. Each grade consists of a set of books:

   *   The Student Textbook

   *   The Teacher's Manual

   *   A Student WorkBook

   *    A Teacher's WorkBook Answer Key 

   *   A Student Tests and Quizzes Book

   *   A Spelling, Vocabulary, and Poetry Manual

   *   A Teacher's Answer Key For The Spelling Book

   *   A Reading/Literature Student TextBook

   *   The Reading/Literature Teacher's Manual

   *   A Student WorkBook For Reading/Literature

   *    A Teacher's WorkBook Answer Key  For Reading/Literature

   *   A Student Tests and Quizzes Book For Reading/Literature

Each book costs between $40 to $70, average that to $50 x 12 books per grade = around $600 per grade, times 5 grades (Grade 7 to Grade 12) = around $7,200 to buy the entire set of books and complete all 5 years from Grade 7 to Grade 12... so, you'll need to dish out quite a bit of money if you seek to gain the same writing skill I have using the same method I use to practice Grammar.

Do note that ABeka books are considered to be 4 grades ahead of the grade listed. For example, what ABeka book teaches in 4th Grade is what is taught in 8th Grade in Public Schools, while the12th Grade books is a college level. ABeka books are not used in standard public schools, they are used by private schools that specialize in teaching gifted/child prodigies that are too far ahead of their age group to be taught at a normal grade range.




Answering readers' FAQ:
Why is so much of the Quaraun series set in the 1970s & 1980s? Why not set it in current times?

>>>Why is so much of the Quaraun series set in the 1970s & 1980s? Why not set it in current times?

When Quaraun times travels to the future, the story IS SET IN CURRENT TIMES.

The date Quaraun arrives in is ALWAYS the same day that I wrote the scene.

Meaning, if Quaraun ends up in 1978, it's because I wrote that scene in 1978.

Meaning, if Quaraun ends up in 1982, it's because I wrote that scene in 1982.

Meaning, if Quaraun ends up in 1994, it's because I wrote that scene in 1994.

Meaning, if Quaraun ends up in 2013, it's because I wrote that scene in 2013.

MOST of the short stories in the Quaraun series were written between 1982 and 1987, and as Quaraun is ALWAYS in the current time of the date I'm writing, and because I wrote most of those scenes in 1982 to 1987, that means most of the scenes end up set between 1982 to 1987.














FAQs: When you say to read in order to learn what good writing looks like, but than you say don't read anything self published or written in the past 50 years, what than do you suggest I read to learn what good writing looks like?

I recommend 3 things.

   *   1: I recommend the Reading/Literature TextBooks of the ABeka Grammar series that I previously mentioned above. I also recommend reading EVERY PAGE IN ORDER of EVERY volume of the series starting with Grade 4 and ending with Grade 12. (Those books are listed below).

   *   2: WELL WRITTEN classic literature. (Listed in the second column below)

   *   3: American and World History TextBooks. (Listed in the third column below)

   *   4: Science TextBooks. (Listed in the 4th column below)

These are the books I personally read to see/examine how good quality writing looks on the published page and teach myself to improve my own writing by mimicking the writing style seen in the books listed below.

These books are how I taught myself to read and write. I was not allowed to go to school and spent 27 years of my life, since I was 8 years old, locked in a cage, tortured, beaten, and starved.

As an adult I used these books to teach myself as I had no other way to gain an education.

Again, not every book is listed, as there are too many to list them all, but enough are listed to get you started.


   *   1: I recommend the Reading/Literature TextBooks of the ABeka Grammar series




   *   2: WELL WRITTEN classic literature.

A note here... I make it a point to read no fewer than 100 books a year - 2 books a week. Some years I have as many as 300 books by reading a book almost every day. I own more than 300,000 books and have read more then 10,000 of them with a goal to attempt to read them all. As such, I can't even begin to list anything close to all of the books I read. Though I will point out 90% of them were written before 1950 and all of them are hardcover or paperback, not one of my 300k books is an ebook or an audio book. I don't read ebooks nor do I listen to audio books.




   *   3: American and World History TextBooks.

Yes, I DO classify reading History and Geography books as good, quality recommended daily light  reading that should be done in between regular novel and short story reading.

It is my belief that when one ONLY reads fiction, ones view of what is goof writing becomes warped. Thus I recommend reading historical documents, including to go to your local museums to read important documents about your town/state/region. This is especially important if you, like me, write local tales, stories set in your home town/state/region.

This is also why I have such a strong grasp on describing the places Quaraun travels to in the novels I write, without my ever having set foot outside of Maine.




    *   4: Science TextBooks.

Yes. Once again, like with History and Geography, I DO classify reading Science books as good, quality recommended daily light  reading that should be done in between regular novel and short story reading.

I firmly believe that if one does not have a working knowledge of the world around you, not just it's history and geography, but also it's plants, animals, rocks, functions, ad place in the universe, that one will not be able to successfully write descriptions of the world character in your novels live in, because without knowing how your own world exists, how can you even begin to know how to create a fictional world?

As such, I put reading science books as highly important for anyone seeking to write novels.

And again, as I was not allowed to go to school and was locked in a cage from the time I was 8 until I was 31, I did not start studying science until I was an adult, and as such, I started with Grade K5 and went all the way through to Grade 12, doing so in 3 years, so that I could apply for a GED which I got when I was 37. The Science books listed below are the ones I used to do that with, and again mostly by ABeka as I absolutely refuse to use books with frutie tuttie Evolution or Big Bang hocus pocus mumbo jumbo. 

Also, I quickly discovered that as young as 4th grade, vile degradations of sex perversion and utterly disgusting lessons about sex are in Science books published by perverse public school textbook publishers, so I burned them all in the wood stove I will NOT recommend any of the horrifically horrendous, disgustedly perverted sex fill Science books published by non-Christian companies.

It's no wonder the American population has children so perverse and degraded, when they stoop so low as to spend more than 75% of their science textbooks being devoted to the vile disgusting top of sex education. It's utterly deplorable. Sex has no business being in schools. With that kind of filth being taught to children it's no wonder American's gone to shit.




Writing Disabled Characters

Copyrights and Other Things You Need To Know

Copyrights

  • What is a Copyright?
  • Where does the Copyright go?
  • How do I register my Copyright?

ISBN

  • What is an ISBN and why do I need one?
  • How do I get an ISBN?
  • Wait a minute, these are expensive! Why you can't I buy just 1?
  • Once I have it, where does the ISBN go?
  • When should I order my ISBN block?
  • Do I Need to Buy an ISBN If Amazon Will Assign an ISBN to My Kindle Edition?
  • Do I Need to Assign ISBNs to All the E-Versions of the Book (Kindle, Sony, Apple, etc)?

Library of Congress

  • What is an LCCN?
  • How do I get an LCCN?
  • Once I have it, where does the LCCN go?
  • Should I get an LCCN or CIP, both or neither?

Bar Codes

Trademarks

  • May I Trademark-Protect My Book, Characters, and/or Title?
  • I Want One of My Characters to Drink Coke. Can I Mention Trademarked Items?

Public Domain

IRS

Plagiarism

  • Can I use songs, poems and articles I've found?
  • What is Fair Use, and why do I have to care?

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Damballa Weddo

Death Dell Farm (OSRIC compatible RPG modules)

Don't Quit!

Dracula Lives Next Door

Dungeon Crawls (OSRIC compatible RPG modules)

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E-Publishing

Easter Eggs and how to find rhem

Editing Your Book Manuscript Tips for Editing Your Book or short story manuscript before sending it off to the publisher

EelKat's Bake Shop My idea, plans, and goals for a Welsh/Scottish themed food truck.

EelKat's Guide To NaNoWriMo Featuring The 13 Step Method To Writing Everything you could ever want to know about NaNoWriMo and how to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days or less

EelKat's Twisted Tales

English is not my first language, how can I get my book translated and published in America?

Triumphs of Enthusiasm

Erotica

Index of
"E-Publishing" Articles

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Fairy Tales

For Fear of Little Men

Friends Are Forever aka The Twighlight Manor Series Everything you ever wanted to know about EelKat's Twighlight Manor Series, but was a afraid to ask

The Frosty Pink Flamingo My idea, plans, and goals for a French-Style ice cream food truck.

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(EelKat's Guide To Writing) Genre Fiction Insights into writing for specific target audience, especially readers of romance, horror, and science fiction

Gorn

Gothic Romance

An Index of Genre Fiction Articles

<<< Back To EelKat's Guide to Writing Genre Fiction


Or Head To How To Write:


Children’s Fiction | Christian Fiction | Comic Books | Erotica

Fairy Tales | Gorn | Gothic Romance | Historical Fiction

Holiday Tales | Horror | OSRIC Compatible RPGs | Pirate Stories

Plays | Poe-isk Tales of Terror | Poems | Romance

Satire & Dark Humor | Science Fiction | Serial Pulp Fiction | Short Stories

Survival Stories | Travel Writing | Vampire Stories | Zombie Stories


For help in creating characters in genre fiction try:

EelKat's Guide to Character Creation

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The Haunting of Death Dell Farm

Historical Fiction

Holiday Marketing

Holidays

Horror

(Types Of) Horror: The Subgenres of Horror Fiction

How Can I Possibly Write a Novel in 30 Days?

How I Became An Artist

How I Write: My answers to your questions about my writing 

How Long is 50,000 Words?

How To Become A Writer, where to get started, what you should know about a career in the publishing industry

How To Write Children's Fiction

How To Write Christian Fiction

How To Write Erotica

How To Write Fairy Tales

How To Write Gorn

How To Write Gothic Romance

How To Write Historical Fiction

How To Write Horror

How To Write Romance

How To Write Satire

How To Write Science Fiction

How To Write Serial Pulp Fiction

How To Write Short Stories

How To Write Tales of Terror

How To Write Vampire Stories

Hymal Kadar: Demon of the North

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Ideas, Ideas, Ideas Ideas

You Stole My Idea - I was going to write a book, but you already wrote it 10 years ago!

Improve Your Writing

Incubus

Indie Press: Starting Your Own Publishing House

An Iron Will

It Came From Behind the Fridge and Other Tales of Rancid Yak Butter

Index of
"Indie Press" Articles

J

Jack's Revenge

Juggling life, the universe, and everything while being a writer too

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Keep it Professional

Keeping Healthy

L

Laughing Gnome Hollow

Should you be drinking Lemon Water?

Listen And Evolve

Love-Lust-Madness

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Make Writing Your Career

Manuscript Reading Services or Will You Read My Book and Tell Me What You Think? Some thoughts on Manuscript Reading Service requests which steadily fill my inbox.

Market Analysis

Marketing Your Book EelKat's guide to marketing your book both online and offline

(Holiday) Marketing

What jobs did Medieval servants have?

Mental Illnesses in fiction: What inspired you to use a mentally ill person as your main character? 

MoonSnails

My Amazon Sales (a series of pages)

My Art Equipment Reviews of things I use to create my art

More Marketing Tips For Authors














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An Index of
"Writing About Mental Illness in Fiction" Articles

What inspired you to use a mentally ill person as your main character? 

How do you pick what mental illness to write about? 

Should I write incest in my stories?

How do you make sure you get your character accurate or true to life when dealing with mental illnesses?


Creating Characters With Mental Health Issues:

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(EelKat's Guide To) NaNoWriMo Featuring The 13 Step Method To Writing Everything you could ever want to know about NaNoWriMo and how to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days or less

Novel? Novella? Short Story? How Do I Know What Am I Writing?

O

Obamacare

The Old Orchard Beach Review Committee We are a group of people who live a double life as freelance undercover secret shoppers, restaurant, hotel, and park critics.

On Being Homeless Hurricane Katrine came to Old Orchard Beach, Maine flattened my house and left me homeless - for 7 years - find out what happened next...

On Living With Autism I am an adult with Autism. I was removed from school at 8 years old and told I would never amount to anything. 40 years later I am an author, editor, and owner of a publishing house. Here is my story

OSRIC compatible RPG modules

Index of EelKat's Guide to NaNoWriMo

UPDATE: November 2015: The page you are on now, was written in 2007 and updated every November until 2014 - It was last updated October 31, 2014 and there are no future updates planned for it, as after 10 years of doing it, I have retired from "traditional" NaNoWriMo and am now doing a different writing goal each November.

For the current NaNoWriMo 2015 update see THIS PAGE (which includes the first public release of my Dares Generator and information on how I use it to reach 50,000 words in 3 days instead of 30 days, along with info on how I reached 537,000 words in 2013 and thus changed my writing goals for NaNoWriMo.)

UPDATE: October 31, 2014 -

Due to a major hacking of my online accounts, and the theft and plagiarism of some 1,371 of my how-to articles for writers, I am now removing from public access MOST of my How To Guides for writers. They will return at a future date, but henceforth they will not be available for free. I'm tired of shit-head thieves stealing my work and passing it off as theirs. I'm sorry, to those of you who were not creeps and trolls, I know it's not fair to you, but, the hacking was done by a local person did a lot more damage than you know - the vandalism to my house and cars and the murders of my pets and death threats to my family, are not something I take lightly.

Until we can get to the bottom of this and get this jackass stalker out of my life, I am simply not able to leave my articles online, due to the court case that is now brewing over this. I am also leaving NaNoWriMo, because the local NaNoWriMo ML Kendra Silvermander is the cousin of the man doing the harassment, stalking, vandalism (which included blowing up my house with a grease fryer bomb) and has been not only stealing my how to guides and posting them on the NaNoWriMo forums as her own, but also shows up at local restaurants to threaten me and my family while we are trying to eat. I am utterly disgusted that NaNoWriMo allows a filthy, thieving, vandalizing, scum bag like this to continue to year after year, inciting anti-EelKat riot threads on the NaNoWriMo forum, while continuing to allow her to steal my articles off my web site and post them to NaNoWriMo's website as hers.

This article you are reading now, is one of the few, I have not taken down, it is however drastically shorted. My mega long 20,000 word how to articles are ALL removed now, with only and the ones that remain are stripped of most of the info, with only the barest minimum required to answer the reader question - in many cases the articles are 90% shorter then when they originally appeared, most now under 2,000 words instead of their 20,000 word originals.

Complete Index of
EelKat's Guide to NaNoWriMo
(Including The ORIGINAL 13 Steps To Writing Method)

MANY of these pages are changed to private viewing only now, and or have had most or all of the original content removed - see note above for reason why.

  1. EelKat's Guide To NaNoWriMo
  2. Why Write 50,000 Words In 30 Days?
  3. How Can I Possibly Write a Novel in 30 Days?
  4. Don't Quit!
  5. How long does it take to hit 1667 words? and 50k in one day - is it possible?
  6. Write Now - Edit Later
  7. Write it YOUR Way!
  8. What Is Word Padding?
  9. Word Padding & Why You Should Never Do It!
  10. More ways to write fast without word padding . . .
  11. After NaNoWriMo - Writing to Publish
  12. What I Did In 2006 - Reaching 50,000 using The 13 Step Method to Writing
  13. The Secret to Reaching Word Count Goals Without Using Word Padding - What I Did During National Novel Writing Month 2007
  14. NaNoWriMo 2008: 50k in 3 Days!
  15. Writing Tip: Have Fun!
  16. But, I want to finish a book I already started . . .
  17. Does writing a bunch of short stories count for National Novel Writing Month?
  18. Write What YOU Want To Write!
  19. Accepting Your Writing Style
  20. Writing Advice Doesn't Always Work
  21. What do You Look For in a Book?
  22. Creating Character Profiles
  23. Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
  24. What Genre is My Vampire Story?
  25. What Genre is My Mermaid Story?
  26. Does What You Read Effect What You Decide To Write? or What's on My Bookshelf . . .
  27. WHERE Should I write? Where do you feel you write more?
  28. Create Your Own Writer's Retreat
  29. I Want to Keep Writing December and Beyond: JaNoWriMo, FebNoWriMo, SeptNoWriMo, OctNoWriMo . . . ???
  30. Script Frenzy
  31. GothNoWriMo
  32. Narration for Writers
  33. Novel? Novella? Short Story? How Do I Know What Am I Writing?
  34. ABCs of Writing
  35. How to Become a Writer
  36. Are You a Renegade Writer?
  37. Creating a Fantasy World
  38. After NaNoWriMo: Editing your draft into a manuscript
  39. After National Novel Writing Month: Marketing Your Book
  40. After NaNoWriMo: Home Office, Town Zoning, and IRS Oh My! The Business Side of Being an Author
  41. My NaNoWriMo Journey: The answer the the oft asked question "So what exactly did you write during National Novel Writing Month?"
  42. How Long is 50,000 Words?
  43. Cliches To Avoid When Writing a Story
  44. What are the Benefits of NaNoWriMo?
  45. Is NaNoWriMo About Quantity Over Quality?
  46. How Do You Pick Which Story to Write?
  47. You too can NaNoWriMo like a pro







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The Pearl Necklace

Phookas Everything you could ever want to know about phookas

The Pidgie Fund Maine's first no-kill animal shelter and rescue. Saving the world one animal at a time since 1983

Plays

Planet Ptarmagin

Poems

The Port-A-Potty King

The Power Of Passion

The Price of Success

Publishing Methods A look at various Publishing Methods you can use for your book.

Q

Don't Quit!

Index of
"Play Writing" Articles

Index of
"Poem Writing" Articles





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Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks

Roderic Swanzen

Romance

Buying Reviews


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Satire

Science Fiction

Self Editing Your Book Manuscript Tips for Self Editing Your Book or short story manuscript before sending it off to the publisher

Self-Publishing and what you need to know about it

Serial Pulp Fiction

Serial Pulp Fiction Defined

SHIVER!

Short Stories

Splat Books (OSRIC compatible RPG modules)

You Stole My Idea - I was going to write a book, but you already wrote it 10 years ago!

Subgenres of Horror Fiction

Subgenres of Romance Fiction

Subgenres of Science Fiction

The Price of Success

Supply And Demand

I Love Roderic!
A List of Every Page on this Site
Where I Talk More About Roderic

It is no secret that Sir Roderic Lincandonia Swanzen, owner of The Twighlight Manor, is my favorite character, and you don't have to read very many blog posts, articles, site pages, etc to realize, I talk about him A LOT. While you see him mentioned in passing on just about every page on this site, there are some pages where I go into vast detail about his life. I am going to make a list of them all and tack it to the end of each of those pages, to make it easier for readers to find them all. And here they are:

Roderic Swanzen

Developing Character Backgrounds

Using a Character with a Mental Illness

But Is It Erotica?

Toilets in Fiction

Twighlight NOT Twilight!

Mental Illness in Fiction

Incest In Fiction

Mute Characters

Characters With Disabilities

NaNoWriMo: How Do You Pick Which Story to Write?

Enhance Your Creativity To Become a Better Writer

Fantasy World Building

Index of
"Self-Publishing" Articles

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Tales From Laughing Gnome Hollow

Tales From A Writer's Desk

Tales of Terror

Thoughts of Home

Toilets In Fiction: How come fictional characters are never be allowed to use the bathroom?

Too Young To Write It? Are you too young to write the story that's been floating around inside your head?

Traditional Publishing

English is not my first language, how can I get my book translated and published in America?

Travel Writing

TSoD: The Traveling Shovel of Death

Triumphs of Enthusiasm

TV/Movie Scripts

Twighlight Manor Press The publisher of horror, romance, and science fiction short story anthologies, with all stories based on the theme of being set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine

The Twighlight Manor Series Everything you ever wanted to know about EelKat's Twighlight Manor Series, but was a afraid to ask

Types Of Horror

Types Of Romance

Types Of Sci-Fi

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Traditional Publishing

What is Traditional Publishing?

What are the Advantages of Traditional Publishing?

What are the Disadvantages of Traditional Publishing?

How can I become a Traditionally Published writer?

How can I get my book Traditionally Published?

Where should I submit my manuscript?

How do I format my manuscript for submission to a Traditional Publishing House?

Can I make a living as a Traditionally Published writer? Can I make a living from royalties?

Should I copyright my book? If so, how?

How can I tell if a contest or publishing offer is a scam?

Where can I find a list of book publishing scams?

May I send my book to you for evaluation?

How can I get feedback on my manuscript from a Traditional Publisher?

I am a Traditionally Published writer facing a crisis where can I go to find help?

Is rejection a bad sign?

Do I need an agent?

How much does it cost to publish with Traditional Publishing?

How do I handle taxes?


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Vampire Stories

Vanity Press and what you need to know about it

W

Walking

What's on My Bookshelf? Ever wonder what books an author reads? I own more than 12,000 books. Here are reviews of some of my faves.

Why Write 50,000 Words In 30 Days?

World Building for Writers The ultimate guide to building fantasy world for short stories, novels, video games or rpgs.

Write A Book In 30 Days

Writers Block

Writing Exercises

Writing For The Holidays

Index of
"Vanity Press" Articles




EelKat's Guide to
World Building For Fiction Writers
The Complete Article Index


Churches & Religion vs Fantasy & Science Fiction

Creating a Fantasy Realm

Cultures and Architecture In Your World

Do Your Characters Match Where They Live? or Do your characters match their environment?

Does your world have fantasy creatures (fantasy creatures from Earth mythology: dragons, faeries, etc)? If so what kind?

EelKat's Guide to Character Creation

EelKat's Guide to World Building For Fiction Writers

Fictional Travel Writing or Writing about how your characters get from Point A to Point B

God & Satan vs Fantasy & Science Fiction

Holiday and Holy Days in Fantasy Realms

How do your characters act? Culture and Rituals in your world.

Is it a single environment realm?

Level of Reality

The Magic System: How important is it to create a magical system for your world?

Marriages & Other Such Stuff in Fantasy or Sci-Fi?
Should there even be marriages like in the real world?


Mushroom Forest


My inspiration comes home: Winter in Maine

Peoples of Your World: Their Cultures, Traditions, and Ways of Life

A Place To Live?

Sexuality In Your World | Worldbuilding For Fantasy Novelists | Creating Culture

Some Thoughts on Writing About Real Places In Fictional Novels

Survival Stories

Things You Can Do To Bring Your World Alive

Timelines of World History

Vampire Stories

What about your population? How well do you know them?

What does your world look like?

What is the economy like?

What is family life like?

What is your world like?

What kind of plant life is there in your world?

What lives in your world?

What type of animal life is in your world?

What type of weather does your land have?

Who lives in your world?

Worldbuilding In Action: Let's Flesh Out The Author Cult

Worldbuilding In Action: Let's Flesh Out The Stained Glass Forest

Writing about Snow

Writing Short Stories About Your Universe


Your World: Aquatic Life

Your World: Birds

Your World: Bugs

Your World: The Landscape

Your World: Mammals

Your World: Reptiles & Amphibians

Your World: Unique Wildlife

Your World: The Water

Zombie Stories

















NOTE: This list is still being added to and organized. Who knows when it'll be completed, as I update it when I have time and if I remember to come back here to update it.

Flora and Fauna

Plants and Vegetation

Wildlife and Creatures

Cultural Development

Creating Believable Cultures

Language and Communication

Geography and Terrain

Building Diverse Landscapes

Mapping Techniques

Mythology and Religion

Developing Pantheons

Rituals and Beliefs

History and Timelines

Constructing Historical Narratives

Time Periods and Ages

Technology and Innovation

Technological Advancements

Inventions and Discoveries

Magic Systems

Designing Magical Realms

Rules of Magic

Social Structures

Political Systems

Class and Caste Systems

Architecture and Infrastructure

Building Cities and Structures

Transportation Systems

Economics and Trade

Creating Trade Networks

Currency and Commerce

Environmental Factors

Climate and Weather

Environmental Challenges

Military and Warfare

Armies and Tactics

Weapons and Technology

Art and Aesthetics

Visual Arts in Cultures

Fashion and Style

Education and Knowledge

Educational Systems

Libraries and Archives

Health and Medicine

Healing Practices

Medical Advancements

Folklore and Legends

Legendary Creatures

Folktales and Myths

Social Customs

Traditions and Ceremonies

Etiquette and Social Norms

Trade and Commerce

Markets and Merchants

Economic Systems

Water and Oceans

Marine Life and Creatures

Seafaring Cultures

Underworlds and Afterlife

Concepts of Death

Afterlife Realms

Celestial Bodies

Moons and Stars

Astronomy in Worldbuilding

Conflict and Wars

Historical Battles

Wars and Conflicts

Political Intrigue

Espionage and Diplomacy

Intricate Power Dynamics

Festivals and Celebrations

Cultural Holidays

Festive Traditions

Survival and Exploration

Wilderness Survival

Exploration and Expeditions

Faiths and Sects

Divergent Belief Systems

Sectarian Strife

Natural Resources

Mining and Extraction

Resource Management

Trade Routes and Caravans

Trade Networks

Nomadic Cultures

Social Movements

Revolutions and Uprisings

Social Activism

Monuments and Wonders

Architectural Marvels

Monumental Structures

Secret Societies

Hidden Orders

Conspiracy Theories

Education and Apprenticeship

Mentorship and Apprenticeships

Educational Institutions

Communication Systems

Messaging and Signaling

Information Dissemination

Clashes of Civilizations

Cultural Conflicts

Clash of Ideologies

Culinary Arts and Cuisine

Food and Beverages

Culinary Traditions

Dreamscapes and Alternate Realities

Dream Realms

Parallel Universes

Dystopian Elements

Apocalyptic Scenarios

Societal Collapse

Environmental Ethics

Conservation Efforts

Ethical Dilemmas

Exile and Outcasts

Banished Societies

Outcast Characters

Inventions and Gadgets

Steampunk Elements

Mechanical Marvels

Political Philosophy

Ideological Frameworks

Political Theories

Space and Celestial Travel

Interplanetary Exploration

Cosmic Phenomena

Spirituality and Enlightenment

Spiritual Journeys

Paths to Enlightenment

Exploration of the Unknown

Uncharted Territories

Exploration Challenges

Legendary Artifacts

Mythical Objects

Ancient Relics

Psychic Phenomena

Psychic Powers

Telepathy and Mind Control

Factions and Guilds

Organized Groups

Guilds and Professions

Plague and Epidemics

Health Crises

Disease Control

Exotic Materials

Rare Substances

Magical Ingredients

Time Travel and Chronomancy

Temporal Anomalies

Time Manipulation


Churches & Religion vs Fantasy & Science Fiction

Creating a Fantasy Realm

Cultures and Architecture In Your World

Do Your Characters Match Where They Live? or Do your characters match their environment?

Does your world have fantasy creatures (fantasy creatures from Earth mythology: dragons, faeries, etc)? If so what kind?

EelKat's Guide to Character Creation

EelKat's Guide to World Building For Fiction Writers

Fictional Travel Writing or Writing about how your characters get from Point A to Point B

God & Satan vs Fantasy & Science Fiction

Holiday and Holy Days in Fantasy Realms

How do your characters act? Culture and Rituals in your world.

Is it a single environment realm?

Level of Reality

The Magic System: How important is it to create a magical system for your world?

Marriages & Other Such Stuff in Fantasy or Sci-Fi?
Should there even be marriages like in the real world?


Mushroom Forest


My inspiration comes home: Winter in Maine

Peoples of Your World: Their Cultures, Traditions, and Ways of Life

A Place To Live?

Sexuality In Your World | Worldbuilding For Fantasy Novelists | Creating Culture

Some Thoughts on Writing About Real Places In Fictional Novels

Survival Stories

Things You Can Do To Bring Your World Alive

Timelines of World History

Vampire Stories

What about your population? How well do you know them?

What does your world look like?

What is the economy like?

What is family life like?

What is your world like?

What kind of plant life is there in your world?

What lives in your world?

What type of animal life is in your world?

What type of weather does your land have?

Who lives in your world?

Writing about Snow

Writing Short Stories About Your Universe


Your World: Aquatic Life

Your World: Birds

Your World: Bugs

Your World: The Landscape

Your World: Mammals

Your World: Reptiles & Amphibians

Your World: Unique Wildlife

Your World: The Water

Zombie Stories


















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Unsorted Links

Below are the page links to pages not yet sorted alphabetically into the Site Map




The Pearl Necklace LiveThe Pearl Necklace Live

SHIVER! LiveSHIVER! Live

Death Dell Farm LiveDeath Dell Farm Live



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  1. EelKat's Guide To NaNoWriMo



  2. How long does it take to hit 1667 words? and 50k in one day - is it possible?
  3. Write Now - Edit Later
  4. Write it YOUR Way!
  5. What Is Word Padding?
  6. Word Padding & Why You Should Never Do It!
  7. More ways to write fast without word padding . . .
  8. After NaNoWriMo - Writing to Publish
  9. What I Did In 2006 - Reaching 50,000 using The 13 Step Method to Writing
  10. The Secret to Reaching Word Count Goals Without Using Word Padding - What I Did During National Novel Writing Month 2007
  11. NaNoWriMo 2008: 50k in 3 Days!
  12. Writing Tip: Have Fun!
  13. But, I want to finish a book I already started . . .
  14. Does writing a bunch of short stories count for National Novel Writing Month?
  15. Write What YOU Want To Write!
  16. Accepting Your Writing Style
  17. Writing Advice Doesn't Always Work
  18. What do You Look For in a Book?
  19. Creating Character Profiles
  20. Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
  21. What Genre is My Vampire Story?
  22. What Genre is My Mermaid Story?
  23. Does What You Read Effect What You Decide To Write? or What's on My Bookshelf . . .
  24. WHERE Should I write? Where do you feel you write more?
  25. Create Your Own Writer's Retreat
  26. I Want to Keep Writing December and Beyond: JaNoWriMo, FebNoWriMo, SeptNoWriMo, OctNoWriMo . . . ???
  27. Script Frenzy
  28. GothNoWriMo
  29. Narration for Writers

  30. ABCs of Writing
  31. How to Become a Writer
  32. Are You a Renegade Writer?
  33. Creating a Fantasy World
  34. After NaNoWriMo: Editing your draft into a manuscript
  35. After National Novel Writing Month: Marketing Your Book
  36. After NaNoWriMo: Home Office, Town Zoning, and IRS Oh My! The Business Side of Being an Author
  37. My NaNoWriMo Journey: The answer the the oft asked question "So what exactly did you write during National Novel Writing Month?"


The Cheesy Pink Flamingo My idea, plans, and goals for a mac&cheese food truck.


The Church of The Holy Rhinestone Did you know EelKat is a minister and started her own church? Here it is.

Laughing Gnome Hollow Laughing Gnome Hollow home to The Goldeneagle and Etiole's Swamp, Maine's paranormal hot spot

The Old Orchard Beach Review Committee We are a group of people who live a double life as freelance undercover secret shoppers, restaurant, hotel, and park critics.

Restaurant Reviews Restaurant Reviews


Amphibious Aliens In 1978 I encounter the infamous Memegwasi of Saco, Maine. Identifying this creature became my life long obsession which inspired the Twighlight Manor Series

Phookas Everything you could ever want to know about phookas

The Sea Witch Of Old Orchard Beach Information about The Sea Witch Of Old Orchard Beach

Hoodoo, Rootwork, Etc Everything you could ever want to know about hoodoo, voodoo, and rootwork as told by The Sea Witch of Old Orchard Beach

Table of Contents A List of Every Page on this site

EK's Star Log EK's Star Log - the EelKat.com edition

EK's Star Log EK's Star Log - the EelKat.com edition

EelKat's ABCs of Writing A glossary of writing terms EK style

How To Become A Writer How To Become A Writer, where to get started, what you should know about a career in the publishing industry


EelKat's Guide To Writing Genre FictionInsights into writing for specific traget audiance, especially readers of romance, horror, and science fiction

Guide to Character Creation for WritersGuide to Character Creation for Writers of short stories, novels, video games and rpgs

World Building for WritersThe ultimate guide to building fantasy world for short stories, novels, video games or rpgs.

EelKat's Guide To NaNoWriMo Featuring The 13 Step Method To WritingEverything you could ever want to know about how to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days or less

Self Editing Your Book ManuscriptTips for Self Editing Your Book or short story manuscript before sending it off to the publisher

Publishing MethodsHow to get your book published with traditional publishers or self publish it yourself.

Marketing Your BookEelKat's guide to marketing your book both online and offline


The Twighlight Manor SeriesEverything you ever wanted to know about EelKat's Twighlight Manor Series, but was a afraid to ask


The Pidgie FundMaine's first no-kill animal shelter and rescue. Saving the world one animal at a time since 1983

How I Became An ArtistHow I Became An Artist

My Art EquipmentReviews of things I use to create my art


The Frosty Pink FlamingoMy idea, plans, and goals for a French-Style ice cream food truck.


Twighlight Manor PressThe publisher of horror, romance, and science fiction short story anthologies, with all stories based on the theme of being set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine





Table of ContentsA List of Every Page on this site





What Is This Site?

I'm an author. This is an author home page. It's about me, my life, my books, my hobbies, my home town, and anything else that applies to me and my life. 

Since starting my writing career in 1978, I have written 130+ novels, 2,000+ short stories, 6,000+ non-fiction articles (ALL are found on this site), a few dozen stage plays, 12,000+ blog posts, and a few comic book scripts for Disney's Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck (I only worked for Disney one year (in 2005) and only wrote a few stories for their Danish comic books).

NOTE: I ONLY write the Quaraun series (aka The Twighlight Manor series aka The Adventures of Quaraun the Insane). In recent years there has been an issue with impersonators trying to pass books off as written by me, notably several non-fiction and Erotica books. I write neither nonfiction nor Erotica.

ALL of my books and their cover arts are listed on my website here. Beware of any books you find claiming to be me. If the books are NOT listed here on my website, they are NOT my books.

In fiction works, I specialize in Weird/Bizarro Tales set in 40th century CyberPunk-Quasi Medieval, Cozy Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction worlds featuring an intersex Elf and his Faerie husband main characters.  I DO NOT WRITE ANY OTHER SERIES - THIS SERIES IS THE ONLY ONE I WRITE.

Non-fiction (found ONLY here on my site) is daily updates of events in my life, and how-tos on how I write my novels.

I DO NOT write Erotica.

I DO NOT write books with HUMAN characters.

The Erotica books and books with Human characters, that you are finding, are written by scammers trying to impersonate me.

There is an ongoing FBI investigation into this matter. If you find any such books, please report them to FBI Agent Andy Drewer @207–774–9322

The FBI believes the people behind the impersonation accounts showing up, are relatives of the woman who murdered my son.

People always ask why I have a video recorder running 24/7. Watch these 4 videos of The Scarborough Walmart.


 I have a video recorder running 24/7. Because this parking lot is where I was attacked a second time by the woman who crippled me with the golf club at Southern Maine Community College in 2013 (who also murdered my 8-month-old son at the same time) this is the location of her 2nd attack,  the July 2016 attack with a shopping cart, the attack that left me in a wheelchair and despite over 200 "security cameras" and signs saying there are cameras in use... the police did not find even ONE actual REAL camera. Every "security camera" on this building and parking lot was ALL fake "dummy cameras" and that is why there is no video footage of my son's murderer. 

I started carrying a camera 24/7 the very next day after Scarborough police informed me they could not identify the blonde woman who attacked me or her gold Volvo 240GL station wagon, because EVERY CAMERA at this store's parking lot was an empty case with no real camera inside it. My son would be 12 years old this Christmas 2025, and his murderer walks free, still unidentified because this parking lot did not have real cameras. 

Those things that look like cameras on the building and light poles, are fake, according to the Scarborough Police Department. That is why I have a camera running 24/7, because my son's killer walks free because there was no camera the day we were attacked.


While you are here, please take the time to read this:

Who is Tod Murphy? 

Do you know who this woman is? She might be the woman who murdered my son. 

146 Portland Ave, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, is NOT FOR SALE.

And I'm sick of real estate agents who are too incompetent to research land ownership before they show up to stick a for sale sign in my yard.

The fact of the matter is, my son was murdered in 2013, and the friends and family of the murderer think it is funny to keep ILLEGALLY listing my land for sale, because apparently their child murdering bitch friend didn't hurt me enough by crippling me with a golf club, ripping my baby out of my 8 month pregnant belly and beating his brains out on the ground with a golf club.

Also, her friends and family like to gaslight me by doxing me on ufo and alien abduction forums, while pretending to be me, and trying to make it look like I believe in ufos or aliens, even though I think people who believe in ufos are raving lunatics and people who claim to be alien abductees are crazy. 

Worse, they've also taken to harassing my WW2 vet homeless friend, by calling HIM an alien, demon, or cryptid and sending alien crazy ufo nutjobs at try to "catch him".

So, yeah, my son was murdered and the murder's friends and family endlessly harass me, my friends, and my family both online and offline, and I'm not happy with it at all.

There is an ongoing FBI investigation into this matter.

The FBI is looking for information into:

  1. identifying my son's murderer, 
  2. identifying the scammers who listed my land for sale, 
  3. identifying the impersonators who pretend to be me both online and offline, 
  4. the harassers who are harassing the homeless man and sending the UFO nuts to harass him... 
  • If ANYONE tells you 146 Portland Ave Old Orchard Beach, Maine is for sale:, please report them to FBI Agent Andy Drewer @207–774–9322
  • If ANYONE tells you I believe in aliens, demons, or UFOS, please report them to FBI Agent Andy Drewer @207–774–9322
  • If ANYONE tells you my homeless friend is an alien, a demon, a cryptid, or named Etiole for sale:, please report them to FBI Agent Andy Drewer @207–774–9322


I'm going to repeat it because I'm tired of people showing up and making offers:

146 Portland Ave, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, is NOT FOR SALE.

There is NO ONE who has authorization to use my land.

NO ONE.

Not my mother.

Not my father.

Not Ben.

Not my mother’s Atwater relatives.

No one.

If ANY ONE hires you to do ANYTHING on my land, know that you are doing it ILLEGALLY and WITHOUT my knowledge or permission.

My mother has ZERO legal right to hire you to do anything at 146 Portland Ave. Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

My father has ZERO legal right to hire you to do anything at 146 Portland Ave. Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

Ben has ZERO legal right to hire you to do anything at 146 Portland Ave. Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

My mother’s Atwater relatives have ZERO legal right to hire you to do anything at 146 Portland Ave. Old Orchard Beach, Maine.




While you are here, please take the time to read this:

Who is Tod Murphy? 

Do you know who this woman is? She might be the woman who murdered my son. 




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