Calendar of Events. November 2018 to December

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1 Calendar of Events November 2018 to December

2 Writing Goals for This Year

3 There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typerwriter and bleed. Ernest Hemingway November 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Author Check-in Not Quite Human CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open Not Quite Human Ends 2 3

4 Stay faithful to the stories in your head. Paula Hawkins December 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Author Check-in Sherlock Holmes Day CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close

5 We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. Ernest Hemingway JANUARY Author Check-in Winnie the Pooh Day

6 You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page. Jodi Picoult FEBRUARY Author Check-in EFRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open Library Lover's Day Evil Author Day Visit your International local library! Fanworks Day Last Day For Artist Sign-Ups 3 4

7 Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself... It's a self-exploratory operation that is Closeless. Harper Lee MARCH April Sign-Ups Open Author Check-in RT PURGE Mardi Gras World Book Day April Sign-Ups Close Rough Drafts Due List of Stories for Art Claims! Art Claim Posting Art Claims! Match Up s 31 1 Alpha/Beta Sign-Ups Close EFRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close

8 Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. Picasso APRIL Take Two Starts Earth Day (Inter)National Tell A Story Day Take Two Ends 5 6

9 Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper. Ray Bradbury MAY Harry Potter Day Star Wars Day Late Rough Drafts! & Artist Check-In CMRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open Final Art Due Final Stories Due Posting Schedule Announcement 2 3

10 The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain JUNE July Sign-Ups Open Posting Begins RT PURGE July Sign-Ups Close Posting Close & Master List Posted Post Mortem CMRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close

11 The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you didn't write. Anonymous JULY The Reel End Part 1 Begin Story World 00QRB EVENT: Chocolate Day Sign-Ups Open The Reel End Part 2 Begin Story Paperback Book Day The Reel End Ends 4 5

12 For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word. Catherine Drinker Bowen AUGUST Sign-Ups Open #fanficpalooza Starts EFB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open (Inter)National Book Lover's Day QRB EVENT: Artist Sign-Ups Close #fanficpalooza Ends! 1 2 Note: Fanficpalooza is a month long Facebook celebration of our favorite fics. Just rec your favorites on your own wall and use the hashtag!

13 Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces. Allegra Goodman SEPTEMBER The Writer's Table is hosting Kink Bingo All Month Long! Star Trek Day Hobbit Day! International EFB EVENT: Coffee Day Sign-Ups Close 00QRB EVENT: Writer Sign-Ups Close 6 7

14 I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. Stephen King OCTOBER November Sign-Ups Open RT PURGE Treat Yo Self Day Dictionary Day November Sign-Ups Close Last Day of Author Sign-Ups 3 4

15 To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. Herman Melville NOVEMBER Author Check-in The Divergent Path CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open The Divergent Path Ends 1 2 CMB/CMRB

16 I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story. Tom Clancy DECEMBER Author Check-in Sherlock Holmes Day CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close 5 6