NaNoWrimo Prep: "Setting and Managing Expectations" with Craig Lancaster and Elisa Lorello

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Hello, writers! Are you considering taking part in National Novel Writing Month? Committed? Not yet sure? Billings authors Elisa Lorello (Faking It, the upcoming All of You) and Craig Lancaster (600 Hours of Edward, And It Will Be a Beautiful Life) will share their tips, strategies, pros, and cons as the annual writing marathon approaches. Lorello, the author of more than a dozen books, including international bestsellers, is a seasoned participant in the event and often uses it as a laboratory for her projects. Lancaster is a one-and-done NaNoWriMo participant. He wrote the entirety of his debut novel, 600 Hours of Edward, during the 2008 event, and it went on to win a High Plains Book Award and become an international bestseller.

Craig's books:

  • 600 Hours of Edward (2010 High Plains Book Award winner; 2009 Montana Honor Book)
  • The Summer Son (2010 Utah Book Award finalist)
  • The Art of Departure (2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards gold-medal winner; High Plains Book Award finalist)
  • Edward Adrift
  • The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter
  • This Is What I Want (2016 High Plains Book Awards finalist)
  • Edward Unspooled (2017 Best Book Awards winner; 2017 International Book Awards finalist)
  • Julep Street (2017 Best Book Awards finalist)
  • You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky (co-written with Elisa Lorello; 2019 International Book Awards finalist; 2020 Best Book Awards finalist)
  • And It Will Be a Beautiful Life (2022 High Plains Book Award finalist for fiction; 2021 Best Book Awards finalist for literary fiction; 2022 International Book Awards finalist for literary fiction)
  • COMING IN MAY 2023: Dreaming Northward (The Story Plant/Fiction Studio Books).


Web site: www.craig-lancaster.com

Twitter: @AuthorLancaster