Douglas James Troxell

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Author of Post Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction

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    Nine-Year Writerversary
    Douglas James Troxell
    • Jun 30, 2019
    • 2 min

    Nine-Year Writerversary

    Every June, I celebrate my “Writerversary,” the anniversary of the day I set off on my mission to become a published author. I’ve wanted to publish a book since I was ten years old. That was when I wrote my first book. It was called “Sideway Stories from Peters Elementary” and was a blatant rip-off of “Sideway Stories from Wayside School” by Louis Sachar. Each chapter was a silly story about one of my classmates as the main character. I never finished it, but I remember lovin
    Douglas James Troxell
    • Nov 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    How to Write a Novel

    November is National Novel Writing Month. Every November, hundreds of would-be authors make it their goal to bang out the next great American novel. Most of them fail...because it's stupid to think you can write a novel in a month. Writing a novel is hard. Writing a good novel is even more difficult. Since I'm so giving of myself, here are four tips on how to write a novel. As soon as I figure out how to get a book published, I'll tell you about that, too! Tip #1: Learn to Wr
    Douglas James Troxell
    • Jun 3, 2016
    • 2 min

    Six Year Writerversary

    June 1, 2016 marks my six-year writerversary (for some reason I have an unhealthy obsession with coming up with creative terms for anniversaries). For most of life, I wrote sporadically. I enjoyed writing, but I didn't have a set schedule. I wrote when I felt like it. I'd start novels or short stories and never finish them. I was 25 and claimed to be a writer, but I didn't have a single writing credit to my name. I knew that if I was actually going to be a writer things had
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