Kim Montgomery

Let me be very clear about this: there is no famous first line of a not-famous novel. Opening lines only stand up on their own when a pie...

I’ve been reading a book lately and the first chapter had me question the way I write and edit my work. I wanted to share with you ...

Today is a milestone for us as we bring our brand-spanking new rebuild of Novlr into public beta! Anybody signing up to Novlr for the fir...

Writing a perfect ending is hard. Is it the most excruciatingly difficult part of the writing process? Is it the most hair-pulling, mind-...

Is there a single perfect novel opening? No. Is there a single winning formula to your perfect novel opening? No. There are, however, ver...

We are thrilled to announce that we are official NaNoWriMo Epic Sponsor 2021. NaNoWriMo is a cornerstone of the Novlr year. It was the fi...

We are always looking for ways to make writing in Novlr an even smoother experience. Today you will log in to find a new ability to contr...

There’s something about a Global Pandemic that puts a cloud over everything. Even those who have had the smoothest run through the ...

Now that you can export either your whole novel or individual chapters, we wanted to make the files a little more workable, shareable and...

Last month I let you know about the new ability to export individual chapters. As part of that same work – to allow you to share an...

Hot off the heels of the last release, I am really thrilled to bring you a new heavily-requested and super-useful Novlr feature: the abil...

We recently undertook a piece of reach to understand what our users want, need, and feel about the analytics available within Novlr. Now ...

We pride ourselves on involving our community of writers heavily in the process of planning what improvements we make to Novlr. In fact, ...

I am very happy to bring you Novlr Release 4.2.1, a focus on the chapter list with a few new features like the chapter menu, and some tha...

Welcome to the Novlr Reading Room! I am excited to share this new area of Novlr with you. Over the last few months, The Team and I have b...

This week saw us launch something brand new to the platform – Novlr NaNoWriMo integration. This allows you to sync your novel in th...

The Share Your Novel feature is a small but powerful one. It’s just the beginning of novel collaboration and sharing within Novlr. ...

Built to work intuitively on all devices, you can use Novlr as a mobile app. It is a browser-based app so does not have a separate app. H...

Novlr on mobile is (finally) here! If you’re reading this on your phone, try it now. We know so many of you have been waiting for t...

At the end of last year, I sent all newsletter subscribers an email asking them to tell us what Novlr features they want to see next, and...

A year in the planning. Months in the making. Weeks in the testing. And days in the procrastinating getting it out to you *just in case* ...

We are not the experts on NaNoWriMo. We are not even the experts on writing. We are certainly not the experts on writing during NaNoWriMo...

NaNoWriMo is almost upon us. The prospect of 50,000 words is looming, and if you’re anything like me, you may be currently caught in the ...

Code red, people. CODE RED! Less than a month to go until NaNoWriMo, so we’d better get prepping -Jazzy stationery bought? Check. Novlr a...

Somehow, it’s almost that time of year again. Brush off your laptops and pick up your pencils, because National Novel Writing Month (NaNo...

Novlr, our novel writing software, is growing and changing –  it has evolved a lot in the five years since we began and we felt...

If you want to keep your momentum going, it’s all about getting on a streak. Use Novlr’s writing streaks feature to help you write more. ...

You re-read everything you wrote today. You don’t only dislike it. You hate it. You ctrl+A and consider deleting the lot, before ta...