One of my problems is that I'm so plot oriented that as soon as I have a plot figured out I lose interest in writing the story. For shorts I can power through but for the novel I'm attempting that isn't working. So I'm trying a tactic where I write each chapter as a short then meld them together later on. Wish me luck. One difficulty I'm finding with this is keeping a constant character presence throughout the narrative. If it works I'll let you know how it went.

Characters again:
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2014/02/three-tools-for-making-characters-come.html

Do it to me one more time:
http://writetodone.com/revise-novel-glance/

Slow time:
http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/02/09/writing-excuses-9-6-the-experience-of-time/