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If you want to forget about Christmas, why not embark on an adventure?

Originally posted on Just Olga:
Hi all: As  you know on Fridays I bring you new books or authors. I thought I might still be in time to bring you a few good reads before Christmas, and today I bring you some  authors I know whose work has been translated to English but you might…

Kurt Vonnegut: The 8 basics of Creative Writing – Worth Sharing

Kurt Vonnegut: The 8 basics of Creative Writing – Worth Sharing

Originally posted on Author P.S. Bartlett:
? Kurt Vonnegut: The 8 basics of Creative Writing Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. Every character should want…

Old Ghosts…

HOW to get promotion for yourself and your book …

Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
Two days ago I wrote a blog post that proved to be the most popular, in terms of reach and reaction, of any I’ve ever written! Thanks to everyone who read, liked, shared, reblogged, followed my blog, and commented on it. I guess I hit a nerve with…

Shutterstock and other Stock Photo Collections

Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Background image licensed through Shutterstock.com. You may not reuse, share, or download this image to your computer. If you wish to use this image, visit Shutterstock and license the image through them. 🙂 STOCK PHOTOS If you design book covers, or even if you need images for the interior of the…

Letting Characters Off Too Easily

A New Look at High Obliquity Exoplanets *** Posted From Centauri Dreams

Posted: 18 Dec 2014 09:02 AM PST Looking forward from winter into spring in North America — unfortunately still a few months out — I can thank Earth’s obliquity for a seasonal change I enjoy more every year. Obliquity is the angle that our planet’s rotational axis makes as it intersects the orbital plane, which […]

Throwback Thursday – The Moody Blues Days Of Future Passed

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
In 1972 something pretty unusual happened in music. An album released five years before was climbing the charts again, riding on the popularity of a song that had failed to chart in the US when it was released five years before. The album, Days of Future Passed…

Stop Treating Other Writers as Your Competition

♥♥♥ NEW RELEASE —- THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON by the talented John Tucker ♥♥♥

Maritza Van Lyle is a broken, alcoholic housewife mired in a bad marriage. Soured on living by her husband’s infidelity and a personal tragedy, the only light in her life is Alexandra, her preteen daughter. When Maritza is taken hostage by a sinister man with a mysterious agenda, she fights to keep her sanity and […]

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