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Does your writing need the bonkers factor?
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
The other day I wrote a piece of microfiction in response to the prompt ‘A spring memory.’ It was a nice enough bit of writing, answered the prompt and reproduced a real childhood memory. One reader was kind enough to say that she liked it as far as it…
Subject: GRAVE HUMOUR…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears music. No one is around, so he starts searching for the source. He finally locates the origin and finds it is coming from a grave with a headstone that…
Get Your Book Trailers Working for You
Publicity Tip #84 ~ The great thing about video book trailers is that you can use them on a laptop or tablet at local author events, place them on your author website, your Goodreads profile page, Amazon’s Author Central and, of course, YouTube. Becoming more and more prevalent are book recommendation/Indie author publicity sites helping…
COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY: Fighting For Forever by JB Salsbury
Originally posted on Two Sassy Chicks:
Title: Fighting for Forever Series: Fighting #6 Author: JB Salsbury Cover Design: Pixel Mischief Design Release Date: June 23, 2015 Synopsis Slut. Hooker. Whore. The taunts never bothered me. They only see what I allow them to see, and a Las Vegas stripper is the perfect cover. My life…
SALES BLITZ: Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones
Originally posted on Two Sassy Chicks:
ESCAPING REALITY is book one in The Secret Life of Amy Bensen series and it is now ON SALE for just $1.99 (reg. $7.99) Get your copy of this sexy, thrilling mystery at the following retailers: Amazon – http://amzn.to/1KIn8Jl Paperback (5/5/15) – http://amzn.to/1GDFbwt B&N – http://goo.gl/2V9TNr iBooks – http://goo.gl/JCNGw6…
The 4 Elements of Storytelling Infographic
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
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…Authors… a coupla thoughts on the intangible thing called ‘pace’ in yer writing…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…let’s get one thing understood from the outset… well, two things really… first of all, I’m not a guru on this stuff… this is just an ol’ Jurassic scribbler’s opinion… secondly, the WURD ‘pace’ doesn’t necessarily mean ’speed’, especially in the context of yer writing… we all know there are…
10 Things Not to Say to an Author
Originally posted on Vanessa Couchman:
Proud author of debut novel ? A tongue in cheek post today, but with a grain of truth. Readers I meet at parties or other events usually have very interesting and perceptive things to say about books and writing. I love having the opportunity to talk with them, which…
5 Reasons The Internet Doesn’t Get Irony
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
Embed from Getty Images I’ve been doing loads of giving out here, lately. It’s been lovely. Lambasting things like Twitter and terrible book marketing is more fun than reading cartoons whilst sipping champagne through a straw in a giant bathtub full of bubble wrap. The response has been enlightening, too. I expected lots of giving out…
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