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Something New – Part 7
Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
Liat is even more impressed with Austin when he rescues her from the unwanted advances of Irving, the pervy director. “How could either of you tell?” “Your stance changed,” Dex explained. “Austin’s been studying with me and my brothers for almost a year. About to test of his orange belt…
Ten Vital Novel Writing Tips Infographic
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
To see the article related to this infographic, click on it or the link under it. http://themarshallplan.net/tenvitalnovelwritingtips.htm
… ‘hooks’, ‘plants’ and ‘book-end closures’ for Writers…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…when that remarkable publication, The Readers Digest, was in circulation years ago, it not only had well-written stories and articles, but also a generous smattering of half-page fillers, and bottom-of-page-enders, one of which I found of constant interest, called ‘A Guide To More Picturesque Speech’… this was replete with examples…
God Bless
Originally posted on Regina Puckett:
God Bless Regina Puckett America, Happy Fourth of July May Old Glory forever fly I wish for us on this day The freedom to pray The freedom of speech The freedom to preach The freedom from harassment The freedom of accomplishment The freedom to strive and flourish The freedom to…
Do you write effective dialog?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Do you like DIY (do it yourself) instructions? Give me a step-by-step diagram and I’m good. An email in my inbox, from Janice Hardy from Fiction University, caught my attention. It was part of a How They Do It Series. Good conversation, and snappy dialog draws us in whether it’s in…
200 Ways to say “Went” Infographic…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
From the blog of Author Amanda Patterson
How to Score Great Amazon Reviews: Resources and More
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
With the recent controversy on the issue of reviews, triggered by Amazon’s decision to remove all of Christoph Fischer’s 1,700 reviews, it seems this is the issue of the day. Contrary to popular belief, Amazon does not require that you’ve bought a book in order to review it. It does ask that…
Author Feature: Gisela Hausmann, Protector of Indies
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Image: rebloggy.com Gisela is a self-confessed protector of Indies. Namely, of their wallets. She has made it her personal crusade to protect them from marketers promising the moon and delivering, well, cheese I guess (fine, so similes are not my thing, but you get my drift). As this is…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 