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What story mistakes are you making?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Understanding what an editor looks for is paramount. Anne Leigh Parrish a fiction editor for Eclectica Magazine wrote an eye-opening post on how to avoid the same mistakes over and over. She also writes what she looks for in a story. “… a story itself is a narrative where there must…
Nice Exposure for Countdown Deals on Amazon
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
COUNTDOWN DEALS: HOW WILL ANYONE FIND THEM? Yesterday, I saw this cool banner on the top of Amazon’s homepage, advertising Kindle Countdown Deals. When I clicked on it, I was taken to the Countdown Deal homepage. I thought this was pretty cool. It’s a small step (not too small—advertised on Amazon’s…
Book Cover Design – Affordable Book Covers
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Book Cover Love – Book Cover Designers for Self-Published Authors Readers+Writers Journal’s new series on affordable services for self-published authors begins with the most important part of your book (aside from the words inside): book covers. Do Book Covers Matter? How important are book covers to selling your self-published book?…
…and the Wrath of the Great God Amazon shall be visited upon yeez… be careful out there… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I s’pose I should feel flattered… email correspondence today from the compliance brigade at Amazon flagged up a potential monstrous offence on the part of this ol’ Jurassic… it seems that my published collections of Blog Posts from this web page blog of mine, WELL I’LL BE BLOGGERED and BLOGGERED,…
#AUTHORS – STOP POSTING EXTRACTS OF YOUR WORK ONLINE ADVICE…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
I’m growing concerned at the number of authors who are publishing extracts of their works – either already published, or Work in Progress – online. I can understand that their intention is to attract readers to their stories and possibly buy their book(s). HOWEVER You…
The Digital Quill Answers: “Which literary character is most like you?”
Originally posted on Natacha Guyot:
Which literary character is most like you? While I relate a lot to Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, I must say Jo March from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I have lost count of how many times I read the book, mostly because of Jo. The way…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 