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Can You Change Paper Trim Size and Colour on CreateSpace?

Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
Before publishing your first paper book with CreateSpace there are a couple of things to consider. Even though you can update it and change the content, once the book has its ISBN and is live for sale you can’t change its size and the colour of the paper. Also,…

Questions and Answers with Author of ‘The Defeatist’, Sophie Bowns!

Originally posted on Sarah's Bookshelf:
I thought people might be quite interested to hear how an author writes and where they get their ideas from, so I’ve asked Sophie Bowns, author of ‘the Defeatist’ to do a question and answer session with me! My last post was a review of ‘The Defeatist’, which can be…

Cry The Fables

All Writers Crave Feedback

Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
When it comes to meaningful dialogue with our readers it rarely if ever happens, more’s the pity. We writers need the connection. All a review ever tells us is that the individual responsible for it either loved or hated the book in question. Most writers like myself have…

A List of Creative Writing Competitions in 2015

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Start reading Infinite Waters for free with Kindle Unlimited You all know how much I love short stories, right? Well, enough to have published two collections so far, Infinite Waters being the latest one. I recently entered a new short story of mine in a competition organized by Almond…

Doris O’Connor — Erotica’s Purveyor of Animalistic Pleasure

Originally posted on johntuckermustlive:
Doris O’Connor Doris is an author who enjoys spinning sensual, sassy, and sexy tales involving alpha heroes to die for, and heroines who give as good as they get. From contemporary to paranormal, BDSM to F/F, and Ménage, haunting love stories are guaranteed. She’s also one of the SINsational Sirens Showcase…

The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the Lion broke something in me and I have questions.

Originally posted on Renae Rude – The Paranormalist:
I posted the following piece earlier today on my personal Facebook. After further thought, despite its disconnection from my usual subjects, I decided to bring it here. I am aware that I could lose readers over this, but I ask that if you are offended, will you…

How to Find Your Novel’s Path

DNF a Book

Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
© Sharon & Nikki McCutcheon DNF I remember the first time I saw the acronym in a Twitter conversation between an editor and an author. I politely intruded to ask what it meant. Did. Not. Finish. What? Read a book and not finish it? Back…

On Writing: Characters description…

On Writing: Characters description…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
How much is too much when describing a character? When to stop characters description? To read the article click on the image or link below: characters-descriptions

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