Archive | March 29, 2018
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5 Ways to Hook Your Reader In Every Scene
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Many writing books talk about the importance of the first line, first paragraph and first page of a novel. If you don’t grab the reader early in your novel, you might lose them for good. Taking that thought and applying it to each scene means evaluating the entry hook for…
Kindred Spirits…
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
The jobbing actor remembered for all time as a British spy chief As jobbing writers we can never rely on our work to feed us. So we must have an alternative source of income. In other words, a day job. Some like myself are now long since retired…
Enforced abstention
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I’ve been living on just toast and yoghurt this week, Which is okay, but not all that nice, And especially when there is chocolate around, I admit, a perennial vice. But my innards are wonky, my back has gone south And my throat is all miserable too,…
Authors, Please Don’t Act Like Scammers
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
I thought of this post when I heard of a problem plaguing one of the groups I belong to. People are using its Twitter hashtag without actually being members of said group. This both confuses readers and dilutes the group’s rather successful brand. Even worse, these authors are taking…
Are you twitterpated? #springishere #Romance #mgtab
Originally posted on Jacquie Biggar-USA Today Best-selling author :
Spring is here and love is in the air! I love this time of year. Everywhere you look there are signs of romance. Hundreds of birds wake me in the morning with their songs and hummingbirds perform death-defying spirals during their mating rituals. My pets are full…
I, Witness by Niki Mackay @orionbooks @Lauren_BooksPR @NikiMackayBooks
Originally posted on mychestnutreadingtree:
About this book… They say I’m a murderer. Six years ago, Kate Reynolds was found holding the body of her best friend; covered in blood, and clutching the knife that killed her. I plead guilty. Kate has been in prison ever since, but now her sentence is up. She is being…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 