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How Long Should A Book Be? Word Count Guidelines by Genre – by Anne R Allen…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Follow word count guidelines to keep from snoozifying your reader. A constant complaint I hear from agents, editors, writing teachers, and reviewers is that they see too many manuscripts with inappropriate word counts. If you’re getting a lot of form rejections or simply silence from…
Money Matters: A Brief History Of Currency
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
E.L. Skip Knox recently published a great post on one of my favorite resources, Mythic Scribes, titled, History for Fantasy Writers: Money. Knox is the creator of the fantasy world called Altearth, a place where magic is real, monsters roam the land, and the Roman Empire never fell. He is also a retired…
How To Assume Your Reader Is Smart
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
We writer types aren’t always sure readers know what we’re talking about. As a result, we can explain things when we don’t need to. Check out this partial scene: “Alright, but you have to promise.” Lori held out her pinky. She was making him pinky-swear. Something they had done as kids.…
A Glorious Day and a Wasted Journey
Originally posted on Suzie Speaks:
It was the hottest day of the year on Thursday and the sun finally made an appearance after what seemed like the longest and most depressing winter ever. It was so nice to see a blue sky. Everyone was in the park, the people daft enough to buy convertibles were…
DPL Author Series : 2nd Annual Writer’s Conference via @detroitlibrary @DplEdison May19th #michiganwriters #michlit #motownwriters #Detroit
Originally posted on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dpl-author-series-2nd-annual-writers-conference-tickets-44159482200 MAY 19 – DPL Author Series: 2nd Annual Writer’s Conference by Detroit Public Library Free REGISTER DESCRIPTION Detroit Public Library Author Series Presents: 2nd Annual So,You Want to be a Writer…Now What? Come see how the professionals do it. Published authors share their experiences and advice on taking…
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