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Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – May 2018 – by Amy Collins…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Book Designer: At a writer’s conference last week, I met a number of authors who were pitching their books to agents and the media. This month’s Do This, Not That is based on what I saw and heard. Continue reading HERE
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…
CONTRACT RED FLAG ALERT: PERPETUAL LICENSE FOR DERIVATIVE RIGHTS – by Victoria Strauss…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Writer Beware site: SFWA’s Contracts Committee has recently been seeing a proliferation of contracts from small magazines, and a very few established markets, that license all derivative rights in perpetuity. This is a red flag for a number of reasons, even if these rights…
Indie Gantz Interview
Originally posted on ><:
Hello my fellow little munchkins. How are you all doing? I am doing okay. I am going to be home tommorow which is kind of sad because I wished that YALLFEST was longer. Anyways, I had the lovely chance to interview the author Indie Gantz and I hope you really…
Smorgasbord Laughter Lines – Church Bake Sale, Bachelor parties and Tick Warning.
Originally posted on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine:
Church bake sale…. Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church ladies’ group bake sale in Tuscaloosa, but she forgot to do it until the last minute. She remembered it the morning of the bake sale and after rummaging through cabinets she found an angel food…
Character Quotes from Poplar Mountain by Dellani
Originally posted on Cereal Authors:
Poplar Mountain is a romantic suspense set in the Kentucky Mountains in 1939. Patty was quiet the entire way home. Once in awhile, she sighed happily, but she didn’t say a word. Lucius and Dollie tried to talk, but her complete silence made them want to whisper. When the truck…
Teacher Appreciation Week
Originally posted on Morgan Hazelwood: Writer In Progress:
I grew up blessed. Blessed with a family full of readers. Blessed with teachers who supported and encouraged me. Blessed both my own personal what-to-read-next advisor and access to all the books I could want. https://youtu.be/cWR-TNgLGQY ? In honor of teacher appreciation week: Here’s to Ms. Quesinberry,…
Happy birthday, Fred
Originally posted on bluebird of bitterness:
It’s the birthday of Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz in 1899. He broke into showbiz at a very young age, performing a vaudeville act with his sister Adele. The siblings made their Broadway debut in 1917, and continued performing together until Adele’s marriage to a British aristocrat in 1932. Left on…
How To Produce A Premium Journal With Joel Friedlander…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Creative Penn: Intro by Joanna Penn: I’ve been writing in journals since I was 15. They have been my escape and my therapy, my creative expression and a record of my lowest times and my highest achievements. Journals are more than blank paper.…
The right ingredients make for a great novel
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Leave one ingredient out and your story will fall flat as a flitter. Yeah, that’s right a story can fall flat just like a cake or soufflé. I can remember my mother yelling, “Don’t slam the door, my cake will fall.” Of course, nowadays, that’s not much of a problem…
