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Just as procrastination, brilliant ideas, and crippling self-doubt are part of being a writer, the type of writer you are also contributes to the crafting of your words. For instance, if you’ve wondered why other writers seem to get things done and you’re struggling to write an opening paragraph,…

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on The Write Life: Vivid verbs show (vividly) rather than tell. These verbs help show what’s happening mentally or physically to a character. They paint a picture in your reader’s mind. What exactly is a vivid verb? It’s a descriptive verb, which allows you to…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Graphologists claim handwriting is strongly linked to various personality traits, and serial killers may reveal their murderous side within their written words. Handwriting analysis is a tedious and methodical process that relies on extensive knowledge of the way people form letters, which characteristics of letter…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Make a Living Writing: If you want to succeed as a freelancer, you not only need to have skills worth paying for, but you also need to be able to manage your projects. If you’ve never learned about project management or how it works,…

Are you brave enough to dare the Dragon’s Storm? Long, long ago, long before man learned to worship gods or fear the power of the?unknown, there were dragons to bow before. Dragons who ruled the world. Who could bury it beneath a flood of rain born from the drop of a tear or crack the…

One cursed diary will change two strangers forever…Merideth Monroe was born to a wealthy politician; luxury was her middle name. The happiest childhood, the finest schools, and landing her dream career; her future couldn’t have been brighter. She didn’t?care?that her mother wanted a different path for her; but when her mother is murdered, and she…

Being born blind, Ken has always lived a sheltered life, thanks to his overprotective mother and older sisters. If it wasn’t for his best friend, Stone, he’d never have any kind of freedom, let alone a life. Twenty-one years old and still living at home, Ken is ready to be independent. When he moves into…

Matthew Oliver Cannon was a rich, handsome man who had a wild and wicked sense of humor and an insatiable appetite for the fairer sex. Matthew loved women so much he didn’t want to settle for just one; not until he’d gotten his fair share of bedding ‘his fair share as well as removing the…

Readers will find themselves gripping the pages of their books in anticipation of what comes next. In this timeless, richly embroidered journey, return to the extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful, historical battle that comes alive with heart-pounding accuracy in the Wilderness series, book 4, Warriors of the Wilderness. Sixteen years ago, Matthew…