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Serialists: How Male and Female Serial Killers Differ – by Sue Coletta…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Male and female serialists differ in many ways. By the end of this post, you decide who’s more ruthless. The media attaches cutesy nicknames to female serial killers, like Giggling Granny, Jolly Jane, or Tiger Woman. For males they use epithets that beget terror, such…
5 Editing Terms All Indie Authors Should Know #GuestPost by Claire Jennison
Originally posted on Ritu Bhathal:
As a writer, we have the craft to create worlds, characters, and their stories. Inside our heads, those stories run like an all-singing, all-dancing movie. (Well, they do in mine…) but do our words convey this same effect for a reader? Often, we are so close to the story we…
Character Building: How Much Planning Should I Do? (PART 1) – by Angela Ackerman…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Writers Helping Writers: Not sure how much brainstorming needs to go into each character? You’re not alone. It’s a struggle for many, and unfortunately, there’s no single “right” answer. It really depends on the character’s importance in the story, their function or role, and the…
Character Building: How Much Planning Should I Do? (PART 2) – by Angela Ackerman…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Writers Helping Writers: As I mentioned in my last post, knowing exactly how much to brainstorm when it comes to character building can be a question mark. How deeply you need to plan depends on the character’s role and importance, and the writer’s own comfort…
START THE WEEK with a writing exercise: Creating a Dark Character
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
AS WRITERS WE NEED people to do bad things: they create story. They may not be the heart of your writing, the central core, but they kickstart action and reaction. We need light and dark on the page, we need the shadows. We don’t write (or read) stories about…
“Love without prejudice” – What the Heart Sees (New Beginnings Book 4) by Trish Edmisten
Originally posted on Viv Drewa:
#romanceauthor #contemporary romance #romancewriter #newadultromance 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,…
“I loved this book and am shouting out for you to read it!” – Recombined (The Irrevocable Series Book 3) by Samantha Jacobey
Originally posted on Viv Drewa:
#EndoftheWorld #thriller #suspense #SweetRomance #SamJac Bailey Dewitt is on a crash course with Armageddon. Orphaned, she and her young brothers find themselves living with their renegade uncle. Part of a group of survivalists, she is terrified to discover they are preparing for the end of the world! Could they be…
“Ms. Anthony has written a poignant story and I loved every page of it!” – I Wish I Wasn’t… by Ryanne Anthony
Originally posted on Viv Drewa:
#contemporary, #romance, #interracial, #multicultural, #indieauthor, #indiepromo, #authorpromo At thirty, Lauren Ryals was a successful single woman with a biological clock that ticked like a time bomb. Truthfully, the ticking started a few years before, but the closer she got to her thirtieth birthday, the harder it was to ignore, so…
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER – With a Side of Love (Clere’s Restaurant Book 2) Kindle Edition by Pamela Ackerson
Originally posted on Viv Drewa:
#ASMSG, #iartg, #bookboost, #bynr When Sarah Melton decided to move to Florida to be closer to her sisters, she had no idea she’d be served a plateful of drama. She’d always been told that a restaurant was a good place to find subject matter for the soap operas…well, that was…
“Emotionally engaging….insightfully written – Exceptional!” – Dinky: The Nurse Mare’s Foal by Marta Moran Bishop
Originally posted on Viv Drewa:
Winnie Award Winner at the Equus Film Festival. Best Equine Rescue book. Dinky: The Nurse Mare’s Foal is the story of one little foals fight for survival after being taken from his mother within hours of his birth. Dinky, takes us on a poignant trip through the heart and mind of an animal,…
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