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Promote your work…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Do you have a book launch coming up… A cover reveal or a work in progress… Inspiration to offer… A story or anecdote to tell, a poem to share… Tips for bloggers or writers… Want to promote your blog, art or photography… Reach a different readership… Or…
Line Editing: What Is It? By Jami Gold
Originally posted on Pen & Paper:
What Is Line Editing and What Should Line Editors Do? by Jami Gold https://jamigold.com/2018/03/what-is-line-editing-and-what-should-line-editors-do/ Last month, when I put together the Master Lists of writing craft skills to provide insights for self-editing and/or finding editors, I created a list for each phase of editing: content/developmental editing (fix story and character-level issues)…
Why do writers write…
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
J.K Rowling …when they know that there are bitter and twisted individuals who don’t want you to succeed. Those who can’t wait to attack your book(s)!!! You may as well ask why do painters paint, or sculptors sculpt. Like them, we writers have a burning desire within us…
How Can We Teach Little Ones to Value Books and Stories? Nine Tips from the Trenches
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
This is a guest post by Margaret Wellwood, a children’s book writer, editor, and grandmother. Margaret offers here her take, with links to some of her favorite stories for sharing. How Can We Teach Little Ones to Value Books and Stories? Nine Tips from the Trenches Tender-hearted toddler that…
Goats Doing What Goats Do Best — Nutsrok
Originally posted on carsonrenomysteryseries.com:
Originally posted on Nutsrok: I don’t know why Daddy kept goats. In theory, they’d eat brush and he’d have one to barbecue on Memorial Day, Fourth of July, or Labor Day. The fact is, our goats didn’t ascribe to the brush eating theory and were born knowing their life’s purpose…
#NotesFromTheRiver – #BackyardBirds
Originally posted on The Write Stuff:
This week’s post on #NotesFromTheRiver features a couple of “little brown jobs,” the official and totally technically correct phrase birders use for non-descript birds they can’t identify at a glance. Hopefully, after reading this post, those of you interested in such things will have a better chance of doing…