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First Love – Part 40
Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
Maddie chats with Patti and realizes that Clayton really does like her. Though she tries to talk to him, he refuses to speak to her. Frustrated, she heads to bed. “So?” Patti asked. “He won’t talk to me.” “Are you really surprised? You kissed another guy.” “Clayton isn’t my boyfriend,”…
The 2016 RITA Finalist Reading Challenge
Darla G. Denton | Author Platform Coach The RITA is a contest put on by the Romance Writers of America that is basically the Oscars of the Romantic Fiction world. If you write romance this is the award you want listed in your bio. “The RITA is the highest award of distinction in romance fiction. It […]
Bill’s Cute Horror Picture For Ask Maddie Advice Column
Originally posted on Madeleine Swann:
My bowl of love Bill Purnell did this adorable doodle for my surreal advice column Ask Maddie to go on my website. He does web design, book covers and commissioned art and graphics, just contact him. Also read the bio on his website, it’s hilarious. Why not ask me the most surreal,…
Blood and Coffee
Originally posted on AdeleMariePark Author:
Good morning everyone. The title of this post is all about editing. Yes, yes I can hear you all groan in remembrance of past or present dealings with the editing bug. I have read many great posts about how to edit and how to still have sanity left after the…
Ads and Adblockers
Originally posted on The Opening Sentence:
I was in a shop recently, a real bricks-and-mortar high street shop. I bought a magazine and the shopkeeper said “no, it’s free.” Free? He pointed to the walls of his shop, floor to ceiling advertisements. “Everything in the shop is free. My income comes from the adverts.” “Good…
“Credibility is a basic survival tool.” Rebecca Solnit
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
“Credibility is a basic survival tool.” Rebecca Solnit, American writer. Why do I put this quote forward as my choice for the challenge today? Credibility is king to a writer. If you put forth a piece of garbage, that’s what you get in return. I’ll put it like this: When putting…
#WW The Emotions of Finishing a Novel
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Recently, I finished the first draft of a novel. Granted, any novelist already knows that means the novel isn’t truly finished, but alas, finishing that first draft is the first hurdle to novel freedom. There are a lot of emotions that come along with that moment. Even if it…
Today is:
Hello everybody, Today would have been my dad’s 72nd birthday, had a blood clot not taken him from us at only 50 yrs old. It is strange to be almost the same age as your father when he passed, it makes you acutely aware of your own mortality. That is a topic for another time,…
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