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The Stunning Artworks of “Needle Man”, the World’s Only Sewing Machine Painter…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Oddity Central Online: Arun Kumar Bajaj has a very unusual skill – he can paint with a sewing machine. Technically, it’s embroidering, not painting, but his artworks are so incredibly detailed that they could pass as hyper-realistic paintings to the untrained eye. And the…
Offline For A Week or So
Originally posted on The Write Stuff:
Just a reminder that I’ll be offline for a week to ten days, and won’t be able to respond to your posts or questions. Thanks for your understanding, and I’ll be back before you know it! 🙂 BTW, you regular contributors may feel free to post at any time,…
How to check on overused words in your novel
Originally posted on Author Ari Meghlen Official Website:
If you’ve been writing for a while, you probably know that sometimes we writers have a habit of reusing the same words over and over throughout our manuscripts. This is especially common for those of us who write sporadically. Catching this pesky overused words not only tightens…
Pool Noodle Sword Fight
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
I had a bunch of kids over at my house this week for a writing camp. Mostly girls going into 5th grade, a boy, and my daughter – who will be starting 3rd grade this fall. The theme was Percy Jackson and to prepare I did some internet searches (I’d…
Thank you!
Originally posted on Book Editing:
I thank all of you who are following my blog, as well as all who have clicked on the LIKE button and reblogged my posts. Very much appreciated. I hope you are learning something from every post. Paul Thayer Literary Services Paulthayerbookeditor.com
A Few Things I Like about Kindle Unlimited (& the May, 2018 per-page Rate)
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Image from ShutterStock. POSITIVE INDICATORS There are reasons to be positive about Kindle Unlimited: The per-page rate is $0.00454 for May, 2018 for books borrowed through Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime, which is almost identical to what it was ($0.00456) in April, 2018. The per-page rate has been quite stable this…
…Authors, as much as possible, check the facts…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…it will come as no surprise to some of yeez to learn that as a wee boy at school in Docklands, Govan in Glasgow, Master Gallacher was a bit of a ‘smart-ass’…a trait that has doubtless recognisably carried forward into my more advanced years… always first to raise my hand…