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Flash Fiction Friday: A Fit In Acts

Originally posted on Bizarro Central:
by Chris Meekings The curtain opens. The fairies in the audience rustle restless in their seats. They eat sticks of marzipan, noisily. Lights up. Enter an announcer. He’s dressed in a full black suit. His hair is immaculate and plastered down to his skull with soup. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he…

The Defeatist, and my learning experience. (I’ve scheduled two free promotion days on Amazon Kindle for 17th- 18th of August)

Something New – Part 20

Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
Liat drives Austin home. He invites her upstairs of a cup of tea, but instead, ends up kissing her. Rubbing his mouth across hers soothed the sting, he licked her lips. She invited him to take more, which he did, kissing her tenderly. Austin stood less than a foot, but…

Texting and Driving: Redux

Originally posted on Author Mark W Sasse:
I originally posted this a year ago, but it recently came up again in my classroom and thought it might be timely to post again. I asked my students how many of them have been in a moving car while someone was texting? 39/52 said they were. Wow!…

Just a thought.

Originally posted on The June Project:
http://www.dwdmail.com/studio/link.php?M=345775&N=862&L=3962&F=H https://janefriedman.com/2012/11/09/start-here-how-to-write-a-book-proposal/ http://www.dwdmail.com/studio/link.php?M=345775&N=862&L=3960&F=H http://www.dwdmail.com/studio/link.php?M=345775&N=862&L=3959&F=H There are so many ways to say “Where do I go now?” Well here is a start. ?

The Politics of Privacy: Amazon’s New Reviews – The Prose Blog

Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY: AMAZON’S NEW REVIEWS Amazon’s new review policy has the entire indie author population up in arms, and rightfully so. What does this mean for the future of independent publishing? The Prose Blog has taken up the issue up and contacted author Brenda Perlin and myself about it.…

All Reviews Need to Be Taken With a Grain of Salt

Originally posted on Elyse Salpeter:
I’ve been disturbed recently reading reviews on the internet across a myriad of topics. The three biggest offenders for me are reviews on books, reviews on over the counter products and reviews on recipes. These reviews are put up on the web where the anonymity of the internet allows consumers…

Weekend Edition – Dear Writer, You are weird. Plus Good Reads and Writing Tips

Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Writers are not normal people. Image from Screencraft It started when I was a kid. I would often carry a notebook with me, scribbling everything and nothing on its welcoming pages as I sat alone in a quiet corner of the playground, or – later,…

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