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…oh, where, tell me where, have all the eloquent rhetoricians gone in Parliament?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…it is with great sadness that I post a general Obituary for the Presence of Eloquent Rhetoricians in the Houses of Parliament… the art of the sparkling soupçon, the elegance of counterpose debate, the majesty of vocabuleric nimbleness, alas, have all joined the Dodo, the Woolly Mammoth and the Sabre…
18 Quotes to Inspire Writers, Bloggers–Everyone.
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
The guy that came up with the Positivity campaign has a problem as he sits here and begins typing. He needs to think of something to write about. Part of the beginning an article with an idea yet to be developed is pressure to write an article that is specifically about…
Amazon, Ebooks, and Advertising
Originally posted on Publishing Insights:
There has been a lot of mixed reactions toward Amazon putting advertisements on Kindle, especially when it was first launched in 2011. Today I wish to bring this issue back into the spotlight and invite you to re-examine it together. In the article Why Advertising Could Become Amazon’s Knockout Punch, Joe Wikert attributes…
Failure is What Success Looks Like, Before It’s Born
Originally posted on Joanne Guidoccio:
I am happy to feature Soul Mate author Zen DiPietro and her upcoming release Guardians of Terath: Seeking Sorrow. Here’s Zen! In any creative process, you have to make a lot of bad things before you can make good things. I got my bad books out of the way right…
Snowed – Part 40
Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
Ma, Sarena and Chester meet up with Mike and the others for lunch. They go back to the same restaurant where they ate the night before. Angie asks if it’s awkward keeping kosher. Chester shrugged, spreading his hands. “Sometimes. I used to eat like anyone else. I even had ham…
Laughter Lines: Life from the Tail End
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
You might as well just blame Diana, It was all at her prompting you see, ‘Cause I thought the humorous poems Were something I’d written for me. “But no,” said my friend with a chuckle, “You really should get them in print.” So I faffed and I…
Cold Coffee Cafe – A Cafe for Authors and Avid Readers
Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:
So I just joined a new author site for free. It’s called Cold Coffee Cafe and it’s a social media sight for authors. I’m still exploring when I’m not writing/editing/faking sleep, but it is a very large site. Feel free to wander around. I haven’t checked any of the…
Waiting On Wednesday: Half Wild by Sally Green (#7)
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine Title: Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy #2) Author: Sally Green Expected publication: March 24th 2015 by Viking Juvenile Page: 400 Summary: In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 