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Author Quotes – Margaret Atwood
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Margaret Atwood is a poet, essayist, novelist and Canadian national treasurer. She is also an inventor who holds several patents for a device that allows for remote writing, called the LongPen. Atwood has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 5 times and won once, in 2000. She is…
ATTENTION WRITERS *** WE ARE LOOKING FOR WRITERS FOR OUR ANTHOLOGY
We have collaborated on a series, called ASHTRAYS TO JAWBREAKERS. It is compilation for new authors. We are taking written material for an upcoming release for our fifth edition. Word count is whatever you want to contribute. The author has free reign on what he or she submits. Come join our project and take that next […]
To All The Other Ideas Popping Into My head
Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
One problem I have, which may not be much of a problem but a problem nevertheless, is that while I revise one book I have ideas for other books. Generally I spend some time jotting down the random thoughts and eventually pursue them. But occasionally, they never…
7 Suitable Jobs For Writers
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
Writers don’t make any money, let alone a living. This has once again become a hot topic. A writer behind a newspaper article in this country just a short time ago was praised for bravery for saying exactly this, but those of us who live half of our existences online could have told…
THE HISTORY OF THE AGE OF THE EARTH BY K J ROLLINSON
Originally posted on MARSocial Author Business Enhancement Dragon Post:
I picked up a book bargain the other day, ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’, by Bill Bryson. I have enjoyed some of his other books, so without going through it, I thought I would enjoy this one too. Maybe, I wouldn’t have bought it if…
…so who remembers the UK’s pre-decimal coinage?… tanners, shillings, half-crowns, and stuff?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…on this day, 44 years ago, on 15 February 1971, known as Decimal Day, the United Kingdom and Ireland decimalised their currencies… and an entire coinage system that had stood for centuries was wiped away… oh, what monetary perfidy… what abysmal subjugation of our cash heritage… the coin-maths education of swathes of us of…
You tell me!
Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage:
Hello again. Well here I am, stinking of joss-sticks, wearing my kaftan and armed with a few suggestions. Some have come from Little Lily and others from various spirits. Writing. I can’t stop writing altogether. My adorable publishers Steph and Laurence Patterson over at Crooked Cat have been totally…
Snowed – Part 31
Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
Mike has finally met Sarena in person. Unfortunately, he doesn’t get a chance to kiss her because his mother hears him in the hall and comes out of her room. I set Sarena down with regret, so I could hug my mother. She kissed both cheeks, pinching them afterwards. I…
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