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New Podcast Up: Beginning Lines and Ending Hobbits
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
In this end of year podcast we discuss the most important beginning of any novel: the first line. The first line is something that writers like Stephen King spend a month preparing. It is the line that hooks the reader, that sets the tone for the novel, and…
Goodbye 2014
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Last day of 2014—I’d just like to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to this blog over the past year. According to the WordPress stats, if each view was a bum on a seat, you’d have filled the Sydney Opera House six times over. Why WordPress believes…
A Big “Thank You” to all recent Reviewers of Conditions
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
Wow – since the BookBub promotion I had a surge in reviews – mostly good and a few bad ones – the full range. Thanks to ALL REVIEWERS – from the bottom of my heart – for taking the time to read and for telling others about it. I fully agree…
The Guardian Begins
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
Well, it’s New Year’s day in my other home – New Zealand, even though it’s still December the thirty-first here in the UK. So I have begun to write my new science fiction novel. I have settled on The Guardian as the title. For the few who bothered…
First Drafts and Writing – Steph Post
Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
The following link takes you to Steph Post’s blog concerning First Drafts and Writing. Her comments are pretty much dead on. http://stephpostauthor.blogspot.com/2014/12/first-drafts-and-writing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StephPost+%28Steph+Post%29
Next In The Queue
Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Here we go again, right? It’s new Years Eve already and I thought at this time last year and the year before that I was on the threshold of having a dream year. Let’s say that previously I’ve been here and been wrong several times. Although last…
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