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Signs that spring is finally here!
JEMSBOOKS The weather here in New England, USA is still a little cool – 50’s. This is a vast improvement over a week ago when we had snow and 30 degree temps. My husband and I went for our usual walk – 2-3 miles around the neighborhood. I snapped phots of buds in evidence on […]
Loving Someone Who Hurts You
Originally posted on Hannah Howe:
Loving Someone Who Hurts You My novel Sam’s Song discusses the taboo subject of domestic violence. Many thanks to Sarah Fader for this guest post. Domestic violence is a serious problem that affects people of all races and genders. There are two parties involved in an abusive relationship, the abuser…
Chaos: Blessing or Curse? – Guest Post by, Tina Frisco…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
This past winter was a difficult time for me. Family issues, chronic illness, and an irrational and unpredictable government challenged me to cope on a daily basis and left me depleted. I wanted to shut the door on the chaotic energies flooding my being, but…
LET’S TALK FANTASY NOVELS!!!!
Originally posted on Books & Entertainment Network:
ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA! Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy is a sub genre of speculative fiction and is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the absence…
An unreliable epitomator
Originally posted on Tallis Steelyard:
It is one of the paltry niceties of modern literary life that somehow irritate me. Have you noticed how long novels can be! They go on for ever, and nothing ever happens. Not only that but if by some oversight the novelist allows themselves the frisson of excitement that comes…
Should Writers with Little Money be Kept Out of Publishing? – Guest Post by Traci Kenworth…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
A few weeks ago, there was a big argument on Twitter on whether writers with little money should be kept out of publishing. There were those who wondered how writers not being able to pay the $20 PitchWars fee, how could they afford to be…
Word Weaver Writing Contest WINNERS
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
… will be announced tomorrow. Just making sure everyone knows. Hope you didn’t think this was the announcement. It’s not. Didn’t mean to fool you. Probably. See you tomorrow.