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44 Publishers Seeking Romance
Darla G. Denton | Author Platform Coach Breaking out into the romance writing scene can be intimidating to say the least. You don’t just write a great love story, you also need to: Decide whether you are going to self publish or try the traditional route.If you choose the traditional route you need to figure […]
When Good Is Good Enough
Originally posted on betsy ashton:
Writers are never satisfied with what we write. We strain to find the le mot juste, the perfect right word for the perfect right spot. We write and rewrite, edit and re-edit, until we reach a point when we have to stop fussing and let someone else read our pearls of wisdom.…
Grab Your Readers Attention – 5 Tricks To Kicking Down The 4th Wall
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
When I heard about Deadpool’s use of the 4th wall, I raised a skeptical eyebrow, checked the calendar to make sure it wasn’t May, and braced myself for some kind of Marvel comic pornstar love fest between Obi Wan and Asimov. I was disappointed, there was no need to call social…
What’s a GL and PSS got to do with writing?
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
If you’ve been following my Flash Fiction prompt on Fridays, you may notice I mention things called GL and passive sentence structure. Why do I do that and why are those things important? Some people think if you write, then you’re all good. The problem with that is, you are only…
Royalties from Library Book Borrowing
I still can’t measure the depth of my agog that in the UK and Canada, authors are paid royalties each time their book is borrowed. In the UK, it’s called the Public Lending Right, and authors receive 5.9 pence per borrow, or, about .08 cents US. The maximum an author can earn is £6600, or […]
‘I’ before ‘E’ except when…MEME
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
I before E except when you run a FEISTY HEIST on a WEIRD BEIGE FOREIGN NEIGHBOUR To read the article associated with the meme above, click on it, or the link below: i-before-e-except-after-c-9-helpful-spelling-rules/
25 Tools to Publish an eBook
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Many tools exist to help create, publish, and sell an ebook — from producing the text to managing the sale. Click on the link or logo below to see a list of tools to publish an ebook, they include tools to create and format ebooks,…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 