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The Editor From Hell
Originally posted on The Return of the Modern Philosopher:
The Devil looked up from the Sunday paper and turned to me. “I see that you’ve made a lot of progress on your novel.” I was working on it at the moment and nodded. “Yeah. It’s going really well. The ideas are just flowing, and I’m…
‘HELLO’ FROM AMAZON – Big Brother style review censorship
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
Dear Readers A few weeks ago I woke up to this message: Hello from Amazon.com We are writing to inform you that we have removed your review privileges and suppressed all of your reviews. Any new reviews written will automatically be suppressed. We took this action because you have failed to…
Amazon Bundles of Kindle Series: Noticed This?
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
KINDLE SERIES BUNDLES Amazon appears to be bundling some Kindle series now. Please thank sword and sorcery fantasy author Charles E. Yallowitz for mentioning this, and for letting me use the image for this post. If you want to check out how this looks at Amazon, you can see it in…
Thoughts on Writing – Creating Fantasy Languages
Originally posted on Stephanie Flint – Author and Artist:
One of the topics I’ve been thinking about recently is creating fantasy languages. Reason being, I’m creating a language for use in my YA fantasy manuscript, The Wishing Blade. Now, in the original draft (and even across several drafts for different books in that world), I…
How To Make Money From Blogging Even If No One Is Paying You
Originally posted on Reflections:
You can monetize your blog in many different ways. If they can do it, we can do it. In …16 Experts Reveal Their Secrets, I interviewed professional bloggers who monetize their blogs. If they can make money from blogging, so can we. This post will explain 13 ways to make money…
Reread, Reread And Reread Again
Originally posted on K Morris – Poet:
You have spent eons polishing that poem. Read it through until the words swim like spectres before your eyes and, finally, being satisfied with the results of your labour pressed publish. What a feeling of satisfaction at a job well done flows through one when one’s perfectly crafted…
Scary, but Necessary: Professional Beta Reads
Quick Fox Editors by Suzanne Lahna I’m a big fan of hard truths in writing. I prefer to be terse, cut to the chase, and end stories on a note that shares very close relation to a mic drop. Hard truth the first – writing isn’t scary. Writing is easy. It’s a private thing where […]
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