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Self-Publishing: It’s Not For Christmas
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
There’s a reason that the ‘airport novel’ or ‘airport paperback’ was defined as category of books all by itself. It’s the same reason that there are large bookshops in airports, and why newspapers publish pathetically useless holiday reading lists. It’s because on holidays, everyone reads more than usual: regular,…
Character Eye Descriptions: The Window to Your Story
Originally posted on Writers In The Storm Blog:
By Sharla Rae, @SharlaWrites If poets are to be believed,?eyes are the windows to the soul. Rather than using clichéd or common descriptions,?why not use “explicit” eye descriptions to give your reader a real peek into a character’s psyche? I’ll touch on eye color, movement, and appearance…
The True Cost of Advertising
yadadarcyyada What is the true cost of advertising? For starters, we pay a lot more for products and services to pay for advertising. So you pay to hear about something then you pay more to buy it. Brilliant. Product placement and advertising have been around since the dawn of entertainment…I’m not swayed by […]
Four Things I Learned About Writing Novels
Originally posted on Author Mark W Sasse:
Yesterday, I completed the first draft of my fourth novel. Actually, in some ways it’s hard to believe that I’ve written that many novels. It wasn’t too long ago that I had given up entirely on writing and never thought I would ever have even finished one novel.…
Weekly pitch: windows
Originally posted on Creative Writing Center @Ship:
Each week, we’ll publish a “pitch,” a writing prompt on a general principle, to serve as the kernel of a new work. Send it to us, and we’ll release a monthly anthology of brand-new work by contemporary writers, that is… you. Responses to the pitches may take any…
Just how bad is it to use a logo without permission?
Originally posted on Effrosyni's blog:
We’ve all heard of the dangers of using images that are not classed as ‘free’. But what about logos? Just how bad is it to use a logo without permission? Hm! Having had personal experience, I’ll say this: the question you really want to ask yourself is, is it…
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