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Writing a Novel: Like Building a House
Originally posted on ThinkingSkull.com:
Writing a novel is like building house (I’ve done both). It’s always nice to finish the foundation and get the framing up, just to see everything taking shape and your plan coming together. Of course, you still have the plumbing, wiring, HVAC, walls, shingles, appliances, flooring, carpeting, and everything else…
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Writers…
Originally posted on Jami Gray's Blog:
Change has come to stalk the Wicked household, or more specifically, for Wicked herself. It’s a good thing she has three books out this year, because getting two more out next year is going to test her time management skills. And here’s why…after many, many, many (add thirteen…
Markets For Writers
Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
Fish Publishing and their annual competitions is the market I’m bringing you this week. Fish Publishing have been running competitions since 1994 and their aim is to encourage new writers. They run four different annual competitions: Fish Short Story Prize Fish Flash Fiction Prize Fish Poetry Prize Fish Short Memoir…
Please Do Not Spam!!!
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
Sorry about this folks, but it appears that I need to repeat myself once again… To all of those who are new to any form of ‘Social Media’, in particular blogs, there are certain rules of etiquette that must be strictly observed, particularly when offering a comment for…
Why do you write?
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
I wrote a similar blog post on July 9th, 2014, with the exact same title, but it seems like the right time to remind Authors of these thoughts of mine …) Why do you write? That’s a simple enough question, isn’t it? Why do you “create” could also…
The Proof is in the Proofreading
Originally posted on QA Productions:
My biggest gripe with ebooks is a lack of proofreading. (Trad pubs are the worst offenders–isn’t anybody at least giving the ebooks a quick scan before putting them up for sale? Judging by the multiple dumb errors and piss-poor formatting, I’d say the answer is no.) When I produce an…
How to make your book un-put-down-able
Originally posted on Effrosyni's blog:
I came back from my holidays a couple of days ago, all smiley and refreshed. Despite my fears, the smile on my face didn’t fade when I opened my mailbox as there were only about 250 messages waiting for me. I patted myself on the back as a first…
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