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DISTRACTION #1
Originally posted on J.D. HUGHES:
I like this poster. I found it just now. But, for me, it should read ‘Nightmares At Work Mean Peaceful Nights Later’. I don’t really care for the idea of bombs heading for my private parts as I enjoy my peaceful nights, but the overall design and the sentiment…
EXPLETIVES – EXPLOSIVE? BY K J ROLLINSON
Originally posted on MARSocial Author Business Enhancement Dragon Post:
I recently read a discussion which dealt with the subject is it correct to use offensive language when publishing an article or book? Some seemed to think that if you had to sink to the use of such language the writing was in some way devalued.…
REASONS TO BE VICIOUS – PART ONE
Originally posted on J.D. HUGHES:
My current work in progress is no longer current. It sits in a deep vault on the hard drive and I’ve bolted the door, for now. It had taken me around two years to write, so the decision was hard. It needed to be done. And it was better…
Slipping Beneath the Skin: Thoughts on Conjuring Characters
Originally posted on PORTALS AND PATHWAYS:
Every author has favorite parts of the writing process, or particular strengths or weaknesses. One of my passions in storytelling is characterization. I don’t like reading books about one-dimensional characters who act like their personalities came off of statistic sheets in a Dungeons and Dragons game, and I don’t…
What it Means to Have Support From People I Have Never Met
How can you trust what they say? For they could be telling you lies They could be making everything up! You don’t KNOW them! This is the fear of the people I HAVE met Who find it so difficult to understand that there are many people in this world Who are good, kind, loving, generous, […]
Writers, Time to get visual.
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
As writers, we are – let’s face it – pretty obsessed with words. We get geeky about grammar, excited about syntax, and delirious over great dialog. We have strong opinions about the Oxford comma, have been known to swoon slightly over a perfect turn of…
The Self Publishing Forums on Absolute Write! Writing Tip Tuesday
Originally posted on Author Maegan Provan:
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=47 ? Considering the size of our community, absolutewrite.com is a great place to go to meet some of the amazing (and not so) writers that exist in the self publishing world. It’s a place to get opinions and swap ideas. I hope everyone checks it out (even if…
The 36 Rules of Social Media
Originally posted on International Book Promotion:
Do you just have a website, a blog or social media accounts just for the ‘sake’ of having it? Like it or not, the web-based businesses reach their customers via various social media platforms. Check out the rules above and ask yourself if you are doing it right? If…
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