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Mystery Mondays: Haris Orkin on Finding Ideas
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Today we welcome Haris Orkin. His novel You Only Live Once, was published by Imajin Books on March 21st. So it’s hot off the press, as they say. In addition to being an author, Haris is and playwright. Over to Haris… James Bond is Barking Mad by Haris Orkin Aspiring…
On our Love-Hate Relationship with Punctuation…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
By Stephen Spector on Literary Hub site: Let’s face it: writing isn’t a natural act. Our ancestors may have started speaking between 50,000 and 2 million years ago, but it was only 5,000 years ago that people started to write. Three thousand more years passed…
Fun with Formats, Part I: ePub2 vs. ePub3…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
By David Kudler on The Book Designer: A question I get asked often is about the difference between different formats of ebooks. Well, we’ve talked extensively about the difference between mobi (Kindle ebooks) and ePub (everyone else). But what about the other major format labels…
World Building; Tips for City Settings
Originally posted on M.L. Davis Writer:
Good morning star gazers and story tellers! I hope you have all had a productive (or at least, enjoyable!) week. I have mostly been working and studying, but am pleased to have edited a few chapters of my WIP (work in progress). I have also had a bit…
How To Track Animals (or Humans)…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
by Sue Coletta As the temperatures rise in New England, snow melts off the half-dead grass. The days are longer now, the sun hotter. A clear signal most of us can’t ignore — the great outdoors awaits! This past winter especially, we’ve hibernated through sub-degree…
Descrambling Scrivener: Part II…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
by Judy Penz Sheluk In Descrambling Scrivener: Part I, I promised to tell you what I’d learned from Gwen Hernandez’s excellent course on Scrivener. Here are the basics: Creating a new project: Think of Scrivener as a three-ring binder where you can store your writing,…
Control The Pace (Revised)
Originally posted on Writing your first novel-Things you should know:
People who love to read but have never written books are cognizant of the pacing. Pacing sets the tempo of your story. Is it a fast read, or did it seem to drag on for days? Hopefully you’ve found a balance between the two, and they perform…
Kindle Formatting Magic
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
WORD TO KINDLE FORMATTING MAGIC I will share some Kindle formatting tips and also introduce my newest book, Word to Kindle Formatting Magic, which is available in both paperback and Kindle editions. Kindle ASIN: B07BL5K6DH 522-page Paperback ISBN: 978194169122 KINDLE DESIGN The beginning of Kindle design comes from understanding the semi-reflowable nature of…
9 Tips For Using Fiction Techniques When Writing Memoir…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
By Michael Mohr on The Creative Penn: Memoir is much more than just writing down an aspect of your life story. Intro by Joanna Penn: In fact, if you do that, it’s unlikely that anyone will read it. Because people want a character they can empathize…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 