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When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? I didn’t want to be a writer. I started writing as a game because I was bored.
How long does it take you to write a book? It varies, but maybe four months and then another couple of months of editing before it’s good enough to be seen in public by beta readers, then more editing, then off to the editor.
What is your work schedule like when you’re writing?I’m the world’s most undisciplined writer. I write when I have a scene ready to go and when I’m not doing something else.
What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I love to watch how my characters move as they enter a scene.
How do your books get published?
I have a small publishing company, Good Read Publishers, and I use KDP for e-books and print books.
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
on The Creative Penn:
If you took the decision to become an authorpreneur and write a non-fiction book, it’s more than likely because you realize that they are a great way to:
However, none of this is possible if nobody knows that it (or you) exist! The truth is, “if you build it they will come” is only true in Hollywood. A literal field of dreams, if you will.
If you want to create more impact and ultimately sell more books, you will need to attract more attention to you and your brand. This means becoming more visible through networking, PR and marketing.
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
on Jane Friedman site:Editing is energizing, where you take your solid creation and nudge it into brilliance. It’s taking a pile of words and shaping it into something that resembles the story you envisioned.
Sometimes, a book looks mighty ugly in its early draft form, but even rough, flawed words are so much better than a blank page. You’ve already conquered the blank page. No problem, right?
Now it’s time to push up your sleeves again.
Here are four exercises to help you notably improve your story.
Many of you will have heard of The People’s Friend mgazine. Indeed, I know many of you have written short stories aimed at the magazine. Now, they’re very good at encouraging fiction writers and offering advice. But did you know they also accept non-fiction from freelance writers?
If you’d like to know more, you can download their writers’ guidelines here.
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Fantasy
I WISH I WAS A BROWNIE BY MARSHA CASPER COOK!
Chippy isn’t happy with who he is and wants to be a brownie. With help from his teacher, Mrs. Chipster, he realizes he can be happy with who he is, if he believes in himself. Children will not only relate to what has happened to Chippy they will be pleased as they see sad Chippy become happy being himself. This is a heartwarming storybook for early readers, reading aloud at home, and as a bedtime story. Self Esteem is very important no matter what age.Kids will be learning without feeling this is a message.
This is a great book for grandparents to have on their bookshelf so they can spend time reading together.
If you also get the audio book children will love hearing the words as they read.
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It’s been seventeen years since her father passed. Coming of age, she inherits a cattle hold, a trust account, and many gifts. One special gift is a chest, which comes with instructions that will guide her to the Bergman Mountains.
With a spaceship and the knowledge of three ancient civilizations, will she have time to access it all.. or will the Star Shifts hide the information, and drive her into the arms of her childhood love?

Jane
October 13, 2019
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Barry Boswell had a despicable childhood on the hard streets of New Jersey’s lost avenue of despair. He was sent to an orphanage when his drug-infested parents died. Years later he was adopted by a loving family and changed his name. Barry loved photography and after many years in the profession, he won the highest prize for a photographer, the Nobel Prize. Known the world over for his photography, his photographic genius captured amazing images but they also captured stories that begged to be told. His photo’s prompted movies to be made and books to be written. Later in life, he specialized in wildlife photography and set up cameras all over his extensive wooded properties to catch the animals in their natural habitat. However, when he began capturing disturbing murderous images, he started a dangerous investigation into the photographs. The graphic images muddled his mind to the point where nothing…
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