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20 Tips For Writing a Captivating Short Story (Part 1)

How to Write Battle Scenes

He Will Go His Way

Originally posted on K Morris – Poet:
Birds sing Yet spring Is far away. The day Is cold. I think of arms that enfold And do not hold. The gold Coin doth spin And what some call sin Enters in. I think of a girl’s scent Of those who do, and then repent. I dwell…

On The Closure Of A Retro Shop

Originally posted on K Morris – Poet:
The retro Must go. A version of the past Is sold off fast. Perhaps I will take a look. Perchance happen upon an old book. I meant to visit before But now the door Will soon close On retro clothes. People are interested in the old ways. The…

…the conundrum of an Author’s earnings… what price a Kindle eBook?…

Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…how long is a piece of string?… how deep is the universe?… as an outsider, how does Kanye West observe humanity?… puzzles more simply solved, p’raps, than the vexatious issue of what an Author gets paid for her/his  labours on the eBook circuit… granted the ease-of-click-a-download-button and the close-to-commoditisation-of-eBooks has…

…catch a few more Champions Awards…

Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…in a world that seems to rush around at an even faster pace than ever, I’d like to take a few moments to have yeez consider how important it is to acknowledge publicly the many wunnerful folks who populate Blog Land… there are already gazillions of splendid Awards, recognising the…

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Book Review

Originally posted on The Book Review Directory:
? Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs RaeleighReads rating: 5 out of 5 coffee cups “Scattered toys, evidence of children long gone, lay skinned in dust. Creeping mold had turned window-adjacent walls black and furry. Fireplaces were throttled with vines that had descended from the…

High Profile – Book Review

Originally posted on The Book Review Directory:
? Title: High Profile: A Jesse Stone Novel Author: Robert B. Parker Format: Paperback edition, Berkley Books Published: 2008 It is no secret that I am a reader largely of mysteries, most notably PI series.  For anyone who has followed what I do and review, it is also…

…Sean (Connery) Connery versus Seumas (Icon-nery?) Gallacher…

Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…comparisons are often said to be ‘odious’, but on occasion they can be frighteningly revealing… if yeez just have a wee peek at the table below, some mind-boggling juxtapositioning is startling… that Other Wannabe Scottish man of the arts, Sir Sean Connery, compares surprisingly well with Master Gallacher… the parallels…

8 Grammar Jokes To Start Your Day Off Right

Originally posted on 101 Books:
It’s a special breed of person who enjoys a good grammar joke. And I believe many of you, like me, are fond of them. So if you keep a copy of Strunk and White on your desk, today’s post is for you. Here’s 8 pretty darn good grammar jokes.  The Apostrophe Curse!…

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