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Guest Post: San Miguel Writers’ Conference by Gordon Cope – Part Three
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
This is the third of a 3-part series written by Gordon Cope who has been previously featured on Reading Recommendations. Gordon has offered to give us an “insider’s look” into the writing conference held annually in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. THE CITY OF SMA The city of…
Reviewing Made Easy!
Originally posted on One Lazy Robot:
I was having a conversation with Ana, a fellow reviewer with a blog HERE! about the nature of reviewing. Recently I’ve been getting a blush worthy amount of attention for my reviews, which is fantastic, but as I was telling my lady-friend, Katherine, I never set out to be a…
A Little White Lie – part 1
Originally posted on Sci-Fi and Fantasy by Dellani:
I wrote A Little White Lie several years ago, as a companion short story to my sci-fi series. There are many things in Wil’s background that I wanted to explore. A Little White Lie is one of these. Until he met Matilda, Wilhelm VanLipsig wasn’t a very…
Here, let me help you with that promotion …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
This is a rerun of a post from April 19, 2014, because I thought it was time to remind a few of you out there … “Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.” — Will Rogers There is nothing worse…
Fiction Writing: Creating the Perfect Hero
Originally posted on AnitaLovett.com:
Fiction writing smolders down to the basic concept of good versus evil. A good story will include a hero and a villain duking it out in a twisted plot designed to keep the reader on their toes. The really good stories—the ones we can’t put down—are home to unlikely and…
Rachel Small – Faultless Finish Editing
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
I’ve written about my editor, Rachel Small, before and told you all just how wonderful she is in this blog post I first published in July, 2011: I ♥ My Editor! then reblogged several times. Rachel and I have worked together on my writing for quite some time…
Author platform. Do you really have one?
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Looking for likely small publishers (as you do), I came across one accepting the kind of stuff I write, read a little further into their submission guidelines, and was stopped short. In addition to the usual things to send, like the query letter, synopsis and first three chapters, they…
7 Suitable Jobs For Writers
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
Writers don’t make any money, let alone a living. This has once again become a hot topic. A writer behind a newspaper article in this country just a short time ago was praised for bravery for saying exactly this, but those of us who live half of our existences online could have told…
Five years since … I met my best friend for the first time – Feb. 9, 2010
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
This is a post I wrote in Feb. 2010. I’m reposting it now, because I’ve noticed that, after “pizza ovens,” “meeting my best friend for the first time” is still the second-most popular phrase entered as a subject into search engines that brings readers to my blog. Curious,…
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