Tag Archive | writing
27 Interesting Facts about Words
Interesting Literature Fun facts about words and the English language The stuff of literature is, of course, words. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge observed, ‘Prose = words in their best order; – poetry = the best words in the best order.’ In this post, we’ve gathered up 27 of the best facts about words that we’ve […]
Public Relations for Writers
Originally posted on AUTHORS PROMOTION:
? In the past few months, I was busy with relocation and my daily job and this is the reason that I wasn’t so much present here.Recently an author asked me for a publicity campaign and he was reading some of the interviews on my blog to see if he…
How to Deal With Rejection Syndrome
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Fight It Baby! Ach! Another rejection. Of course, after I reread the submission, I would’ve rejected the piece myself. What on earth possessed me? Oh well, next… Write, submit, tweak, write, submit, and repeat. Or something like that. I recently read a great article that implied women are wimps…
…Authors… the tricky thing about ‘requested’ reviews… they don’t have to be tricky…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…a common feature of life when this ol’ Jurassic was growing up in Docklands Govan in Glasgow was a scarcity of money… most of the families who lived in our street experienced the same thing, and mutual bonds of neighbourhood togetherness meant nobody actually starved… in truth, it has to…
My Two Top Tips to an Aspiring Writer
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
I was talking recently to Joe Amodei of The Ladders, a comprehensive career resource for professionals that takes pride in helping people in diverse demographics with their career no matter what the field. Joe had an unusual question for me: what would I advise someone looking to turn their passion…
How to Tweet and Blog Effectively
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Think you’re too busy for Twitter? Well there is a way to tweet and keep writing. Over at Positive Writer, Bryan Collins lists 6 tips on how we can be successful on Twitter and not let our writing suffer. Twitter and Facebook are tools writers use to engage readers, not annoy them.…
The Editor From Hell
Originally posted on The Return of the Modern Philosopher:
The Devil looked up from the Sunday paper and turned to me. “I see that you’ve made a lot of progress on your novel.” I was working on it at the moment and nodded. “Yeah. It’s going really well. The ideas are just flowing, and I’m…
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