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Undiscovered – Excerpt Chapter 10
Originally posted on Love Under the Sun:
Cadence is happily ensconced at the police station with Scott and another officer, Van Driscole. She and Van are going through the photographs taken on the beach the day Connor Griswald was shot. They hope to find a picture of the shooter. They are more successful than they…
Back Cover Help/Suggestions, Please!
Originally posted on The Official Site of Celeste DeWolfe:
As the rather self-explanatory title of this post would lead you to believe, I need some help working on the back cover copy of my novel, The Life of Gaia! I know it’s kind of hard to do that when you haven’t necessarily read the book, but…
Hyphens & En Dashes & Em Dashes Oh My.
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
Let’s talk hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes. Are you using them the correct way? Are you using the correct lengths? You are probably wondering about that second question, and we will get to it in a moment. But first let’s talk about what each one is and does.…
10 Free Online Resources to Improve Your Writing
Interesting Literature In this guest blog post, Sharon Crosby shares 10 great websites that can help you improve your writing skills It often seems that there are not enough online resources for writers. There are many good books on the subject, but they cost a lot of money because the writing community is a relatively […]
..on a (partially, at least) serious bum note, to all the gents out there…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
… when this ol’ Jurassic was growing up in Docklands Govan in Glasgow, there was no concept of cusswords and swearing being unacceptable language… the ‘F’-bomb was as familiar a verb/noun/greeting/adverb/adjective/ as any other WURD in circulation… likewise, terms of backstreet slums endearment, particularly if scampering away from more senior…
WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
Here’s an announcement from today’s Reading Recommendation-featured author, B. Lynn Goodwin, that should be of interest to all authors out there! WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction running 750 words or less. Enlighten, dazzle, and delight us. Finalists receive responses from all judges. First prize is…
…Authors… don’t ever let Age-ism be a negative factor…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…here’s another of these wee chestnuts that’s worth mulling over again… as an Author, no matter what yer age, lotsa people ask yeez, ‘when did yeez first start writing?’… for obvious reasons, very few ever ask , ’when did yeez last write?’, regardless of yer age… my point is, most…
Co-Writing With My Best Friend by Guest Author Wendy Janes @wendyproof
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
I’d like to share my experience of co-writing. Partly because it’s a funny story, and partly because I hope you’ll find it interesting to find out how we did it. It might even encourage you and a friend to have a go yourselves. A few years ago my friend…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 