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…a WURD for our sponsors… those wunnerful donators of trillions of dollars…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
? …what global eKonomic slump?… international Kredit Krunch?… no such thing, Mabel… I have the proof right here in my email inbox… it looks to me as if the idea of the January sales has caught hold in those much-maligned centres of benevolence… the givers-away-of-vast-fortunes-to-random-emailees… the splendid charitable folks from…
HELP! EVERYONE IS WRITING A BOOK
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
Here is a very important quote, which every past, present or future self-published author needs to see: “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” (Cicero, c. something BC) Now, here’s the catch. There is no evidence that this quote ever originated…
Character. Action. Setting.
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Lucky you! By chance, I pulled two blog spots this week! Photo credit: PeteJackson Yesterday I talked about paring down your words to the bone – which is a message, when boiled down, is simply put as- “get to the point.” Sometimes it’s tough to…
…Scottish contributions to More Picturesque Speech…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…this ol’ Jurassic was born and bred in Dockland Govan in Glasgow, which de facto makes ‘English’ a foreign language… certain phraseology is found only within the borders of Caledonia and within the vocabularies of Scots, wherever they may land on the planet (people are Scotland’s best exports)… in truth,…
5 Tricks to Keep a Modern Reader Interested
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
I can’t count the amount of indie books I’ve started but haven’t finished. I read everything on Kindle now save a few of my favorites like those in my Tolkien collection (I have all hard-bound editions of those). If I want to figure out whether I want to…
Oliver Chase
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
Oliver Chase What is your latest release and what genre is it? Blind Marsh (sequel and last book to Marsh Island of The Hirebomber Series) – thriller/suspense, crime, mystery Quick description: Phillip Pfeiffer is sent home from the Gulf War with a broken back and a bad taste in his…
…Authors, yeez wanna make a difference?… help other scribblers… reach out and touch… :)
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ktv_cqGgNI …okay, okay, okay, I promise yeez I’m not trying to pitch for sainthood… Gawd knows there’s tons of stuff on the debit side that’d cancel that idea in a Noo Yawk minute… but I wanna pass on a wee sum’thing that’s made a huge impact on this ol’ Jurassic…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 