Tag Archive | writing
…I think… therefore I think, I think…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…in some of my more lucid passages, (not many of them, admittedly, Mabel), the wee grey cells wander off into little private cerebral pockets, capable of producing some oblique lines of thought… fr’instance, think of the WURD, ‘melancholy’… a coupla definitions for it are— ‘sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom’,…
Why writing a blog post is (a bit) like writing a sermon
Originally posted on LibroEditing proofreading, editing, transcription, localisation:
I was reading (yet) another mid-20th-century novel featuring a vicar hard at work over his Sunday sermon (sorry, I haven’t read a book featuring a female vicar, as far as I know. Are there any yet?) and an analogy struck me: writing a blog post is quite…
How NOT to get promotion for yourself and your book …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
So, you’ve written and published a book. Congratulations! Good for you! And welcome to the club … I have some sobering news, though. You are not the first, nor will you be the last, to write and publish a book – TODAY! So far this year, 2,396,061 books…
5 Ways to Reveal Backstory When Writing A Novel
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
For my latest WIP I spent nearly six months designing a rich backstory complete with six habitable planets, four alien races, culture, pre-history, flora, fauna, and loads of other details that may never make it onto the page in any of the several novels I will write in…
…from all we Authors… to readers, new and established… can’t live without you… thank yeez dearly…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…Authorship…I guess it’s one of the few businesses where it’s really difficult, if not well nigh impossible to claim that ye’re ‘self-made’… moguls in other industries may rejoice in that label… captains of commerce, and others through the ages, have come forth to demonstrate the strength of character to build…
…no, this is NOT a religious discussion… please read it carefully…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…from the start of my dabbling in the WURLD of blogging, this ol’ Jurassic determined not to indulge in the ‘hot button’ topics in its content… that includes religion… now, yeez may think the following is about religion, but please read it carefully and yeez’ll see that it’s not… it’s…
Guest Post by Yohana Petrovic: The Best Free Tools to Improve your Writing
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Freelance writer and blogger, Yohana Petrovic contacted me with an idea for a post describing four tools that can help you become a better writer. Enjoy! The best free tools to improve your writing skills! The art of writing is a combination of language, technical skills and creativity. The language…
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Originally posted on The Encouragement Corner:
The story’s in my head I know my protagonist With all of his foibles and struggles, But, oh, the agony of getting it all written down, His history so rich, details must be doled, How much in the beginning, How much backstory to withhold? I’ll get it right; I…
Brian Brennan – update on a republication
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
Brian Brennan was previously featured on Reading Recommendations in Nov. 2013 and is back now to tell us about the re-publication, in eBook only, of a book that was previously published in 2002 by Fifth House. Scoundrels and Scallywags (E-book edition) Smashwords, 2014 Alberta has a reputation for attracting and…
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