The first draft is something everyone seems to dread. How do you start? How long will it take? The blank page can really take a toll on you and your creativity. But what exactly is the first draft?… Source: What …
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Great response to a fiction prompt … Stock Photo Challenge Don Massenzio will post a new stock photo each week on Wednesday morning. You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story, poem or other type …
From Don Massenzio’s Stock Photo Challenge About to make my third billion, the news came. Terminal cancer. Unacceptable. I set up an urgent meet. Instead of shaking on it, we clinked beer bottles. He’d have as much control as me. …
Hi gang, Craig here again. I’ve written about my living documents here before. You can check out this post from 2016. I’m still a big believer in living documents, but it’s become… Source: Expanding on living documents
The author sent me an ARC of this book (mobi format) in exchange for an honest review (member of Rosie’s Book Review Team). My rating: :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: (five stars) Plot (by Goo… Source: Voyage of the Lanternfish …
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I love a good pirate book—who doesn’t. So when Mr. Boyack, one of my go to authors, wrote one, I knew I had to read it. Boyack didn’t disappoint. Voyage of the Lanternfish had it all, and more. His… Source: …
The most important elements of great book cover design are your selection of fonts and colours for your book title. White titles and sans serif fonts work best. Source: How To Choose Your Fonts And Colours For Book Cover Design
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A bit of fun for my last reblog today … 🙂 Here are 27 figure of speech examples in illustrated form. Can you find all of them and use the correct figurative expression? A fun challenge for word lovers. Source: …
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Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your story, they might be trying to get that job or …
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Despite having two DNFs on my reading list this month, I still managed to discover some good books. The DNFs were authors I didn’t know and had not read before. Both titles sounded promising, but a… Source: February Book Reviews, …
Amazon makes it easy to buy the wrong version of your favorite book Anyone can publish text that’s in the public domain, meaning there are plenty of bizarrely formatted versions of classic no… Source: This Week in Indie Publishing
From your comments, it’s obvious that you most of you hate Gutenberg. Some, however, were on the fence. And a few have actually used it and seemed to enjoy it. There are some advantages to Gu… Source: How Gutenberg Will …
Earlier this month, I sent my synopsis to my mentor. Sunday, she sent it back with feedback and I eagerly– spent the rest of the day avoiding it. I had dived into her comments on my first cha… Source: Top …
Check out this funny and useful post from Staci Troilo over on the Story Empire blog today … gave me a giggle … Ciao! Today is a “Five for Friday” post, and I thought it might be fun to see …
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No one knows anything. William Goldman’s aphorism concerns Hollywood, but it’s also true of book publishing. Who would have guessed that 50 Shades would become a publishing phenomenon? … Source: Publishers Turn to AI to Predict Success
by Lisa Hall-Wilson Many of us love to create female characters who are in charge. They are the boss, the leader, the take-charge and kick ass types who keep everything from the local PTA to a… Source: How To Make Dominant …
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check out my post about walled gardens for fiction over on Story Empire today … Hello SErs. Harmony here. Have any of you heard of a walled garden for fiction? I hadn’t until last year. And once I saw it …
More Monday fun from Marcia’s blog … Ever wonder how Charlie Brown met his lovable beagle, Snoopy? Well check it out! All grown up now, Snoopy has a few writing-related words from the roof of his dog house. Enjoy! Source: …
Check out this review of a great read … Hi Readers. Some of you have been around for a while and know that I’ve hosted author Mae Clair. Mae is one of those writers that I always look forward to …
Check out this post on using movies to hone your writing craft … Hi Gang. Craig here again, breaking rules left and right. I’m surprising my colleagues today, because I’m supposed to pick apart a book cover. We have assignments …
Check out this post on unplugging by Mae Clair over on Story Empire … Hi, SEers. Mae here hoping everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! Today, I’m rolling out a topic that’s dear to my heart—unplugging. In our technology-crazed, social …
Check out this useful post on self-editing … by Liam Cross Writing and editing, whilst they might be of similar nature, are two totally different beasts, and it’s a lot to do with the thought processes behind them …
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I always remove the nasty bit. Just as well … With all the attention given among the Indie community to the removal of book reviews by Amazon, I’m amazed at the number of authors who still post dirty links to …
A great post on how writing short stories can help you in your writing … I didn’t start to appreciate writing short stories until fairly recently. I always viewed short stories as something “quick and easy” to write. Of course, …
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A fun post on writing and distraction from Joan Hall over on Story Empire … Hi, SE Readers. Joan here today. I don’t know about you, but I consider myself blessed to live in the twenty-first century. While I enjoy …
A bit of writerly fun! … Here it is Monday again, and you know what that means–time for some amusing memes about reading & writing. Or readin’ an’ writin’ as we say down here. Hope there are a c… Source: …