Abracadabra: Transforming Your Book
Hi everyone! Today, over on Story Empire, I talk about easy ebook formatting. Go check it out 🙂 … Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 Happy Wednesday. Today, due to popular demand, I’d like to outline an easy way to …
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Summer and Writing
Author Joan Hall has a nice post on summer and writing over on Story Empire today … ooh, now that cocktail looks rather inviting! … Hello, SE Readers! Hope all is well in your world this Monday. My post today …
Five For Friday: SF&F That Should Be A Movie Or TV Epic
Check out this awesome list of SciFi and Fantasy books brought to you by PH Solomon over on story empire today. I have to say, I adored Anne McCaffrey’s Pern books when I was younger 🙂 Hello again, to …
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Get the Most Out of Dictation With These Tips
For any writers who’ve thought about saving time writing by dictating, this is the post for you! 🙂 Hello to all the story Empire readers. I hope everyone had a good Memorial day weekend. For those of us not …
Whatchagot Stew
Check out this great post from Craig Boyack over on Story Empire from yesterday (I’m late posting!) … clever stuff … Happy Memorial Day all the SEers in the USA, and welcome to everyone else out there too. Many …
Friday Book Cover ~ Old and New
Joan Hall gives us an interesting comparison between three book covers today over on Story Empire … Old versus Modern … Hello SE Readers! As a reader, a good cover is often the first thing that draws me to …
Confessions of a (soon to be) Reformed Pantser
Check out this entertaining post from Mae Clair over on Story Empire today … are you a plotter or pantser? Do your characters ever hijack you? Hello, SEers! Mae here today with an overdue confession. Perhaps I should explain how …
Pretty Yakky Stuff!
Hi everyone! Today I have guest author Craig Boyack telling us all about his latest book The Yak Guy Project. Just from the cover, I can say it looks like a lot of fun! Take it away Craig … Thanks …
The Alternative … What would you do?
Hi everyone! Today,it gives me great pleasure to welcome author Suzanne Burke with her latest book, The Alternative! Take it away, Suzanne … 🙂 Hello, and welcome to the Cover Reveal of my New Thriller Anthology “The Alternative” The Alternative …
What Hinders Your Creativity?
A great post from author Joan Hall over on Story Empire today … Hello SE Readers! Or should I say hello creatives? That’s right; whether you’re an artist, a musician, or a writer, you are creative. You create pictures, music, …
Plants and Payoffs
A great post on writing plants and payoffs by Craig Boyack over on Story Empire today … Craig with you today. My topic is going to be those plants and payoffs we use when writing our stories. This is one …
Don’t Do This, Ever: Faleena Hopkins Cocks The Whole Entire Fuck Up
One of those posts you DON’T want to see first thing in the morning … all authors, you need to read this! OMG, what next??? Thanks to Jenny Trout of jennytrout.com for posting about this. Source: Don’t Do This, Ever: …
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Friday Fiction: A Helping Hand
Hello everyone! Sorry I haven’t posted in a little while. I’ve been off enjoying the Mediterranean instead, lols. Now I’m back, watch this space! 🙂 Over on Story Empire today, Craig Boyack has come up with an awesome fiction prompt …
Friday Fiction Prompt: Chained to the Desk
Hello everyone! Today, over on Story Empire, we have our monthly Friday Fiction Prompt. Check it out at: http://storyempire.com/2018/04/06/friday-fiction-prompt-4/. Mae Clair used a word cloud as the prompt. I chose ‘subdue’ as my ‘writing rocket’. Below is the short fiction …
Let’s Talk Goodreads
Check out Joan Hall’s article on Goodreads and Amazon over on Story Empire … Hello, SE readers. I would venture there isn’t an author who at one time or another, hasn’t been upset with Amazon and its review policies. It …
Size Matters: What do you look for in size?
Hi everyone. Happy Easter Monday! Today, I have a post over on Story Empire about book size and print-on-demand publishing. Check it out … 🙂 Hello SErs! Harmony here. Happy Monday! Well, with yesterday being both April Fool’s day and …
Bonus Friday: Author Update
Check outnews from our Story Empire authors … new books, upcoming books, and more … Happy Friday, SEers! This month is one of the few this year that has five Fridays rather than four. It doesn’t happen often enough …
Basic Plots: Rebirth
A great post from Staci Troilo over on Story Empire today about ‘Rebirth’ as one of the seven basic plots … Happy Spring! Despite what the groundhog said, yesterday marked the end of winter. On the calendar, anyway. With the …
Friday Writing Question, tools
An interesting writing question from Craig Boyack over on Story Empire today … Hi gang, Craig here again. We take turns on Fridays, and the assignments are rotating. This time my task is to pose a writing question. Seems simple …
A Big Welcome to Harmony Kent Talking About Her New Book Backstage
A lovely post today from John Howell helping me release my latest book … I am so delighted to have Harmony Kent visit Fiction Favorites. If you don’t know Harmony you should. She describes herself as a Multi-Genre Author. Editor. …
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Passion. Romance. Greed … Backstage!
Hi everyone! Well, after my epic 15 days of writing, I now have my latest book BACKSTAGE on pre-order on Kindle. It is Erotic Romance. Here is the blurb: SHE’S A HOPEFUL ACTRESS Just when Emma thinks she’s found …
An Oscar Winning Performance
Great post on story ideas and our obligation to make our books the best they can be … from Joan Hall over on Story Empire … Hollywood hosted its 90th Academy Awards event last week – a night for the …
New Book: Gamble
Hello everyone, Today, it gives me great pleasure to host Staci Troilo on the release of her latest book, GAMBLE. This is the second book in her Nightforce Security Series. I read the first one, PASSWORD, and thoroughly enjoyed it. …
Throwing Darts Blindfolded & Author Considerations
A thought-provoking post on the various publishing routes available to authors by P.H. Solomon over on Story Empire … Making choices self-publishing choices can feel like throwing darts blindfolded. With all the changes to publishing in the last decade or …
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The Wrong Slide
Happy Friday, everyone! 🙂 Today, over on Story Empire, we have a Friday Fiction Prompt, where we invite everyone to write and share a short story. Find Staci Troilo’s Story Empire post at: Story Empire Friday Fiction Prompt: Limited and Focused …
AmWriting!-15 & Final Day!!
Hi everyone. Today is my fifteenth and final day of writing, and I’ve written 2,300 words today, bringing my total to 50,277 words. The first draft is complete! Whoo-hoo 🙂 I began day one on February 5th and took off …
Cusp of Night Cover Reveal!
Hi everyone! It gives me great pleasure today to showcase the book cover for author Mae Clair’s latest novel … and I have to say, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this cover! Cusp of Night by Mae Clair Release Date: …
AmWriting!-14
Hello everyone! Today makes day fourteen of writing Backstage, and I’ve managed 6,000 words! Yes, you did just read that correctly … that’s SIX THOUSAND words! Wowzers 🙂 And on a workday too. That brings my fourteen-day total to 47,916. …
AmWriting!-13
Hello everyone! Happy Monday 🙂 Today makes my thirteenth day of writing Backstage. As well as working, I have managed 4,200 words … bringing my overall total to a staggering 41,886 words! 🙂 Here is a ‘sneek peek’ for you …
AmWriting!-12
Hello everyone! Another productive day here despite this cold (virus and weather, lols). I started on an editing project today and completed 10% of that. Also, I designed a twitter banner for Backstage … And, I’ve written another 2000 …