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Bad Publishers
by debtad on March 05, 2017I have recently had a publisher that suddenly closed up. The web page is wiped out. The scuttlebutt indicates that they were being dishonest and aggressive to their employees and to their authors. Thi ... more
New way of reading
by carlag on March 01, 2017People can now read and download my books all for a pound! Visit my site to find out more: http://carlagodfrey2506.wixsite.com/membership ... more
Commas, commas, commas, and more commas
by ADennis1111 on February 23, 2017Well, you were warned. It’s now time to delve into commas. This little turd of punctuation is probably the most misinterpreted thing in the universe. The reason behind the misinterpretation is th ... more
Conjunctions and prepositions are our misunderstood friends
by ADennis1111 on February 19, 2017The previous posts, though regarding the art of editing, were geared towards giving you an idea of how storytelling works. This post will discuss a technical aspect of writing; proper sentence structu ... more
If I Were You
by carlag on February 18, 2017Introducing the cheater and the cheated: Celine is heartbroken, her perfect too-good-to-be-true boyfriend has actually turned out...well...literally too good to be true. So she swears off men for l ... more
Just A Number Sample
by carlag on February 17, 2017Just A Number: On the morning of Valentine's Day, thirty-six year old divorcee Martin Lewis receives a letter, suddenly, his mind is transported back to the past and memories emerge that he would ... more
Rap up
by mhembroff on February 16, 2017It has been over a year since I published my juvenile novel Bess's Magical Garden. At first there were a few sales on Amazon and with Friesen Press but it has now died off. I started selling them at t ... more
How to write a Shakespeare Essay
by foxsboris on February 16, 2017The Shakespeare Challenge William Shakespeare is apparently the best, most pervasively considered creator ever, providing the fundamental writing for English classrooms the world over. Shakespeare ... more
What is a prologue and do I need one
by ADennis1111 on February 15, 2017In the last post, we learned a bit about info dumps and how to avoid or correct them, but we also learned about prologues, a way to set up the story. Is such a thing always necessary? A prologue is an ... more
Mythos now available!
by heatherm8 on February 14, 2017I am so pleased to announce that Mythos, the first installment in The Mer Chronicles, is now available via Amazon and Barnes and Noble among other sites. Beyond Legend, the second book in the series, ... more