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Are You Guilty of Recipespeak? Why the Washington Post’s Recipe Editor Hates It

by diannejacob Source link While reading a cookbook review for Food52’s Piglet cookbook tournament, I noticed that Bonnie S. Benwick, recipe editor for the Washington Post, mentioned the absence of recipespeak in one of the cookbooks. “Recipespeak!” I exclaimed to myself. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I had to find out. Bonnie S. Benwick,s

The First Impulse Comes From Emotion

by JW Source link I think the first impulse comes from some deep emotion. It may be anger, it may be some sort of excitement. I recognize in the real world around me something that triggers such an emotion, and then the emotion seems to cast up pictures in my mind that lead me towardss

New Book – Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises

by Melissa Donovan Source link I’m excited to announce that the second book in The Storyteller’s Toolbox series is now available. Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises is packed with exercises that impart the tools and techniques of storytelling and then prompt you to study stories, practice writing stories, and further contemplate the craft of storytelling. Abouts

How to Write a Scene: 3 Theater Techniques to Make Your Story Jump Off the Page

by Guest Blogger Source link Today’s guest post is by Joslyn Chase. Joslyn is the author of Nocturne In Ashes, a thriller pitting concert pianist Riley Forte against a deadly volcano and a dedicated killer of the human variety. What Leads A Man To Murder, her collection of short suspense, is available for free at joslynchase.com.s

New Indie Book Release: Anonymous (L.P. Dover)

by Alan Kealey Source link New Indie Book Release: Anonymous – L.P. Dover Romantic Suspense (240 Pages – April 2018) Anonymous is an addicting Must-Read with so many twists and turns. You won’t be able to stop until you…

Avoid This Surprisingly Common Recipe for Creepy Content

by Kelton Reid Source link Ready Player One has been called pure “nostalgic nerd-bait” by film critics, but that’s not the only reason it earned $300 million worldwide in just its first week. It follows some very well-worn blueprints of blockbuster filmmaking that its iconic director, Steven Spielberg, practically invented. From the high-energy title sequences

Literary agents for romance

by Fiona Bradbury Source link Literary agents for romance

Review: A Hole in Science by Ted Christopher

by Greg Rideout Source link In a provocative and compelling treatise on life and its origins, author Ted Christopher champions reincarnation and takes DNA to task, arguing that scientists refuse to let go of a dogmatic materialist worldview. In A Hole in Science: An Opening for an Alternative Understanding of Life, Christopher chides biologists, physicists,s

Quotes for writers: 35 international authors’ writing advice

by Jordan Source link Respected authors from around the world often share useful advice and ideas on writing. World Book Day is all about celebrating ‘the power of books to promote open and inclusive knowledge societies’, as UNESCO says. With that in mind, here are valuable insights from authors from the USA to Peru, Nigerias

Flog a BookBubber 138: Eve Silver

by Ray Rhamey Source link Writers, send your prologue/first chapter to FtQ for a “flogging” critique. Email as an attachment. Many of the folks who utilize BookBub are self-published, and because we hear over and over the need for self-published authors to have their work edited, it’s educational to take a hard look at theirs