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Review: Lunacy and Death by Tom Dombrock

by John Staughton Source link Outside of a personal tragedy or affliction, the average person rarely gets a deep look into the complexities of mortality and mental illness. However, in Lunacy and Death, the insightful new book Tom Dombrock, readers are welcomed into the author’s world, which has been defined by these challenging topics fors

Covering Friday

by Ray Rhamey Source link Busy doing taxes today and teaching a writing class at the local university this afternoon, so I’m not flogging today. However, some of you might be interested in looking through some of my cover designs. They’re here, and if you click on an image you’ll see the full cover—front, spine,s

Flash Fiction Friday: Luck

by terribleminds Source link It is Friday the 13th. Easily a day we ascribe to “horror,” but here, I’d like to take a different tack with it — I’d like you to write a short story about LUCK. Good, bad, indifferent, whatever. But luck. Doesn’t have to be horror at all, though it certainly cans

Why Does One Begin to Write?

by JW Source link Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Becauses

How to Write Better Stories

by Melissa Donovan Source link A few insights to help you write better stories. You know that feeling you get when you read a novel and become completely lost in it? You can’t put it down, so you lose track of time. When you finally finish, you wish it would just keep going. Isn’t thats

Vote for the Winner of the Spring Writing Contest

by Joe Bunting Source link This week, nearly three hundred writers submitted their stories to the Spring Writing Contest. I’ve so enjoyed seeing how these stories have developed. Our contest Facebook group was full of lively conversations, writers collaborating to help each other find the best ideas and tell unique, creative stories. They’ve workshopped theirs

New Indie Book Release: The Fallen One (J C Pereira)

by Alan Kealey Source link New Indie Book Release: The Fallen One – J C Pereira Fantasy (472 pages – February 2018) The Fallen One (The Brothers of Destiny) is visual, fast paced and action packed. It reflects the…

Publishers Weekly Includes Two Vanity Publishers in its List of Fast-Growing Independent Presses

by noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Strauss) Source link Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Once again, Publishers Weekly’s annual overview of fast-growing independent publishers features not only innovative indies, but publishers whose business model is largely built on author fees: Morgan James Publishing and Austin Macauley. Seriously, PW? Why do you keep doing this? ———————————- Billings

3 Content Marketing Myths and Their Reality-Based Solutions

by Sonia Simone Source link We all know that creating content can be hard work. One of our goals at Copyblogger is to help you make sure you’re putting your work into the right things, so you get results and not just a fistful of disappointment. This week, we looked at three myths and mistakess

How to plot a novel using the snowflake method

by Fiona Bradbury Source link How to plot a novel using the snowflake method