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New Indie Book Release: The Nautilus Legacy (Lewis Crow)

by Alan Kealey Source link New Indie Book Release: The Nautilus Legacy (The Nemo Chronicles) – Lewis Crow Literary Fiction (294 Pages – March 2018) The Nautilus Legacy is a Victorian adventure novel in the form of an…

A Dose of Radical Common Sense

by Sonia Simone Source link You know how sometimes you see some advice that’s completely common sense, but somehow … it’s not at all what you’re doing right now? Yeah, me too. This week was about getting back to sensible solutions to business and content problems. They’re common sense, but, as my colleague Chris Garretts

Meet the agents: An interview with Jo Unwin

by WW Office Source link Agent Jo Unwin has been an actress, a literary scout, and a literary agent. She now runs her own agency. The agency has been running since 2018, and represents debut and bestselling authors including Shelley Harris, Kit de Waal, Nina Stibbe, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Richard … Continue reading →

An Interview with Belinda Kroll: Author of The Last April, Winner of the 2017 SPR Book Awards

by SPR Source link Belinda Kroll is the author of three historical novels. She is also the author of non-fiction and children’s storybooks under the name Binaebi Akah. With a masters in Human Computer Interaction and a minor in English, she helps make websites and software intuitive by day, and puzzles away at her writings

How to build narrative pace using grammar

by Jordan Source link There are multiple factors that determine narrative pace, the rate at which your story’s narrated action unfolds. Tone and word choice are two factors. Yet having a good command of grammar helps too. Try these tips to build better pacing: 1. Master the participial phrase A participle is a verb useds

Macro Monday Is An Anxiety Toothbrush

by terribleminds Source link Kinda love this photo. It is very clearly a toothbrush with intense anxiety. What gives a toothbrush anxiety? It sounds like a joke, but I really don’t know. Plaque? Whatever. (FYI: “Anxiety Toothbrush” is the name of my Jaeger robot in PACIFIC RIM 3.) Point is, I like this photo, ands

Comic: The Frog Prince, Revisited

by Debbie Ridpath Ohi Source link

How I Started My Online Editing Business

by Tricia Johnson Source link I was surprised when I discovered a love of editing. I mean, who loves that? It’s a weird thing to be sure, but I find editing very satisfying and rewarding. I’m meticulous about the English language; bad grammar, spelling mistakes and poor punctuation all bother me. Editing is a ways

Christmas 7 months away, but it’s always today.

by Michael Davis Source link I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel. I just don’t understand Christmas, I guess. I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards and decorating trees and all that, but I’m stills

SEO tips for your book on Amazon

by The Proof Angel Source link Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is important, because if you don’t, nobody finds your book. It is as simple as that. So where do you start? Here are some tips for indie authors to make their self-published books more discoverable on Amazon. Visit my websites via the links at thes