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APPLE TREE by Drake Truber

by Courtney Harler Source link Follow Truber’s work online at www.draketruber.com.

Review: Stolen Obsession by Marlene M. Bell

by Marta Cheng Source link A centuries-old curse, romance and multiple murders abound in Stolen Obsession, an irresistible page turner by Marlene M. Bell. Country-loving antiquities appraiser, Annalisse (Anna) Drury, is horrified to discover a gold bib necklace, identical to a bracelet owned by her recently murdered best friend, in a showcase during the launchs

A recent review

by Ray Rhamey Source link Here’s a recent 5-star review of Mastering the Craft of Compelling Storytelling from Amazon. As a thirty-year subscriber to Writer’s Digest and having read over fifty ‘how-to’ writing books, I would like to say having all or most of the information I’ve come across in Ray’s easy-to-read book is priceless.s

R.J. Theodore: Five Things I Learned Writing Flotsam

by terribleminds Source link Captain Talis just wants to keep her airship crew from starving, and maybe scrape up enough cash for some badly needed repairs. When an anonymous client offers a small fortune to root through a pile of atmospheric wreckage, it seems like an easy payday. The job yields an ancient ring, as

Comic: Writer’s Block Biscotti

by Debbie Ridpath Ohi Source link

Writing Can Be A Pretty Desperate Endeavor

by JW Source link Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong. It is no wonder if we sometimes tend to take ourselves perhapss

How to Market a Book: 10 First Steps

by Joe Bunting Source link Have you ever wondered how to market a book? You spend months, maybe even years writing, editing, then rewriting your book until it’s a masterpiece (or at least finished). Now what? How do you turn all that hard work into sales and, if it’s not too much to ask, money? Theres

Featured Indie Book: The Guardians of Eastgate (Sherry Leclerc)

by Alan Kealey Source link Featured Indie Book on Indie Author News: Fantasy Novel The Guardians of Eastgate by Sherry Leclerc. The Guardians of Eastgate is about a world divided, whose different peoples must come together to…

4 Ways to Craft Content that Earns Your Audience’s Attention

by Sonia Simone Source link About four years ago, I wrote about the idea of “Content Shock” — and maybe I was a tiny bit snarky about it. “Content Shock” is Mark Schaefer’s term for the point when there’s so much content published every day that we’re all drowning in it — and content stopss

Archetype examples: Write great characters from universals

by Jordan Source link Archetypes are useful for imagining diverse, interesting characters. Literature is full of jesters and jokers, lovers, warriors, wise sages, and fools. Some of these are literal (the fool is a literal court jester who entertains a king), others metaphorical (the ‘class clown’ who loves to entertain). Read archetype examples and tipss