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Empathy: How to Show Empathy in Writing

by Ruthanne Reid Source link Stories create empathy. Stories bring hope. Stories change history. Yes, even yours—especially when you know how to show empathy in writing. While there are many serious examples of stories affecting human rights and other causes, I’m going to start my point with something simpler. The Little Red Lighthouse Not fars

New Indie Book Release: Brain Damage (J.A. St. Thomas)

by Alan Kealey Source link New Indie Book Release: Brain Damage – J.A. St. Thomas Young Adult Horror / LGBT (274 Pages – November 2017) Brain Damage is a YA Horror with a strong LGBT main character that explores themes of…

Why the Best Writers (Sometimes) Aren’t Paid What They’re Worth

by Sonia Simone Source link Maybe you don’t say it out loud. It sounds like bragging, and bragging is obnoxious. But you know you’re good. When you see a sentence that isn’t right, you know what needs to change. You twitch a little when you see a clumsy turn of phase, or a sentence thats

A Writing Client Goes Missing or Why I Insist on an Advance

by Anne Wayman Source link An advance for a portion of the fee, or even all if it, protects you against flaky clients and those who have no intention of paying you. I was reminded of this last week. I answered an ad on LinkedIn for someone who wanted some blogging done for a projects

Baffle, culprit, and bankrupt

by The Proof Angel Source link We’ve got a collection of word origins today: baffle culprit bankrupt Visit my websites via the links at the top of this page. Filed under: Grammar & usage Tagged: baffle, bankrupt, culprit, etymology, word history

Announcing the Contemporary Fiction Issue!

by Chicago Literati Source link “Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”  –Ralph Waldo Emerson From November 30th through December 14th we’ll be reading contemporary fiction submissions. […]

Review: FAKE NEWS by David Hutter

by John Staughton Source link ★★★½ FAKE NEWS: Strange Historical Facts Reimagined in the World of Donald Trump is a brilliant piece of satire by David Hutter, a young author with a sharp tongue and a unique perspective on the world at large. The book makes clear that politics has always made for a stranges

Flog a BookBubber 115: Jeff Carson

by Ray Rhamey Source link Please, please visit my Kickstarter page for my new game, FlipIt. It goes Scrabble one better in terms of challenge and fun. Even if you can’t support it, please pass the link on to friends and family. Thanks for your help. Writers, send your prologue/first chapter to FtQ for as

Toot-Toot, Motherfucker: Early Thoughts On Mastodon

by terribleminds Source link I joined Mastodon at the behest of Greg Pak. You can find me here. I have thoughts, if you care to read them. (Note: these are thoughts from a NON-TECH PERSON, who is increasingly more interested in technology that does not challenge me with literally any difficulty at all. Because Is

Comic: Punctuation Break-up

by Debbie Ridpath Ohi Source link