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"4-½ Stars…The book is really really well written, with a delicate and precious style, intelligent..."

“4- Stars…The book is really really well written, with a delicate and precious style, intelligent and full of humour.”

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Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Review of The Rules of Ever After

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nateswinehart:So far I’m really enjoying Andrew...

nateswinehart:

So far I’m really enjoying Andrew Smith'sGrasshopper Jungle…

YA 4EVA.

lgbt-ya:Seven Tears at High Tide by C. B. Lee ( @authorcblee ) Published by Interlude Press on...

lgbt-ya:

Seven Tears at High Tide by C. B. Lee ( @authorcblee )

Published by Interlude Press on 15th October

Genres: fantasy, shapeshifter, contemporary, LGBT, summer romance, selkie myth.

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Blurb: The sea holds many secrets …

Kevin Luong walks to the ocean’s edge with a broken heart. Remembering a legend his mother told him, he lets seven tears fall into the sea. “I just want one summer—one summer to be happy and in love.”

Instead, he finds himself saving a mysterious...

czechthecount:Big Sur

czechthecount:

Big Sur

Developing filler scenes

keyboardsmashwriters:

littleawkwardwriter

asked you: Do you have any tips for writing development? I have trouble putting in “filler" I just want to jump straight to the action! And then I don’t provide a clear enough background on the characters and it just gets messy.

Here’s why I don’t like the word “filler”: it’s filler.

Okay, here, let me explain. The term “filler” has this connotation of “unnecessary fluff”, or any scene that’s added in just for the sake of padding your important e...

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lookdifferentmtv:When Franchesca asked attendees at New York...

lookdifferentmtv:

When Franchesca asked attendees at New York Comic Con about the need for superheroes of color on the last episode of Decoded, I don’t think she was expecting such a perfect response on why representation matters. Yet here I am, reveling in the truth of that soundbite. *preach*

"One of the biggest roadblocks I have in the drafting process is self-doubt. I beat myself up about..."

“One of the biggest roadblocks I have in the drafting process is self-doubt. I beat myself up about how sloppy the pages are or how cliché the plot might be or how my concept in another author’s hands would be executed better. I am my own worst enemy. A perfection monster.

These evil thoughts creep in every three days or so, and I become paralyzed with doubt. I forget that first drafts are messy. My head becomes a storm of negative thoughts. Can I really write this draft? Will readers like i...

Whose desk could this be? Find out in Seven Tears at High Tide,...

Whose desk could this be? Find out in Seven Tears at High Tide, now available from Duet Books and Interlude Press!

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