Riley Amos Westbrook's Blog, page 59
February 5, 2016
Going much better than I anticipated! #SupportIndieAuthors
I’ve been going over Little Black Stormcloud week by week, and cleaning it up a bit more day by day. I’m happy I am, as I keep finding little mistakes. That is one of the joys of being an independent author, being able to go back and change something that’s wrong.
It’s interesting the little things I’m catching now that would have slipped by me before. I’ve always read books, but your own writing is different than someone else’s writing. Even before I was an author, I could pick up someone else’s writing, and tell you their grasp on grammar.
But now that I’ve started editing this work again, there’s some stuff that just stands out. Nothing glaring, just small stuff that could be reworded in a better way.
They say practice makes perfect, and I believe it. Now that I’ve got several works under my belt, I feel like I finally know. I don’t know how to put it to you all other than that, you just know. Treat it like Michelangelo treated marble, chip away the imperfections and expose the statue already contained in the stone.
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Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 2/5/2016
Darkness Raging by Yasmine Galenorn (Book 18 in the Otherworld series)
This is another great book in the Otherworld series. I love all these books and I think this author is great! I can tell the series is coming to an end but the author is doing a great job how that is all coming together. I will miss this series very much. I almost fell like I am a sister too or at least a family member. I think these books would make a great mini series or just a TV show. 5/5
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February 3, 2016
More plugging of the #SIAFBB!!
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Broken Images
So I bleed yet again, not from the slings
and sharp arrows of your thoughts but of mine,
the color of my blood is no more blue
but a dark shade of red in my brittle veins!
I know, bleeding and being burned is our lot
as poets immersed in the flame of their thoughts.
The other night I had been to the dark side too
and saw how the moon craved for the warmth of the sun;
it craved and pined just as we, human beings, might do
when the light had left vowing never to return!
There was the promised land built with my bleeding heart,
coagulating upon that dark and windless plain!
So, let my people go, I cried to the ruthless world
and took my soul to fight in a gladiators’ game!
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16 Reasons to Read your Words Aloud.
Great editing advice here. I know I do this.
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Most writers have learned the importance of reading their words aloud. It’s advice I heeded early on and am happy to pass along.
Writing works on myriad levels. On one level, it’s the mechanical delivery of a story, the typing of words according to rules. It’s fingers on keyboards, reams of paper and editing drafts. Beneath the surface, writing is meaning-making through narrative, tapping universal themes and archetypes that existed before man first etched his carvings into cave walls.
As an art form, writing has the ability to transport a reader into another world. We paint with words on the mind’s canvas, compose the music of language, stir smells, tastes, and tactile impressions. The goal is emotional immersion, being present in the experience.
I have an irksome sensitivity to the sounds of words, the rhythm of phrases and sentences. When I search for the right word, it’s not…
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February 1, 2016
Sunrise At The Boat Dock – Featured Art Print
Just sharing a nice picture.
In Arizona, we have some very vibrant sunrises and sunsets. With high level clouds scooting across the desert sky, the sun reflects a brilliant light show as it rises or sets. As this occurs, you have moments where the entire landscape takes on varied hues of brilliant color. This particular art print represents one of those moments at sunrise. For this piece, I intensified the yellow I was seeing reflected off the lake. Keeping the palm trees a dark purple gives a bold contrast to the sky and the reflective waters. It turned out as kind of a bright and fun, surreal depiction using a fauvism technique with the brush strokes. Thoughts?
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#SIAFBB We’re upgrading! If you want information on free books…
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Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 2/1/2016 part 8
This book has a little bit of everything in it. It was vampires and romance and sweet and bad boy rolled into one. I think the story was very good. I liked the main characters and they were engaging. * I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review* 4/5
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Cruisin’ through books cause books make life worth living with Aly 2/1/2016 part 7
Why Men love Classy Chicks by Andre Garcia
This book is a short and sweet relationship book. Where was this book when I was dating? But this book has some great points my husband and I should read and explore a little more. * I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review* 5/5
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