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My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

My Top Ten Tweets

I love to write, but with writing comes marketing, the bane of my existence. I began gathering tips about writing and marketing from various blogs for easier reference. One day I thought why not share? So here we go. Follow me on Twitter @roxannesmolen for more tips.

How to Write the Sense of Smell https://buff.ly/3DLfgZa #WritingCommunity #writingtips

7 Ways to Write Thematically-Pertinent Antagonists – Helping Writers Become Authors https://buff.ly/3tVl1Og #WritingCommunity #writingtips

Asian Characters in Fiction, Why Inclusion Matters https://buff.ly/3rc5E6g #WritingCommunity #writetip

5 Tips for Using Personal Stories in Your Writing https://buff.ly/3DNF8np #WritingCommunity #writingtips

How to use Pinterest Marketing to Gain Exposure https://buff.ly/3xlzpCM #WritingCommunity #BookMarketing

Taming the Synopsis: 4 Steps for Perfecting One-Page and Long-Form Synopses https://buff.ly/3boK9XB #WritingCommunity #writingtips

Book Launch Parties: A How-to | Florida Writers Association https://buff.ly/3p1H6KP #writerscommunity #indieauthor #BookMarketing

Hashtags: Tell ‘Em Who You Are and Get Noticed https://buff.ly/3o6vOWb #WritingCommunity #BookMarketing

World Building Primer – A Writer’s Journey https://buff.ly/3pcGlyo #writers #writetip

5 Subgenres of Horror Fiction Explained https://buff.ly/3I5XB1a #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Bonus: NaNoWriMo 2021

Don’t Quit Nano | Catch Up https://buff.ly/3lcE5Gd #WritingCommunity #Nano #NaNoWriMo

#NaNoWriMo and the Big Ambition That Ate the Author | Florida Writers Association https://buff.ly/2ZpgdYi #WritingCommunity #NaNoWriMo21 #Nano

When Is My Novel Ready to Read: 7 Self-Editing Processes for Writers https://buff.ly/3zRs9OG #WritingCommunity #amediting #NaNoWriMo

How to Edit Your Own Writing (And Make It Sparkle) https://buff.ly/30UbIFH #WritingCommunity #writingtips #amediting

Roadmap Step 13 – Redrafting and Editing – Novel Factory https://buff.ly/3ldocQ1 #WritingCommunity #writingtips #amediting

Blatant Self Promotion

Do you like #witches, #unicorns, and #fairies? You’ll love my new Brittany Meyer series. In eBook, print, and audio. Buy today! #kindle #kindledeals #kindlebargains https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0957TPH55

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Published on December 04, 2021 02:54

My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

My Top Ten Tweets

I love to write, but with writing comes marketing, the bane of my existence. I began gathering tips about writing and marketing from various blogs for easier reference. One day I thought why not share? So here we go. Follow me on Twitter @roxannesmolen for more tips.

4 Tips to Help Writers Write More Clearly https://buff.ly/2YXK0XQ #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

5 Classic Fantasy Tropes — And How to Make Them Your Own https://buff.ly/3qORNCT #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

How to Show Emotion for Non-Viewpoint Characters – WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® https://buff.ly/3Focvh6 #writerscommunity #indieauthor

Writing Compassionately about Parents | Jane Friedman https://buff.ly/3DvBUEU #WritingCommunity #writingtips

How to Market a Book Using ARCs: What They Are and Why You Need Them https://buff.ly/3npxgTr #WritingCommunity #indieauthors #BookMarketing

18 Things Writers Should Know When Writing About Infectious Diseases https://buff.ly/3Hz0pmU #WritingCommunity #writingtips

3 handy tips for handling feedback without breaking yourself or your story https://buff.ly/36rRaD0 #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

New Writers: Is this what you’re doing on Twitter? #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity https://buff.ly/2ZbNear #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

10 Experienced Writers on the Power of Gratitude – Writing and Wellness https://buff.ly/3r4xpxG #WritingCommunity #writerslift

NFTs for Authors: Is This a Rush for Fool’s Gold? | Jane Friedman https://buff.ly/3nri6ge #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

Bonus: NaNoWriMo 2021

8 Ways to Beat Distraction and Write More https://buff.ly/3HARL7u #WritingCommunity #nanowrimo2021

Expectation Versus Reality: 10 Truths You Should Know About #NaNoWriMo https://buff.ly/3nDXB00 #WritingCommunity #nanowrimo2021

Why You Should Always Try to Finish Your Draft Novel #AmWriting https://buff.ly/3oO8WtK #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

Help for the Home Stretch of #NaNoWriMo • Career Authors https://buff.ly/3FAUa0e #WritingCommunity #nanowrimo2021

Blatant Self Promotion

Do you like #witches, #unicorns, and #fairies? You’ll love my new Brittany Meyer series. In eBook, print, and audio. Buy today! #kindle #kindledeals #kindlebargains https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0957TPH55

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Published on November 27, 2021 02:54

My Top Ten Tweets

I love to write, but with writing comes marketing, the bane of my existence. I began gathering tips about writing and marketing from various blogs for easier reference. One day I thought why not share? So here we go. Follow me on Twitter @roxannesmolen for more tips.

What Are Pinch Points and Where Do They Go? – WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® https://buff.ly/3ntsTVZ #writers #writetip

10 Fun Ways to Destroy Your Writing Comfort Zone – Writing and Wellness https://buff.ly/3oddbif #writers #writerslife

Bringing Your Characters to Life Through the “Five Whys” https://buff.ly/30k5df6 #writerscommunity #writingtips

3 Simple Tricks to Immerse Your Reader In Your Story – WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® https://buff.ly/3wtiOg3 #writerscommunity #writingtips

How to pitch a roundup article – Build Book Buzz https://buff.ly/3ojnIZ7 #writerscommunity #writerslife

5 Surprisingly Simple Book Marketing Tips to Help you Stand Out from the Competition https://buff.ly/30bDIUA #WritingCommunity #bookmarketing

Need Story Conflict? Just Let Your Characters Talk https://buff.ly/3Cc5Lkp #writerscommunity #writetip

The State of Indie Authorship in 2021 – Written Word Media https://buff.ly/3kK8bRa #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

The 17 BEST Self-Publishing Companies of 2021 https://buff.ly/2ZrnKRD #WritingCommunity #indieauthor

5 Fabulous Book Cover Design Tips Every Author Must Know https://buff.ly/3Cs6lui #WritingCommunity #indieauthors

Bonus: NaNoWriMo 2021

How to Overcome Writer’s Block with these 11 Tips – https://buff.ly/3CftrUL #writerscommunity #writersblock

Ashamed to call yourself a writer? You may suffer from a creativity wound https://buff.ly/3kd2riw #writers #writerslift

How To Edit Like A Pro https://buff.ly/30tLxG2 #writers #indieauthors #amediting

The Essential Proofreading and Editing Guide https://buff.ly/32qyVLe #WritingCommunity #writingtips #amediting

Blatant Self Promotion

Do you like #witches, #unicorns, and #fairies? You’ll love my new Brittany Meyer series. In eBook, print, and audio. Buy today! #kindle #kindledeals #kindlebargains https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0957TPH55

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Published on November 20, 2021 02:59

My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

My Top Ten Tweets

I love to write, but with writing comes marketing, the bane of my existence. I began gathering tips about writing and marketing from various blogs for easier reference. One day I thought why not share? So here we go. Follow me on Twitter @roxannesmolen for more tips.

The best ways to get author and book publicity – Build Book Buzz https://buff.ly/3Er2XBh #indieauthors #BookMarketing

Maybe It’s Not Your Plot • Jane Friedman https://buff.ly/3BE5035 #writerscommunity #writetip

Motivation—the WHY of the Story You’re Writing https://buff.ly/3BHTrrS #writerscommunity #writetip

On the Business of Self-Publishing a Novel: Finding and Engaging Your Audience https://buff.ly/3GWhkzx #writerscommunity #writingtip

How to self edit dialogue mistakes – Penning and Planning https://buff.ly/3CQ2UhZ #WritingCommunity #writingtip

How to be your own book publicist – Build Book Buzz https://buff.ly/2YmyxAZ #writerscommunity #bookmarketing

How to Make The Reader Care About Your Story https://buff.ly/3nViiUe #writerscommunity #writetip

How to Write Conflict without “Bad Guys” — Guest: Angela Ackerman https://buff.ly/3DcKBTV #writerscommunity #writingtip

5 Tips for Developing an Engaging Premise for a Rom-Com Novel https://buff.ly/3o0H9WD #writerscommunity #writetip

4 Tips for Writing a Story with an Engaging Mystery https://buff.ly/3F0xaY8 #writers #writetip

Bonus: NaNoWriMo 2021

Update! Scrivener 3 https://buff.ly/3nRrOaU #scrivener #NaNoWriMo

StoryBundle https://buff.ly/2RpE418 #writerscommunity #NaNoWriMo21

5 Ways to Modify #NaNoWriMo https://buff.ly/3GW8qSN #writerscommunity #NaNoWriMo21

Blatant Self Promotion

Do you like #witches, #unicorns, and #fairies? You’ll love my new Brittany Meyer series. In eBook, print, and audio. Buy today! #kindle #kindledeals #kindlebargains https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0957TPH55

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Published on November 13, 2021 02:20

My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

My Top Ten Tweets

I love to write, but with writing comes marketing, the bane of my existence. I began gathering tips about writing and marketing from various blogs for easier reference. One day I thought why not share? So here we go. Follow me on Twitter @roxannesmolen for more tips.

Structure Isn’t the Holy Grail You’re Looking For • Jane Friedman https://buff.ly/3EaXfU4 #writingcommunity #writingadvice

What Are Pinch Points and Where Do They Go? – WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® https://buff.ly/3ntsTVZ #WritingCommunity #writingtip #writetip

6 Habits to Boost Creativity When Writing https://buff.ly/3vLSAVs #writingcommunity #writetip

17 Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing https://buff.ly/3vUHH3G #writerscommunity #bookpublishing

10 Questions to Ask Your Characters While Writing Your First Draft https://buff.ly/2NWKuoS #writers #writingcommunity

The best ways to get author and book publicity – Build Book Buzz https://buff.ly/3Er2XBh #writers #indieauthors #BookPromotion

10 Ways To Kick-Start Your Horror Story https://buff.ly/3jRVJ1u #WritingCommunity #amwritingfiction

The 13 Spookiest English Words to Instantly Put You in the Halloween Spirit https://buff.ly/3CcVwNz #WritingCommunity #writingadvice

Writing for Children – Finding Age Appropriate Words | Writing for Children with Karen Cioffi https://buff.ly/3ztuf8a #WritingCommunity #writingadvice

Very Good Writing Techniques – Golden Storyline Books https://buff.ly/3C9eZOJ #WritingCommunity #writingadvice

Bonus: NaNoWriMo 2021

NaNoWriMo: How to Fly by the Seat of Your Pants—and Win • Jane Friedman https://buff.ly/3pkBIUT #writingcommunity #nanowrimo2021

5 Ways to Boost Your Writing Creativity This Halloween – Writing and Wellness https://buff.ly/3E9tjHU #writingcommunity #nanowrimo2021 #writetip

What is #NaNoWriMo? And How to Win in 2021 https://buff.ly/37ti8d2 #writingcommunity #writers #indieauthors #nanowrimo2021

#NaNoWriMo Making the Most of Community https://buff.ly/3CqHZSz #WritingCommunity #indieauthors #NaNoWriMo21

How Much Should You Write Every Day? – The Moonlighting Writer https://buff.ly/3vZUVMN #WritingCommunity #NaNoWriMo

A Quick Start Guide To #NaNoWriMo https://buff.ly/3BpPwje #WritingCommunity #nanowrimo2021

StoryBundle https://buff.ly/2RpE418 #writerscommunity #NaNoWriMo21

Bonus Bonus: November Observances

Unique Author Branding and Content Ideas Using November Observances https://buff.ly/3bf8rmc #writingcommunity #indieauthors #bookmarketing

Noteworthy November holidays provide book promotion potential – Build Book Buzz https://buff.ly/3jmLBNT #writerscommunity #bookpromotion

Blatant Self Promotion

Do you like #witches, #unicorns, and #fairies? You’ll love my new Brittany Meyer series. In eBook, print, and audio. Buy today! #kindle #kindledeals #kindlebargains https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0957TPH55

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Published on November 06, 2021 02:34

Werewolves Spotted in Florida

Loxahatchee, FL — Publisher L & L Dreamspell announced today the release of their paranormal romance, The Amazing Wolf Boy by Roxanne Smolen (ISBN 978-1-60318-413-7, Trade Paper, 318 pages, $16.95.) Since then, this small town has been overrun with werewolf sightings. “It’s huge,” exclaims one reader. “Grabs onto you and won’t let go.”

According to fans, Cody Forester is a nerdy teenager originally from Massachusetts. When he turned into a werewolf during Christmas Eve supper, his parents shipped him off to Loxahatchee, Florida, to live with his uncle. He has since been involved in several altercations and labeled a troublemaker. “I wasn’t trying to be obnoxious or anything,” Forester laments. It was during one of these altercations that his burgeoning superpowers emerged.

Cody Forester is often seen in the company of Brittany Meyer, also an outcast. The teenagers are rumored to be attempting to cure Forester using crystals, candles, and magic potions. “Young love can be sweet, tragic, or comical,” says author Roxanne Smolen. “In this case, it’s all three.”

Smolen, who already penned eight novels before she met Forester, lives in South Florida not far from Loxahatchee where the book takes place. “I’m excited to see what these two will do next,” she says. “You know. For the sequel.”

Smolen may not get that chance. Forester’s presence has been a magnet for other werewolves, more cinematically correct werewolves, and has placed the couple in dire peril. Therefore, it is recommended that you pick up your copy of The Amazing Wolf Boy sooner rather than later.

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Published on December 08, 2011 03:57 • Tags: florida, humor, paranormal-romance, roxanne-smolen, teen-fiction, werewolves, young-adult

Is it love or mind control?

Mindbender

Extrasensory perception is a gift sought and often exploited. But what if society viewed telepathy as an affliction or even a danger?

When Taralyn flees persecution on Earth, she is pursued by Asher, an Enforcer of the dreaded psychic police force. Asher hunts fugitive mindbenders with an enthusiasm usually reserved for mass murderers. Taralyn searches the galaxy for sanctuary, and Asher is always one step behind. After many narrow escapes, she finds a bond has grown between the hunted and her hunter. She cannot banish his face from her dreams. But is it love that draws her to him or mind control?

See the book trailer on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMGAkn...

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Published on April 13, 2011 05:00 • Tags: aliens, esp, romance, scifi, space, telepathy

Great Halloween Reading!

Satan's Mirror, a woman's incredible journey into Hell.

Emily is the host of a paranormal television show. Her mission is to debunk all myths and urban legends. But when she meets Satan in a haunted house and calls him a fraud, the repercussions change her life. Satan kidnaps her six-year-od daughter, forcing Emily to re-evaluate her cynicism. She must somehow break into the underworld, battle the denizens of Hell, and rescue her little girl. But if she does, how will they ever find their way out?

Satan's Mirror in paperback or e-book. Available wherever books are sold.

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Published on October 18, 2010 13:34 • Tags: horror, novel, paranormal, science-fiction

Prajna Book Review

Author Roxanne Smolen opens her second book of the Anneliese Thielman trilogy, Prajna, one year later. Anneliese-Thielman is dressing in her wedding finery for her marriage to Sayer-Kihn, the chiliarch or chieftan of his tribe of Llaird. She’s also been named and accepted as the Jefe-Naik, the prophetess of change, foretold in their legends. The wedding ceremony is disrupted by infiltrators from a rival clan of Llaird, and to Anneliese’s dismay the wedding is postponed.

While meditating before her wedding, Anneliese has a vision of a “great city chiseled from a mountainside”, and learns about Prajna, the Llaird city of enlightenment and education, and the fate that befell the city and her people. A few days later on a cruise in the chaser she and her bodyguard found and repaired, they discovered an abandoned city of stone growing out of a mountain on what was once the shore of a dry riverbed. Prajna.

The discovery of the city provides Anneliese with the final piece of her plan to get the Llaird city-dwellers out of Enceinte, the city that is owned by and supports Resort Debauch; the resort that caged and humiliated her for her ex-husband’s gambling debts. She needs housing to see her plan through to help the Llaird help themselves and Prajna can house thousands and is near the Malpais mines, a valuable stone of volcanic origin. And just maybe Sayer-Kihn will love her again.

Prajna captivated me as totally as Resort Debauch did. Where Roxanne Smolen in her first book showed the harsh realities of life on this almost uninhabitable planet, in Prajna she shows us the hidden beauty.

You can read more about her work at her website http://www.roxannesmolen.com/ . Her books can also be found in both paperback and eBook on both Amazon.com and Barns and Noble.

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Brenda Cloutier is a reviewer for Romancing the Pubs. She writes historical and contemporary women’s fiction.

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Published on October 24, 2009 15:26 • Tags: fi, ghosts, paranormal, prajna, romance, sci, smolen

Watery Deep Book Review

WATERY DEEP Book Three of The Colonial Scouts Adventures by Roxanne Smolen
science fiction for young adults and the young at heart

Natica and Impani are Colonial Scouts, an elite group of teenagers who search the galaxy for habitable planets. The girls were best friends until the day a terrible accident took the life of an innocent colonist. Now Natica is consumed by guilt, and she hates Impani for not understanding. She quits the Scouts and returns to her water-world home. The family reunion is not what she expects, however. Her twin brother is missing–and her clueless ex-friend, Impani, has followed her home.

Join the fun as the girls battle sea serpents and pirates, escape an exploding police station, and chase across the floating cities in a speedboat as they search for Natica’s brother. When they find him, they learn he plans to have gills implanted and join a cult living beneath the sea.

"Watery Deep is a creative and original story with an interesting blend of fantasy and science fiction and a great sense of adventure. The characters are feisty, emotional, and real, with shifting dynamics between their friendships and alliances that makes for suspenseful reading!

I particularly enjoyed the tumultuous friendship between Natica and Impani, two girls from very different backgrounds with very different strengths and weaknesses. There is spitefulness, jealously, and underneath it all, caring and compassion as they sort out their own problems with themselves and their world. Teenage angst abounds in full throttle, which makes every scene a delicious read.

Natica’s home planet of Naiad is full of vibrant imagery and alien atmospheres. Almost entirely covered by water, the cities float on coral, the taxis are airboats, and devious pirate gangs roam the waters. It is one of the most creative worlds I’ve ever read about, and makes the story all that more intriguing.

Complete with romance, adventure, shifting alliances, and good family values, The Watery Deep is an excellent story for all ages."

POSTED BY AUBRIE
LABELS: SCIENCE FICTION
Reviewed by Aubrie Dionne at Book Reviews by Aubrie
ISBN: 0-7443-1635-9
To Purchase: SynergEbooks Store http://www.synergebooks.com/ebook_wat...

Watery Deep

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Published on September 25, 2009 08:24 • Tags: adult, aubrie, book, dionne, fiction, review, roxanne, science, smolen, young

Roxanne Smolen's Blog, page 24

December 4, 2021

My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

November 27, 2021

My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

November 20, 2021

My Top Ten Tweets

November 13, 2021

My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

November 6, 2021

My Top Ten Tweets for #writers

December 8, 2011

Werewolves Spotted in Florida

April 13, 2011

Is it love or mind control?

October 18, 2010

Great Halloween Reading!

October 24, 2009

Prajna Book Review

September 25, 2009

Watery Deep Book Review

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