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September 12, 2018
Amerika’s Sick Slaveowner Mentality Is Alive and Well
A billboard of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in San Francisco’s Union Square. (Eric Risberg / AP) The slave patrols live.
Just ask any of the people at Nike who answer the phones and are dealing with an avalanche of angry white callers throwing the N-word around and complaining about Nike treating Kaepernick with respect. Trump, Pence, and billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News are ginning up even more racist hysteria on a near-daily basis.
But this...
September 7, 2018
Why We Need Clichés
by Elisabeth Wong
I write as the inspiration strikes. Inspiration strikes at random times of my life. Huh.
Oh, and yeah, you probably did read the title of this post correctly. I mean for it to be in writing mostly, but I can kind of see how this will apply to real life as well. (….I’m not sure if I was being sarcastic there, either.)
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September 4, 2018
Crossing genres: exploring the different aspects of fantasy fiction
Oooh. Even more information about liminal fantasy (more informative and less subjective) — fantastic! And not just that this genre, but so much more! I can’t wait to write my own experiences with the fantasy genre! Yay!
Welcome to September! I’m taking a moment away from my morning writing routine to introduce our topic, and thought that while I do so, I’ll take some time to reflect more on this great fantasy genre I write in and appreciate, via a detailed research tour, the...
Liminal Fantasy and the Stupid Heroine
Researching liminal fantasy genre. Not disappointed with this post. It’s entertaining, gritty, and brimming with snarky information. Fun, fun, fun!
“I have the ability to tell the future. I don’t know why or how, but I have it.”
“And what are you doing with this ability?”
“Selling peaches at a roadside stand and going to your Podunk school where I have no friends.”
– Any liminal fantasy book anywhere
BEWARE: Spoilers abound
I really like liminal fantasy. Truly. It’s like the ma...
August 29, 2018
Five Reasons Why I Write.
All of these reasons for writing — even number six — I wholeheartedly agree with. Of course, there are so many more, but this list is a great starter for me.
This challenge for writers is circulating on Instagram. Because it is a very positive thing, I decided to share mine here, too.
Five Reasons Why I Write:
1. Compulsion: the words flow and I can’t stop them.
2. Satisfaction: there is immense joy in creating and crafting something meaningful.
3. Encouragement: I write ab...
August 22, 2018
Winners and Runner-ups! | Yecheilyah’s 2nd Annual Poetry Contest 2018
The winners have been announced! I wasn’t one and I was happy I was able to participate. I look forward to reading the work of these poets.
Happy Book Birthday to ME
“What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes.
“Today?” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Book Release Day sir!”
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August 8, 2018
David Farland’s Writing Tips : Your First Five Pages
Shannon Bolithoe : A Writing Life
When you send a novel to an agent or publisher, they normally ask for the first five or ten pages, just so that they can gauge your writing skill. If those pages don’t grab the reader, it won’t sell.
I am Soul Virtual Blog Tour Day 1
Poetry isn’t easy to write — especially poetry that has the ability to capture all of life’s beauty, bitterness, and all that lies in between, within, and with out, I think poetry is one of the ways fiction writers can polish our prose.
Bio
Yecheilyah (e-See-li-yah, affectionately called EC) is an Author, Blogger, and Poet and lives in Marietta, GA with her wonderful husband. She has been writing poetry since she was twelve (12) years old and joined the UMOJA 23 years old Yec...
Do Publishers Care About an Author’s Online Presence? – by Debbie Emmitt…
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
on Live Write Thrive site: When presented with a manuscript, publishers are usually thinking ahead to marketing and how likely a book is to sell copies.
As authors, we tend to think of the audience for our website and social media as being our readers (often including a healthy dose of other authors). We often put to the back of our minds other audiences, who may be fewer in number but are nonetheless important groups. These include the media, agents and,...
