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February 27, 2018
The Top 4 Myths Of Traditional Publishing
Thank you so much for this objective take on traditional publishing. As a once published, then turned Indie author (publisher went out of business) who wants her most current stories to be published traditionally, I know that both camps (traditional vs self-published) possess their own set of pros/cons and misunderstandings. Great post!
Last week I listed four of the more common myths surrounding Self Publishing. It wouldn’t be fair if I just left it at that, would it?
I...
February 26, 2018
Books, Authors, Double Standards and Snobbery.
Being an Indie Author is tough and it doesn’t get any easier when the stigma of independently published books are in most cases patronized and ignored (at worst). However, I must admit that it’s hard to market your existing book and write more books for publication without the proper resources, platform, advertising, which all cost a lot of money that writers (who dream of quitting their day jobs in order to write full-time) simply can’t do without. Great post! *New Follower Alert*
What Social Media Platform is Right for My Writing?
Fantastic insight!
February 22, 2018
Postcolonial Fantasy and Africa- Against the Word “Tribe”
A great resource for The Novel to come.
Wakanda Forever
#BlackPantherMovie Spoilers await you, so click elsewhere if you haven’t seen it yet!
February 21, 2018
The FBI’s War on Black Bookstores
source:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/fbi-black-bookstores/553598/ By Joshua Clark Davis#BlackHistoryMonth Wednesday Wisdom Reblog
The most notable example (omitted from this piece) is the imprisonment of Martin Sostre who ran a radical bookstore in Buffalo, NY. A 1972 article about him follows this new piece. Sostre
embraced ideas like Black Muslimism, Black nationalism, Internationalism, and anarchism. He fought his 1967 case from an Attica pris...
February 19, 2018
Epigraphs? How to Increase the Depth and Tension of Your Fantasy World
An epigraph is a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme. Epigraphs usually come from other artists, such as poets, authors, painters, or musicians.
For example, here’s the famous epigraph, written by D’Invilliers from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. If you’ve read The Great Gatsby, then you’re familiar with how the quote kisses upon (but doesn’t tell) what is to come (foreshadowing) and the tragic theme of gaining the superficial love of...
February 14, 2018
How To Easily Format Poetry For Ebook Publishing…
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
on Just Publishing Advice:
Self-publishing fiction is as easy as having a Word document and then uploading. Most publishing platforms automatically remove unwanted space and create flowing text, which is perfect for fiction. For poetry, however, space is a tool, and it can be very frustrating when all your formatting in Word is stripped away when you upload for publishing. It has...
February 11, 2018
Enter the Dragon: The Art of Beating the Sh*t Out of Your Characters
My toddlers and I love using our imaginations when playing with Little People action figures and Beanie Babies. However, I think my five-year-old has more fun messing with the carefully created plots that I craft for our playtime.
For example, I enjoy the mundane story with generic problems while playing with my kiddos. It’s typically G-rated, predictable, and relaxing. Or what my five-year-old describes as . . .
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Me: Let’s have the kids get on the bus for school. Next, they’ll learn about th...
February 8, 2018
Anyone For a Game of . . . Rejection Bingo?
::rubs hands::
Here’s my score sheet for a short story that I can’t get through The Gates (published). No one wants to give this story a home. It’s loveless. It’s homeless. And I just want to weep. So, I forced myself to see the “bright side”: what prize can I give myself once I’ve completed an entire board? Or even an entire column?
Hmm. I don’t know. Leave me some ideas in the comments.
The only perk about this Short Story Rejection Dance is that I didn’t rec...
