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May 13, 2017
Books Read in 2017: The Favored Queen by Carolly Erickson (1.5 stars) | #amreading #bookreview
The Favored Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII’s Third Wife by Carolly Erickson Audiobook narrated by Kate Reading Genre: Historical Fiction My rating: 1.5 stars Book Summary: From The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, […]
May 2, 2017
It’s Reading Report Time! (May 2017) | #amreading #bookreview
Happy First Monday (a.k.a., Tuesday) of May, everyone. It’s Reading Report Time! (Sorry this is a day late—I’m in the process of trying to become a first-time homeowner, so I’ve been a bit distracted lately!) . Tell us what you’ve finished since the beginning of last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your […]
April 3, 2017
It’s Reading Report Time! (April 2017) | #amreading #bookreview
Happy First Monday of April, everyone. It’s Reading Report Time! . Tell us what you’ve finished since the beginning of last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links! To format your text, click here for an HTML […]
March 31, 2017
Fun Friday: ‘To Capture His Heart’ (A Ransome Spin-Off #StoryIdea) | #amwriting #romance
Because I’m trying to re-teach myself that writing can be fun, this year, I’m focusing on coming up with new ideas for stories. Does this mean they’ll all get written in novel or even novella form? No guarantees. However, this is a creative exercise that I both need and want to share. You can read […]
March 28, 2017
#WritingBiz: The Dos and Don’ts of Networking | #amwriting
A high percentage of writers are introverts, and our natural instinct is to just sit at home and write. But while some authors can parlay that into book sales without ever leaving their comfort zone, in this modern age of branding and name-marketing, selling our books is much harder to do without networking and marketing […]
March 27, 2017
Book-Talk Monday: My Reader Bio | #amreading
Professional writers learn early on that we must be able to write an Author Bio that can be used just about anywhere to give readers a snapshot of what kind of author we are. For example: But have you ever considered creating a READER BIO for yourself? How would you give someone else a snapshot-description […]
March 26, 2017
#2017WritingGoals: Writing with Exclamation Points Instead of Question Marks | #amwriting
In 2009, the film Man on Wire took home the Academy Award for Best Documentary (and this was then fictionalized in The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt). It’s a film about the high-wire walker Philippe Petit who walked a wire suspended between the World Trade Center towers in the 1970s. After the documentary won the award, […]
March 22, 2017
Writer Talk Wednesday: Showing vs. Telling | #amwriting
As writers, we are instructed to “show” not “tell” in our fiction (I’ve heard this is now true with non-fiction, but that’s not my area of expertise). For some reason, this is a hard concept for most of us to grasp. show–verb 1. to cause or allow to be seen . . . 5. to […]
March 21, 2017
#WritingBiz: Networking & Marketing: Hard Sell vs. Soft Sell | #amwriting
I worked in the advertising industry for thirteen years before moving over into the publishing world and then academia. When I first started in advertising, if I’d been asked to define or describe networking, it would have been what I saw the sales reps I worked with doing—being pushy, forcing people who didn’t really want […]
March 20, 2017
Book-Talk Monday: My Libraray Wishlist | #amreading #librarylife
I think most people know that you can set up a wishlist at online retailers (like Amazon) where you can add all of the books you’d someday like to read. You may also have a To Be Read “shelf” on Goodreads where you’ve saved all of the books that look interesting to you. But how […]
