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Published on July 02, 2018 04:45

5 Great Quotations about Poetry

��Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.�� - John Barton

��...have good sentences in your ears.�� - Jane Kenyon

��Poems are never finished - just abandoned.�� - Paul Val��ry

��The moment of change is the only poem.�� - Adrienne Rich

��Poems get to the point where they are stronger than you are.�� - Ted Hughes

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Published on July 01, 2018 05:33

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Published on June 30, 2018 04:45

4 Tips on Getting Your Title into Bookstores

�� Why bookstores don't carry self-published books
�� How to get your title into bookstores
�� Ask for title in bookstore
�� How to get into Barnes & Noble's online catalog
�� BONUS: "Keep writing...Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing." �� Heather Armstrong

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Published on June 29, 2018 04:45

Indie authors: Murky biz advice, gray legal issues

A variety of potential problems can create problems for indie authors starting their own business. Oftentimes, this arrives as murky business advice and gray legal areas. Here are some answers to commonly asked questions about those many issues:
�� Should I copyright my book?
�� Do I need trademark protection?
�� Will I need a Standard Address Number?
�� How can I avoid copyright infringement?
�� What if my book is pirated?
�� Would starting a business based on my books be a good idea? (June 7)

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Published on June 28, 2018 04:45

A quick lesson: Suped up vs. souped up

Among the more interesting idioms in our language is souped up, which describes a car that has been modified to go fast. On its face, the idiom makes no sense �� soup hardly is ��fast,�� after all.

Indeed, suped up seems to make more sense, as you can modify a car to go faster by using a supercharger, an air compressor that allows your engine to burn more fuel, hence giving it more power.

But that��s just the kind of mistake writers with little knowledge about cars would make.

Souped up is the correct spelling (and gets more search engine hits than suped up, at that). The term souped up predates the invention of superchargers and initially referred to any horse that had been injected with something to increase its speed. In fact, any concoction that packed a lot of power �� including nitroglycerine �� was called a ��soup.��

While referring to a brew that increases power as a ��soup�� has fallen out of favor (pun intended), the variant souped up, meaning an object that has been modified for increased power, remains, at least with cars.

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Published on June 27, 2018 04:45

5 Sci Fi Writing Prompts �� Novums

Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a ��reality�� in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, artificial intelligence, or faster-than-light spacecraft; it also can be a hypothetical idea such as ��The Earth is a scientific experiment run by aliens to determine the meaning of life�� or ��The government outlaws books.�� The author then asks ��What if?�� exploring how the world with this novum is different than ours.

Among the problems of many novice science fiction writers is instead of introducing a new novum they rely on used furniture �� that is, they borrow novums from popular SF series. After all, how many novels have you read that use starships exploring the galaxy for the Earth-based Federation? Barely changing names to appear as if you are not appropriating �� a starcraft seeking M-class worlds for the Earth-centered Alliance �� still doesn��t cut it as original or fully using the potential that science fiction offers to examine our culture or humanity.

To help SF writers, here are some novums of potential near-future inventions from which stories could be built:

Human pheromone trails
What if each morning when children washed up, the soap included synthetic pheromones that left a trail of where they��d gone, so in case of kidnapping, a child could be more easily found? What other applications are there for this technology, such as espionage or monitoring parolees?

Mach-powered interstellar spacecraft
What if mach effects �� described by NASA as ��the transient variations in the rest masses of objects that are accelerating and undergoing internal energy changes�� could power interstellar spacecraft? How would this propulsion system work?

Nanobot toothpaste
What if nanobots were placed in toothpaste to fight plaque and prevent cavities? What other toiletries might nanobots appear in to keep us healthy?

Smartflower
What if flower-shaped solar ��petals�� could follow the sun through the day, providing energy to homes and buildings. How does the widespread use of solar energy change our energy infrastructure?

Zillionics
What if a new science, called zillionics, was invented to deal with finding patterns flowing from the unrelenting torrents of data arising out of always-in sensors? Philosophies, theories and practical applications will be needed to distill, index, archive and find meaningful signals in data coming from zillions of sources.

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Published on June 26, 2018 04:45

How to Write a Bestselling Novel: In 7 Minutes a Day to ...

How to Write a Bestselling Novel: In 7 Minutes a Day to Your Bestseller, writers receive expert advice on topics like motivating yourself to write, starting your story with exciting opening lines, creating intriguing characters, mastering the craft of writing to elevate your style, and pitching your story to potential publishers.

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Published on June 25, 2018 05:39

5 Great Quotations about Passion for Writing

��There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.�� - Maya Angelou

��A story trapped inside your head is like a disease. You won��t be healed until you get it out.�� - Niq Mhlongo

��I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.�� - Jacques Derrida

��A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.�� - Franz Kafka

��If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.�� - George Gordon Byron

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Published on June 24, 2018 05:15

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