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October 31, 2015

National Novel Writing Month by LV Gaudet

October 31st.  It is the 304th day of the year and the mid-point of autumn.  And, on this day in 1926, the famous escapologist Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. More important for many of us fans of things that go bump in the night, October 31st is Halloween.  Halloween […]
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Published on October 31, 2015 10:00

October 30, 2015

October 24, 2015

Paid For Reviews Are a Bad Thing by LV Gaudet

. Tempting, isn’t it? . You think, if only I can get enough reviews of my book to push the rating up, then my sales will go up. And you are right.  But the problem can be in getting those reviews.  The stats on how many people who read your book will leave a review […]
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Published on October 24, 2015 05:00

October 23, 2015

October 22, 2015

The Inescapable Villain of Time

Originally posted on internalphrasing:
We’ve all felt the anxious pressure of a deadline looming. That sweaty palm, sleepless night dread that you will never get anything finished. It’s terrifying, and it makes you wish you’d never signed up to do this crazy thing you said you would. Deadlines are something authors, like the rest of…
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Published on October 22, 2015 05:00

October 21, 2015

It’s National Novel Writing Month!

Originally posted on The Women's Pages:
  Did you know? …that every November over 300,000 writers start their word counts at midnight on Halloween and challenge themselves to 50,000 words in 30 days?  National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) believes stories matter. The event began in 1999, and in 2005, National Novel Writing Month became a…
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Published on October 21, 2015 04:00

October 19, 2015

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Published on October 19, 2015 16:25

October 18, 2015

What Is Indigo Sea Press and What Happened to the Old Blog?

Originally posted on Indigo Sea Press Blog:
It’s all about literature! Second Wind Publishing will soon cease publishing literature. The outstanding authors who made up Second Wind, however, are just getting started. Most of them are represented now by a dynamic new publishing company, Indigo Sea Press. Indigo Sea Press is a creative accumulation and…
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Published on October 18, 2015 15:01

October 17, 2015

So You Thought All it Takes to Write Great is to Read by LV Gaudet

So you thought all it takes to write great is to read a lot. . Nothing worth doing is that easy. . Do you think the Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs hope to win the World Series by watching baseball?  Did Wayne Gretzky become a Canadian hockey icon from watching hockey games? Did George Orwell, […]
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Published on October 17, 2015 07:45

October 16, 2015

The Technology of Literary Fiction

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Published on October 16, 2015 09:04