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September 3, 2015
How do you establish a productive writing routine? Ronald Kellogg’s advice…
Originally posted on The Women's Pages:
Wendy MacNaughton from Brain Pickings Here we are again, the symbolic (or real) beginning of the school year, and the revv up for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month). Do you know what your writing schedule will be? Check out this great blog from Brain Pickings! The summary of…
Wendy MacNaughton from Brain Pickings Here we are again, the symbolic (or real) beginning of the school year, and the revv up for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month). Do you know what your writing schedule will be? Check out this great blog from Brain Pickings! The summary of…
September 2, 2015
What’s In a Word 2 – by Paul J. Stam
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
More madness with the English language So there I was with all this Polish furniture to polish. I didn’t know how I would get it all done so I got a soldier to desert his dessert in the desert to help me. After all his help I felt there…
More madness with the English language So there I was with all this Polish furniture to polish. I didn’t know how I would get it all done so I got a soldier to desert his dessert in the desert to help me. After all his help I felt there…
August 25, 2015
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August 12, 2015
Second Chances by Harry Margulies
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
An hour or so ago I finished writing what was to be this blog. I set it aside to watch a couple innings of the Dbacks/Reds game, then returned to it to see what sort of mess I’d created. As messes go, it was wonderful. As entertainment, it wasn’t…
An hour or so ago I finished writing what was to be this blog. I set it aside to watch a couple innings of the Dbacks/Reds game, then returned to it to see what sort of mess I’d created. As messes go, it was wonderful. As entertainment, it wasn’t…
August 6, 2015
Torture Your Characters
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
“Torture your characters more,” she told me after we talked for fifteen minutes about the book I’d just finished writing. More? I thought. Torture her more?! I’d already done some irreparable damage to her physically, and mentally she was a total mess, I thought. What more could I realistically…
“Torture your characters more,” she told me after we talked for fifteen minutes about the book I’d just finished writing. More? I thought. Torture her more?! I’d already done some irreparable damage to her physically, and mentally she was a total mess, I thought. What more could I realistically…
July 27, 2015
What’s in a Word Anyway?
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
What’s in a Word Anyway or How the English Language Can Kill Writing Once upon a time in a land far, far away, a farmer used his farm to produce produce. One day there was a row among the hired help as to which row to hoe. The row…
What’s in a Word Anyway or How the English Language Can Kill Writing Once upon a time in a land far, far away, a farmer used his farm to produce produce. One day there was a row among the hired help as to which row to hoe. The row…
July 14, 2015
How to Self-Publish an eBook on Amazon
Originally posted on shannon meyerkort:
You may be familiar with my story about a post I wrote a few years ago: The Brutal Truth About the Third Child. It has been republished on a number of other sites, much bigger than my own, and as such – has always done a lot better for them,…
You may be familiar with my story about a post I wrote a few years ago: The Brutal Truth About the Third Child. It has been republished on a number of other sites, much bigger than my own, and as such – has always done a lot better for them,…
4 Phrases That Sell More Books
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Study Reveals the Elements of Book Descriptions that Sell More Books Discount eBook newsletter giant Book Bub recently conducted A/B testing for several elements of book descriptions, with the intent of finding out which words sell more books. The testing was conducted by sending two different descriptions of the same book to their…
Study Reveals the Elements of Book Descriptions that Sell More Books Discount eBook newsletter giant Book Bub recently conducted A/B testing for several elements of book descriptions, with the intent of finding out which words sell more books. The testing was conducted by sending two different descriptions of the same book to their…
