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July 5, 2016
July is eBook Bargain Month on Smashwords
Smashwords, for those readers who don’t know, is a publishing platform for all formats of eBooks. I have several books with them. And the great news is that July is their promotional month, when those of us who wish to participate offer discounts on our books. This gives readers the opportunity to buy our books […]
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #26
This series is aimed at helping writers use the right words to express their meaning. Your thoughts and comments are welcome. As a writer, you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ […]
July 3, 2016
Progress on the WIP: SciFi in the Making.
This week I’ve reached 83,803 words in the second rewrite, so another 18,231 words processed this week, and 12,049 new words added to the original story. I was hoping to start on the next phase at the end of this week, but I felt the story needed some additional povs, so I’ve included some passages […]
July 1, 2016
Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated
Sorry if this is of no interest to you, but I promised regular users I would do this. As it’s Friday, here’s this week’s reminder that I’ve updated the contest table. June is now at an end so I hope you got those entries in. The table updates each time I save to the table, […]
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #25
This series is aimed at helping writers use the right words to express their meaning. All thoughts and comments are welcome. As a writer, you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ […]
June 30, 2016
Future Gone, by Alexandar Tomov Jnr, Reviewed.
Translated from Bulgarian by Margarita Dogramadzyan. This collection of short stories is bizarre, dreamlike, surreal. The stories themselves hold both intelligent insight and moral lessons. Unfortunately, either the translation or the original writing lack proper editing. They read like first drafts. The thoughts are put down but there’s no sign of revision and they therefore […]
June 29, 2016
The Summer That Melted Everything, by Tiffany McDaniel, Reviewed.
I was invited to read and review this book by the author, and did so via the services of NetGalley. Reading: what is it? A way of vicariously living? A route into the lives of others? A key to the insight of the wise and experienced? It’s these and so much more. Over the past […]
June 28, 2016
Searching for the Right Words? Tip #24
This series is aimed at helping writers use the right words to express their meaning. All thoughts and comments are welcome. As a writer, you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ […]
June 26, 2016
Progress on the WIP: SciFi in the Making.
This week I’ve moved up to 65,572 words in the second rewrite, so another 32,290 words forced through the processor. With luck, and application, I should start on the next phase at the end of the coming week. That’s the part where I make sure exactly the right words are in place and check that […]
June 25, 2016
Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated
As it’s Saturday, here’s this week’s reminder that I’ve updated the contest table. It’s a day late as I was called to a meeting last night before I could send this off. So, apologies for that. June is coming to an end so get those entries in early. The table updates each time I save […]
