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April 15, 2016
Free World-Wide Shipping for the #Bookworm & Scads of #Free #Books to Read
It’s easy to help you get your books with no shipping costs, “world-wide”.
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Just go to Book Depository or wordery…
Here’s the info from Book Depository‘s About Page:
“Welcome to Book Depository, the world’s leading specialist online bookstore. We’re proud to offer over 14 million titles, all at unbeatable prices with free delivery worldwide to over 100 countries. Whatever your interest or passion,...
April 14, 2016
Literary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century
Today’s re-blog plugs a book that looks Very Interesting and also has an interview with one of the book’s editors…
Milkweed Editions has just releasedLiterary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century, a new anthology edited by Travis Kurowski, Wayne Miller, and Kevin Prufer. The book features a range of essays from writers, editors, digital innovators, and others in the field, including the likes of Sven Birkerts, Jessa Crispin, Richard Nash, and Jane Friedman, reflect...
April 13, 2016
You Are a #Storyteller and You Can Change Lives . . .
When I was growing up, I’d often heard, “Everyone has a novel in them.”.
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If you think my punctuation in that last sentence is wrong [ .”. ], I could beg to differ with you; but, that’s another post…
Still, I’m a writer and storyteller; but, being a blogger has lots more freedom—freedom of expression, and of punctuation…
So, whether you have a novel in you or not, I still maintain that you’re a storyteller.
...April 12, 2016
Finding that sweet moment in the beginning of the book.
Today’s re-blog may be short but what’s recommended could help you for many years to come :-)
I’ve been reading Sol Stein On Writing and learning so much. One thing he teaches writers to do is to read books they admire and look for the moment when you as a reader decide that you won’t put the book down- that one sweet spot where you are truly hooked. I’ve been reading books with that in mind and noticing for the first time when a story turns on. I recommend this to all read...
April 11, 2016
Author Interview ~ Maaja Wentz
Today’s post makes it 71 author interviews on this blog and 9 Wattpad author interviews…
Maaja is a very busy woman so I’m happy to have finally gotten her over here to let you know about a most exciting and humorous book of hers that I was privileged to peruse on Wattpad.
But, there’s more to be said about it and her (plus, some freebie stuff) so let the interview begin!
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So, Maaja, when did you know you wanted to be a writer?
First off, I really want to thank you for inviting me to do th...
April 10, 2016
BONUS BLOG POST ~~~ It’s National #Library Week in the USA!
It’s a good thing I have multiple sources of information bombarding my e-mail in-box or I might have missed National Library Week.
And, even though I haven’t been in a library for years, I’ve had plenty of visits in my nearly 7 decades of living—plus, I worked in a library when I was an adolescent—and one of my closest friends is a Librarian…
For lots of info on how to celebrate check out the National Library Week Page on theAmerican Library Association Web Site.
And, now, a “true-to-life” vi...Voice of experience: 5 things that established authors would tell new writers
Today’s re-blog—from Roz Morris—might be a bit dated but the info is as fresh as the morning of creation :-)
A few weeks ago, a bunch of authors gathered for Books Are My Bag day at Barton’s bookshop in Leatherhead, Surrey. Inevitably, some customers asked for advice on writing and publishing. These were the five MFDs (most frequent discussions).
1 You are not alone.
This realisation marked an important threshold. The moment we all found other writers, online or in real-life g...
April 9, 2016
Ten Realizations I’ve Had or Remembered while Reading Aloud to Middle Schoolers this Year by Wendy Falconer Gassaway
Today’s re-blog is about teachers reading Aloud to students — BUT — it could be about you reading Aloud to your children — OR — you and a friend reading Aloud to each other :-)
My school has gotten away from the whole-class novel study in recent years, but I still wanted to read aloud to my 7th and 8th grade intervention classes, simply for the joy of sharing a good book. I pulled a bunch of great titles off the shelf and had each class vote on which one they wanted to hear. A...
April 8, 2016
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” ~ Stephen King
Have you seen the movie The Martian, starringMatt Damon? (In case you haven’t, there’s a trailer at the end of the post…)
Proposed Mars Habitats ~ Click for More Info…
The original story (by Andy Weir) was self-published on Amazon.
I wonder how many writers (and, film-makers) have created fiction about going to Mars?
And, according to Stephen King, there must be some truth inside those “lies”…
What if the truth is in the process of happening?
Ever heard of MarsOne?
Here’s a bit of explanation...
April 7, 2016
Should you write under a pseudonym? Pros, cons and practicalities in a digital world
This re-blog, with Roz Morris, delves into more about Pen Names than you might have ever thought to ask :-)
Should you use a pen name? Why might you? What problems might it cause? I rounded up a quiver of authors with noms-de-plume and asked them to answer some practical questions.
First of all, why?
An author name is a brand, of course, and traditional publishing has a long history of strategic pseudonymery. Names or initials might make a writer sound more exciting, more seri...
