Amy Laurens's Blog, page 94
November 12, 2015
Inkprint Press Opening Sale!
Inkprint Press has a fully functioning website at last! To celebrate, all books are on sale for 50% off RRP. The sale concludes Monday November 16 AEDT (Sunday Nov. 15 10pm EST). Additionally, whenever you buy ebooks direct from Inkprint Press, you will receive both the .mobi file and the .epub file together, at no extra cost!
Inkprint Press is a small independent publisher, publishing science fiction, science fiction romance, and fantasy for adults and young adults. At present offerings inc...
November 8, 2015
November 5, 2015
October 29, 2015
October 25, 2015
How To Make Friends: An Observational Post
I’m a pretty outgoing sort of person, generally speaking. I’m comfortable talking to large groups, I’m not afraid of discussing touchy subjects, I can approach strangers to ask questions, etc etc etc. However. Put me in a room full of strangers and ask me to make small talk? Urgh.
Because the irony is, even though I’m really good with groups and formal situations (even job interviews don’t especially faze me), I’m really shy at making friends. It’s something that caused difficulties in high s...
October 22, 2015
October 19, 2015
#WritingWorkshop Beat Sheets: A Map Through The Doldrums
One of the most commonly asked questions I get in my creative writing classes at school is how to get through middles. People get beginnings and endings intuitively, but the Middle Doldrums is where a lot of new (and not-so-new) writers have trouble. I struggled with middles for years and years, though many novels and short stories; I knew where I wanted to get, but not how to get there. How did authors come up with all the ‘stuff’ to happen in the middle? Where did they get these ideas from?...
October 15, 2015
October 11, 2015
#HappyDays The Best Compliments Ever
What you consider a compliment is different to what other people consider a compliment. But there are distinct patterns to the kinds of compliments we prefer, and they seem to align pretty neatly with our personality types (for self-evident reasons?). Head over and find out what the ultimate compliment for each personality type is.
