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#Authors #Bloggers #Readers – Be aware of Intellectual Property Theft Laws!

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:
Intellectual Property Theft – a growing problem that hurts everyone in this writing business By Susan M. Toy Recently, I’ve become aware of the increasing amount of Intellectual Property (IP) theft that’s taking place online. It’s been happening for a long…

Success, Greed and Being Too Insular as Writers

Competition kills creativity. Those who research how our creative brains work, have proven it. We lose sight of our passion for the work, then everything goes awry. I don’t often scroll through too deeply through my Twitter feed as I am inundated with ‘buy me,’ ‘follow me,’ ‘look at me’ tweets. Few people talk. It bores […]

Break Through the NaNoWriMo Brick Wall with this Super Simple Technique

Originally posted on The Sprint Shack:
Every NaNoWriMo journey has its ups and downs, and one of the hardest downs to overcome is the Brick Wall, also known as Writer’s Block or, to anyone experiencing it, Despair. It’s a common problem around this point every NaNoWriMo. You’ve been going full steam ahead with your work-in-progress…

Bringing Books to Life

It is very easy to feel unloved, unwanted and downright unwelcome when the publishing houses dump piles of rejection letters on you. You probably wouldn’t be all that surprised, if they set a hungry doberman on you. Yet, many editors and publishers love their work as they love you: the authors. This video is filmed […]

NaNoWriMo- Recovery – The Positives and Negatives (Updated)

So I’ve won NaNoWriMo and I did really enjoy it for the first stretch and thankfully, contrary to my expectations, did not get stressed out. Being able to immerse myself in one task was brilliant. ~ Had I not stopped all social media and blogging and chained myself to my iPad, I could never have done […]

NaNoWriMo- Recovery – The Positives and Negatives

So I’ve won NaNoWriMo, but I am so excited about it, I can’t even be bothered to tell my husband. (Sorry hon, but meh, whatever!) I don’t know if that’s the product of a stinker of a weekend which involved losing a beloved friend, today’s temperatures hitting 39 degrees Celsius (102 deg F) this afternoon; […]

Please Help the Family of a Fellow Author Who Has Died

This is the most awful post I have ever written. In January I asked you all to buy a book, to help fellow Independent Author, Rags Daniels, who had suffered a stroke. Sadly, Rags never recovered and a few days ago, he passed away. I am totally gutted and his family is shattered. Please, buy […]

An Almighty Shove in The Thinking Department

Yes, I said I wasn’t going to, but… The Dragon Tree cannot be beta read and given it’s final edits, until I have the first draft of the next book in the series sorted out, so… …I signed up for NaNoWriMo… I do need the push to get going and focus. So, that means that […]

Characterization: Hierarchy of Needs

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
I was reading a book the other day, and was amused (and bemused) by the number of things the hero noticed during an intense fight. Greece has a conscription service, and I spent 23 months in the Navy, namely at a Navy helicopter base. During that time, I met…

Written Acts of Kindness: Sir Seumas Gallacher

Life online was pretty dull until I found Seumas. Who else blows kisses at me on Twitter? (Just seeing how often my husband reads my posts.) When it comes to role models on how to network in a manner which does not alienate people, look greedy or seem forced, you won’t get better than Seumas. […]