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July 18, 2015
Guest Post: In Praise of the Freak by Francis H Powell
There are no real alluring protagonists in my short stories, if truth be told, there are a few female beauties, however I more glamorize and lionize the freaks of this world, those not accepted by this world…the ultimate outsiders. We live in a world in which everybody is ideally “body perfect”. People have this crazy fetish of “selfies”. Does this mean a generation of narcissists has been born? With my stories I mock this kind of culture. ...
July 12, 2015
Book Feature: HURRICANE COLTRANE by Taya Okerlund
Merrill Hinton is a lightning rod in a town named for bad weather. He's an ace in math, but not smart enough to put together the pieces of his puzzling life, especially where finding his unknown father is concerned.Musical genius Robbie Stubbs was born in nearby polygamist compound Colorado City. He has the chops to become another John Coltrane, but that will take running away from home, and into a firestorm of controversy--the kind his friend Merrill knows best.Merrill sets Robbie onto a cou...
July 4, 2015
July 1, 2015
Book Feature: Seed of Hope by Fiona Tarr
SynopsisAs rumours surface about the new King, his young wife and her unborn child, the prophet Nathaniel will insist that King David seek the Ark of the Covenant of God. Yet, with a trail of tortured bodies appearing from nowhere, with no explanation, it will be clear that General Martinez must be called back from retirement.As General Martinez leaves his quiet and comfortable days in the field behind him, he will realise that a return to the service of the King must once more take priority...
June 29, 2015
Writing a Marketing Plan for Camp NaNoWriMo
Writing non-fiction during NaNoWriMo is not easy. Not that writing fiction is, but the real world words tend to create problems all on their own. Yeah, you guessed right – I will be tackling a non-fiction project in July. Contrary to my previous journey into non-fiction NaNoWriMo (not to be confused with NaNonFiWriMo taking place in November), I am better prepared this time.My project is planned properly. Refreshing my memory on what a marketing plan entails, went better than I thought it wou...
June 25, 2015
Book Feature: Feng Shui for Writers by MC Simon
Book Details<br />
Title: Feng Shui For WritersSeries: How To Master Your LifeAuthor: M.C. SimonGenre: Non-FictionFormat: Paperback and KindleLength: 152 pagesPublication Date: June 16, 2015Publisher: IML PublishingRegular Price: $7.99 Kindle
SynopsisDISCOVER HOW TO MASTER YOUR WRITING LIFE
FENG SHUI FOR WRITERS provides all the dots that you have to connect to control the flowing Chi for each writing category. What is harmony for a romantic novel writer is different from...
June 24, 2015
Book Feature and Guest Post: Dark Innocence by Rahima Warren
Evoking a FANTASY WorldWhen reading a fantasy set in a different (non-historical) world or time, I find it jarring if the characters’ names are old familiar ones from our everyday reality. Why would people in a strange time/place have names like Steven or Julia? Also, why would they use the same words to refer to time or distance that we do? Convenient for the writer perhaps, but too familiar for me as a reader.
TIME AND DISTANCE:
In my fantasy trilogy, The Star-Seer’s Prophecy, I tried to evok...
June 21, 2015
I am reading new words
I had the pleasure to indulge in reading some more of The Cat Who books the past few days. The fact that I should rather have been writing is a long story, which I won't bore you with.As I was reading The Cat Who Went up the Creek, I came realise once again how rich the vocabulary of the author is. Words that I had to look up purely because they are not used some much anymore. Or perhaps not by people I know or come into contact with on a daily basis.While I could look them up online, I went...
June 12, 2015
Guest Post: Writing’s not for Cissies by Richard Beynon
Writing is tough. In fact, I don’t know of any activity that is moredifficult than writing. I know this is not so for every writer. There are some gifted individuals, as disparate as Joyce Carol Oates on the one hand, and Nora Roberts on the other, who write seemingly without effort, turning out vast numbers of books and, even more impressively, vast numbers of pages a day.Nora Roberts is famous for publishing, on a quite routine basis, some ten novels a year. She is loved by her readers, and...
