Thomas Rydder's Blog: The Clearing, page 35
June 3, 2013
Author Joanne Wadsworth, with some great tips on how to nab the reader within the first five pages…
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May 24, 2013
Book Excerpt! The beginning of my new short story “Colors”, from the anthology “Restless Souls: 3 Dark Fables”
The double line of Harleys seemed to go on forever, the thunder of their exhausts thrumming the air, a V-twin operetta. Meek residents stood and gawked or scuttled inside as the first of the column passed by, the leader looking neither left nor right, sure in his power, unmindful of the cowering town folk […]
Many thanks to my pal, Rosary McQuestion – Children’s book publisher “Barefoot Books” leaves Amazon!…
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Author Jim McAllister (courtesy of my kilted brother Seumas Gallacher) gives us, the authors, “The Most Important Writing Lesson of All”
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“If it’s Monday, it must be wash day!” – A charming look into childhood memories, by my brother, “Olbigjim” Wright…:)
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May 23, 2013
You will not beLIEVE how good this young lady plays guitar…prepare to be astounded…:)
Click on Tina’s photo to watch and listen Oh…and be sure to watch both of them…the second one is when she was 9… Filed under: Daily Posts on Life Tagged: Eddie Van Halen, guitar, Tina S.
Zach Sobiech, rest in peace – a video you HAVE to watch…your eyes won’t be dry, I can promise you…
You’ve probably never heard of Zach Sobiech. He was a teenage boy living in Minnesota, playing guitar and growing up. That is, until he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer), when he was 14. This past Monday, he lost his fight with yet another form of this damned disease, 2 1/2 weeks after turning 18. It […]
May 22, 2013
Idiots who drowned in the gene pool #43
(3 March 2002, England) As Kim and Paul left the Sheffield pub, they noticed that a streetlight was burned out, creating a pool of darkness on the road. Unable to rein in their passion, they began to canoodle — consummate their relationship — on the asphalt outside the pub. Witnesses said the couple was lying […]
My new pal “Chris The Story Reading Ape” (just how cool is that?), with a great article on the life – and works – of Lord David Prosser…:)
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Joel Friedlander (The Book Designer) answers a mailbag full of self-publishing questions…
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