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Viv Drewa needs Beta Readers.

Beta Readers needed by author Viv Drewa for the following. Please contact her at the-owl-lady(at)att(dot)net with interest. She is a great supporter of Indie Authors. ? MIDNIGHT OWL (A Joe Leverette Mystery) Book 1 By Viv Drewa When the dismembered body of a young woman is found Detectives Joe Leverette and Philip Marsden are assigned…

The 12 Best New Yorker Cartoons on Writing and Literature

Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
12 of the Best Cartoons from the Best Literary Magazine Ever The New Yorker Magazine has been publishing reportage, fiction, satire, poetry and current events since 1925, and over the past 90 years has become an American icon and beacon for new writing, ground-breaking editorial and reporting, and timely…

Here I Go Again

Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:
Good Advice? So I’m going to do something that I do from time to time, but now I’m making the request while coming to the end of a 24 hour fast.  The issue is simple: I got nearly nothing to post about in November and December. All I have…

Is an eBook a Book?

What is a book? Is it the paper that it’s printed on? Would it still be a book if all its pages were blank? Technically – yes it would, but it would be a book to write in rather than a book to be read. An eBook is a book. Even one day in the…

Swopsies

I’m going to try out a new idea, and hopefully some of you scribblers will be willing to come on board. The Absolute Indie is not only for self-publishing newbies, but also for Indies who have limited or zero budgets. Proofreading, cover design, formatting for Kindle or CreateSpace or any of the other bits that […]

Size Matters Serialisation – Chapter 8 – Fluids, Eating Patterns, Intermittent Fasting, Eating Out and the Demon Drink!

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:
Chapter 8 Fluids, Eating Patterns, Intermittent Fasting, Eating out and the demon drink! We are often told that we must drink at least eight glasses of water a day but we are not normally told why we should do this. The reason is that…

Bottoms I Saw Last Week

There are mulberries all over the place now, and every time you look up you get to see lots of birds munching them. Mainly you get to see feathery little bums zooming away from the scary lady pointing a box at them. This little guy would have scored a direct hit on the box lady […]

New Book Fanfare – The River by Patrick Jones

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:
Today the featured book is by Patrick Jones and is a short story that expands on some of the characters and events in his first book Wolf’s Moon. A standalone tale that will take you on a fishing trip of a lifetime…… About The…

NO BOOKS – NO WATER – NO ELECTRICITY – FEW TEACHERS

Originally posted on gillswriting:
And so my friends, my reflections on the past two years continue and if you recall I promised a bittersweet tone, because as I have said before my life here is continually tinged with that enigma of emotions, Happy Sad (capitalisation deliberate). NO BOOKS – NO WATER – NO ELECTRICITY –…

New Series – Saturday Coffee Morning – Guests Jo Robinson, Judith Barrow and Chris, The Story Reading Ape

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:
As part of the revamp of the blog as it enters its second year, I would like to invite you to Saturday Coffee at my house. The aim is to introduce you to the people who have supported me during this exciting and sometimes…