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March 4, 2019
This Week in Indie Publishing
Amazon makes it easy to buy the wrong version of your favorite book Anyone can publish text that’s in the public domain, meaning there are plenty of bizarrely formatted versions of classic no…
Source: This Week in Indie Publishing
March 1, 2019
How Gutenberg Will Change WordPress
From your comments, it’s obvious that you most of you hate Gutenberg. Some, however, were on the fence. And a few have actually used it and seemed to enjoy it. There are some advantages to Gu…
Top 5 Fears When Facing Feedback
Earlier this month, I sent my synopsis to my mentor. Sunday, she sent it back with feedback and I eagerly– spent the rest of the day avoiding it. I had dived into her comments on my first cha…
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Five for Friday: Beginnings
Check out this funny and useful post from Staci Troilo over on the Story Empire blog today … gave me a giggle …
Ciao! Today is a “Five for Friday” post, and I thought it might be fun to see how a novel begins. I don’t know about you, but I find beginnings to be difficult. I’m an outli…
Source: Five for Friday: Beginnings
February 28, 2019
Everything You’re Absolutely Allowed to Get Wrong In a First Draft
Reblogged on WordPress.com
Source: Everything You’re Absolutely Allowed to Get Wrong In a First Draft
Publishers Turn to AI to Predict Success
No one knows anything. William Goldman’s aphorism concerns Hollywood, but it’s also true of book publishing. Who would have guessed that 50 Shades would become a publishing phenomenon? …
February 27, 2019
How To Make Dominant Female Characters Like-Able – From the Writers in the Storm Blog
by Lisa Hall-Wilson Many of us love to create female characters who are in charge. They are the boss, the leader, the take-charge and kick ass types who keep everything from the local PTA to a…
Source: How To Make Dominant Female Characters Like-Able – From the Writers in the Storm Blog
Your Magic Garden
check out my post about walled gardens for fiction over on Story Empire today …
Hello SErs. Harmony here. Have any of you heard of a walled garden for fiction? I hadn’t until last year. And once I saw it in one place, I came across it in a whole load of other places. Oth…
Source: Your Magic Garden
February 26, 2019
#MondayMeme #MondayBlogs
More Monday fun from Marcia’s blog …
Ever wonder how Charlie Brown met his lovable beagle, Snoopy? Well check it out! All grown up now, Snoopy has a few writing-related words from the roof of his dog house. Enjoy!
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