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March Book Reviews Part 1! @PTLPerrin @ColleenChesebro @teagangeneviene @harmony_kent #IARTG #ASMSG #WritingCommunity #BookReviews #WhatToRead #MustRead – Author D.L. Finn

Hi everyone. I had an awesome surprise this morning. Denise has a great review of my poetry, Slices of Soul, over at her place. I’m so thrilled! Lots of other great books and writers have reviews there well worth checking out >>>

 

Slices of Soul by Harmony Kent “Slice of Soul” is a beautiful collection of poetry that tugged on my emotions. There is a story weaved into the poems that had a memoir feel to it. Each section was …

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Picture It, Portray It, Pen It

Hi everyone. Joan has a great post over at Story Empire today on how to show not tell and ways of picturing the emotion you want to portray. Well worth a look. I’ll be keeping this in mind when I begin my revisions of The Vanished Boy! >>>

 

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. Do you ever struggle with describing a character’s emotions or how they would react in a particular situation? I do. Even though I have several reference books…

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#NewRelease – The Emissary Trilogy by … ME! | The Write Stuff

Hi everyone. Marcia Meara has some special news today … she’s released a boxed set of The Emissary Trilogy! Hope on over to her place and take a look >>>

 

I’m happy to announce that all three of my Emissary novellas are now available in one eBook, cleverly entitled The Emissary Trilogy. If you’ve been planning to read these novellas, you …

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#BookReview: Or Not …

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Hi everyone. Today, I had hoped to have some book reviews for you. Alas, I’ve read three duds in a row, the highest scoring of which I gave three stars and the lowest, just the two. I’d had high hopes of Later by Stephen King, which released in the UK yesterday, and I read it in one go. Sadly, a lot let it down, so it only earned 3 stars. Really, though it’s sold and priced as a novel, it’s more like a novella-sized book, and it’s full of passive writing and doesn’t have an ending as such. So, all in all, a disappointing reading week, lols.

I won’t share the reviews in full, because I no longer share reviews on my blog that rate less than four stars, but I will share the links in case you’re interested, next to the titles and Goodreads links. With the Stephen King book, I just rated that without reviewing, while the other two were NetGalley reads, so I’ve written reviews in full for them. If you look at the other reviews for The Stranding, you’ll see that some readers love it–I would say this book by Kate Sawyer is a marmite book: you’ll either love it, or you’ll hate it. 

 

Missing Pieces by Tim Weaver: 3 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3849080968  The Stranding by Kate Sawyer: 2 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3859481777Later by Stephen King: 3 stars … no review***

NOTE ON RATINGS: I consider a 3-star rating a positive review. Picky about which books I give 5 stars to, I reserve this highest rating for the stories I find stunning and which moved me.

5 STARS: IT WAS AMAZING! I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! — Highly Recommended.
4 STARS: I WOULD PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER — Go read this book.
3 STARS: IT WAS GOOD! — An okay read. Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.
2 STARS: I MAY HAVE LIKED A FEW THINGS —Lacking in some areas: writing, characterisation, and/or problematic plot lines.
1 STAR: NOT MY CUP OF TEA —Lots of issues with this book.

Have a great rest of your week, everyone. Thanks for stopping by

 

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Cover Reveal: House of Sorrow #legendsofmadeira – Joan Hall

Hi everyone, another reblog for you today, and this one is a bit special … Joan Hall has posted a cover release for her upcoming prequel to the Legends of Madeira series, House of Sorrow. I can’t wait to read this. Fantastic cover and blurb! >>>

 

Hey, everyone! It’s been a long time coming (a lot longer than I planned or anticipated) but it’s time to reveal the cover for my upcoming release, House of Sorrow. This short-story is …

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Basic Plots: Vonnegut’s From Bad to Worse | Story Empire

Hi everyone. Staci has her fourth post on Vonnegut’s plot points over at story empire. It sounds like last year, lols! >>>

 

Ciao, SEers. I’ve been talking about Vonnegut’s five basic plots. So far, I’ve discussed Man in Hole, Boy Meets Girl, and Cinderella, which you can find by clicking the links. Today, I’m going to t…

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Expansion Pack: Comedy wrap up

Hi everyone. Craig has a wonderful post about using comdedy/humour in your books over at Story Empire. Some great points in there and well worth a look >>>

 

Hi, Gang. Craig with you once more. This time I want to wrap up the mini-series about writing comedy. In the previous two posts, we gave a list of common situations you can use, or modify into your…

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The Writing Spark | Story Empire

Hi everyone. Denise has a great post all about findind and/or rekindling your writing spark on Story Empire. Well worth a look. It resonated with me so much that my comment resembles a short essay … ahem >>>

 

Hi SEers!  Denise here, and I’m going to talk about that spark that started me writing. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment it ignited in me, but I remember my exhilaration when I wrote a short story…

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#BookReview: Sleighed by W J Scott @WendyJayneScott

Hi everyone. Today, I have a book review for you for a children’s book. This is a fun and quick read >>>

 

About the Book:

 

Tinsel is the newest apprentice in Santa’s Workshop, but this young elf lands himself in strife on his first day!
He’s sent to care for the reindeer and instead ends up on a magical adventure.
Will the Toy-Inspector allow him back into the Workshop?

A fun Christmas story for younger readers and those young at heart.

 

My Review:

It’s far too long since I read a children’s book, and this one is a fun, quick read with some wonderful illustrations throughout.

This story is about an elf’s first day on a new job. All too soon, he finds himself in a bit of a ticklish situation.

The take-away from this lovely little tale for me is that magic doesn’t discriminate! Always wash your hands! lols.

A line that I loved:

‘The Chief Toy-Inspector is spitting candy floss that Tinsel didn’t return to the assembly line last night.’

‘Spitting candy floss’ … oh, my. Such wonderful humour and expressions abound in this gentle, amusing children’s book.

Sleighed gets five fun stars from me.

 

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NOTE ON RATINGS: I consider a 3-star rating a positive review. Picky about which books I give 5 stars to, I reserve this highest rating for the stories I find stunning and which moved me.

5 STARS: IT WAS AMAZING! I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! — Highly Recommended.
4 STARS: I WOULD PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER — Go read this book.
3 STARS: IT WAS GOOD! — An okay read. Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.
2 STARS: I MAY HAVE LIKED A FEW THINGS —Lacking in some areas: writing, characterisation, and/or problematic plot lines.
1 STAR: NOT MY CUP OF TEA —Lots of issues with this book.

I’d love to hear what you think of this review. Thanks for stopping by

 

For anyone interested, here are the Amazon links …

UK … https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08R8XRTB2/

US … https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R8XRTB2/

 

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How to use Mac in Cloud for working with Mac-only Software on a PC | Story Empire

Hi everyone. I have a ‘how to’ post over at Story Empire all about how to use the Cloud to gain Mac capability. If you’ve ever wanted to use Mac-only software (such as Vellum), then this is how >>>

 

Mac in Cloud Hi SErs! Harmony here   Back in January 2020 (I know, how time flies!), I started my series of posts on how to publish to KDP. The first article looked at software for writing and for…

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