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Behind the scenes look at inspiration

Originally posted on Entertaining Stories:
Hey everyone, I’m over at Sue Coletta’s blog today discussing the inspiration behind one of my short stories. This post was by request, and it was a blast to prepare. I get to talk about my Dad, some of how I grew up, and even included a cool music video.…

TEASER TUESDAY

Teaser Tuesday is a meme held over at Books and a Beat. To participate, all you have to do is: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share…

Review of The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu ( by our member Niles)

Originally posted on Dragons & Jetpacks:
1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China’s Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of…

Emotional Beats Launch

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Exciting news! My latest book, Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings, is finally available on Amazon. You may remember the book from my poll back when I was choosing its cover. If not, here’s what it’s all about: Image: Dimitris FousekisClick to view book…

It’s All About The Pace (6 Ways To Slow It Down & 7 Ways To Speed It Up) #wrtr2wrtr #amwriting

Originally posted on Words Can Inspire the World:
Source Sundays are glorious. Downy duvet hugs give way to gentle lazy, picnic lunches, big smiles and enthusiastic conversations. Our children kick off their shoes and take flight, giving their town limbs over to country trees and grassy slopes. Oversized glasses filled with chilled Rosé, shared with…

Read It? Loved It? Review It! Share It! Find Author Support at RRBC

I love a good book, especially in my chosen genre of Fantasy/Sci-Fi. If I read a book and love I often share my reaction to it with a review. I’ve discovered several good books from little-known authors over the last few years and I love to support them. Why? Well that review is very important […]

Managing Scrivener Projects & Templates Pt. 1

Scrivener has been a key component to improving my productivity this year. I’ve recently written about various uses for Scrivener such as blog posts, newsletters and even template email messages. Additionally, I’ve shared about using Scrivener templates including some resources for these. In this post I want to delve deeper into template creation and usage. […]

Real Characters: She Can’t Be That!

Allison, the fell warrior-princess, drew her sword and advanced on the band of ragged louts confronting her. “You’ll soon feel the fiery claw that is ‘The Tigress’, you cowards.” The men laughed and doubled-over. “You can’t hurt us!” Her faced scrunched and a flush rose on her cheeks. “I can’t.” The leader stepped forward with […]

Guest Blog: Contemporary Fantasy: The Great Genre Confusion by Seth Skorkowsky author of IBENUS

Originally posted on MightyThorJRS:
As part of my Guest blog series for authors and fellow bloggers I am proud to present another guest blog spot. Seth Skorkowsky the author of Ibenus has been kind enough to write a guest blog post for MightyThorJRS today. I am very excited and I would like to thank Seth and Ragnarok Publications for the opportunity to…

“The Eagle Huntress” – Documentary

Originally posted on Timothy Bateson (ramblings of an author):
Way back in the early days of my blog, (April 16th 2014 to be precise), I wrote a post about Aisholpan, a 13-year-old eagle hunter. She was training to become the first female eagle hunter in her Mongolian tribe in over 12 generations. I’m pleased to…