Category: Writing
Author Spotlight: Diane Morrison
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Writing Your Fighting (the complete story)
Originally posted on Traveling Light:
Visit me at the Virtual Fantasy Con Sunday, Oct. 9 !! https://www.facebook.com/events/518395788285240/?active_tab=posts I’ve been having some conversations with writers about writing fight scenes, and I thought it might be a good idea to put some information out there. A lot of writers write fight scenes that are, to be honest,…
Book Review: Honeymoon by James Patterson & Howard Roughen
Honeymoon by James Patterson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked up this book because I’m taking James Patterson’s Masterclass writing course and this is the book he uses for an example of how to do things. There was no other reason than that. I would not have read it otherwise because it would […]
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Originally posted on DISCLAIMER : I COULD BE WRONG:
[We must all strive for perfection. @Giraffedata, you know who you are.] Grammar Stickler Banishes comprised of From Wikipedia When I came across an online story headlined “One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake,” I of course had to find out who this…
The Bad, the Ugly, the Boring.
Originally posted on Bed. Bath. Books. And sometimes wine.:
This afternoon I’m drinking wine – a crisp dry chardonnay – and thinking about books I just didn’t think were that great. You know the kind. The Guardian raved about it, it’s a best seller. Everyone’s reading it. The Finkler Question springs to mind immediately. Maybe…
Relational Inequalities in Fiction Writing
Originally posted on Andrea Lundgren:
So today I wanted to talk about relationships. No, this isn’t just for Romance books. This is about all relationships–your antagonist and his second-in-command, your hero and her best friend, and even the protagonist and the antagonist (chances are, if they’re fighting each other for any length of time, they…
Write Garbage!
12 Book Marketing Tips from 12 Industry Experts
By Francesca Devin Bridging a story between the creator and the reader is as spry as writing and publishing. Marketers find ways for readers to reach new means for wisdom, spur, and escape through virtually bound stories. Although major publications do that for you, there are less-observed gems in the outskirts of the internet heeding […]
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