I woke up this morning and felt like an utter and complete idiot…about nothing and everything. “Hello, my name is DeAnna, and today I feel like a loser.” “Hi, loser.” ***Dave explained what I was really doing wrong, though: “I think it was the cursed tiki idol you took from that cave. Maybe you just […]
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Book review of Curses! A F***ed Up Fairy Tale…now with links 🙂 http://t.co/g45wUGVV # When a girl's mom disappears, she's supposed to do something about it. http://t.co/hr6WU2Ba Stories for kids with attitude. Exotics #1 # Plotting another Theornin story…involving a pun about mountains. # Theornin story drafted. No songs included. # Editing for Indie Writers:
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When you write a story, how much should you sell it for? Whatever the market will bear, right? It’s a capitalistic society, so we can make a ton of money! Huzzah! Well, it turns out that a lot of writers (including me) will sell a story for whatever the market will give us, not what
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**** Excellent. The book has two narrators, a boy and a girl, both with fun stories. Abut 150 pages. Thunderbird by Deb Logan In short: Twins Janine and Justin are stuck at their father’s dinosaur-digging camp for the summer. While most kids would be thrilled, they’ve seen it all before. However, when Janine is
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The Editing for Indie Writers series continues… Chapter 1: Roadmap from First Draft to Final Product So you have a manuscript that you want to indie publish, and you have no idea where to start. You’ve heard all kinds of things about how terrible indie writers are at editing, from how book bloggers refuse to
Note: Preorder at Amazon, B&N, or most bookstores. Available February 28, 2012. Disclaimer: I begged Julie for an advance copy, which she sent to me. It’s pumpkin orange. Okay, think of the books that you quote. Not books of literature, but the ones where you grab nearby passers-by and say, “Wait, wait, listen to this!”
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"Exciting and challenging, and everything a children's book should be." Adventure, spies, and magic for $.99: http://t.co/kYEcFLNj # A new review for Tales Told Under the Covers is up! http://t.co/amxkvDCs #middlegrade #thrills #chills and #bunnies # 10 Signs You're Not Getting Published http://t.co/mWDpUmER # Laura Reeve on why SF writers design great fantasy magic systems.
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Coreena at Books & Other Creative Adventures reviewed Tales Told Under the Covers: I think kids will like this collection of stories if they like supernatural stories. These are not scary, but there is a lot of tension that will keep them turning the pages. I love how her stories have both boys and girls as
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Signs…or habits? Sometimes when I talk to new writers, they say certain things that make me think, “this person isn’t getting published anytime soon.” Sad to say, but you can usually pick this up within a few minutes of conversation. So here’s my personal top-ten list of things that wannabe writers say that are red
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So you’d like to edit your own ebooks and POD books? Great! Please follow me to the torture chamber! Just kidding…mostly. Most writers don’t like to edit. And they have no idea how to edit, so the idea of editing causes them fits. “But wait,” you say, “I like to edit.” More than likely if you’re
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