Violence: A Writer’s Guide by Rory Miller My rating: 4 of 5 stars This writing reference book is painful, shocking and at times very, very dark. It is graphic and contains links to videos that are films of heinous crimes being or having been executed on real people. I believe that this book puts, the [...]
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Fatima Kalam’s Quotbook – Learn success, leadership, love and more from famous people.
Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared….and many more. via Fatima Kalam's Quotbook – Learn success, leadership, love and more from famous people.. Today, I guess I am very courageous! I found a professional editor to work with. It will cost me; but publishing has changed. [...]
Writing Education
I have read almost all writing books available; attended conferences; paid for writing classes; and taken my favorite books apart–looking for character arcs, plot, pace, and even punctuation (especially early on). I attended college for nursing and worked. It was the stories that the patients told that intrigued me. I worked in elder-care. Just like [...]
A Story Tellers Lament
I have been writing or telling stories since I was a child. I had five younger siblings and keeping them quite was my predominate job. My parents traveled a lot and keeping kids entertained on long trips before there were movie screens in vehicles or PCPs or PSPs . . I never can keep it [...]
Graphic Arts Designer
I am taking classes on graphic design. I have Adobe Elements but I also wanted to learn Dreamweaver and more about internet web-design. I have a vision that people will go to blogs like their favorite magazines or favorite authors and “subscribe” to the blog. Perhaps there will be many authors of a certain genre [...]
I have a domain for sale for hiring readers and indirectly reviewers
Readers looking for jobs? Yes there are thousands. With all the new independent authors and digital distributors and publishers creates a great need. I don’t have time or resources to pursue this money-making adventure. This was my take: I am an author (I am-lol) and I need to be “discovered” in the millions of e-books [...]
Why shouldn’t a book reviewer or reader be paid to write a review of his/her opinion of a book?
I’m curious about this . . . I read a lot–but I rarely have time to write a review of a book. I know many voracious readers who don’t feel their opinion would matter that much and they are busy-mostly working. Readers’ opinions are what the author wants-correct? The publishing industry has changed and with mixed [...]
Jennifer Kloester and Georgette Heyer’s Regency Books Review
<a href=”http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311125.Georgette_Heyer_s_Regency_World” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img alt=”Georgette Heyer’s Regency World” border=”0″ src=”http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173644378m/311125.jpg” /></a><a href=”http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311125.Georgette_Heyer_s_Regency_World”>Georgette Heyer’s Regency World</a> by <a href=”http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/179250.Jennifer_Kloester”>Jennifer Kloester</a><br/> My rating: <a href=”http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/255356130″>4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /> This is a what I consider a reference book for writers or a wonderful tour for readers through the Georgette Heyer’s Regency Books/stories. I at first [...]
Unsure Writer needs Hand-holding: The 90 day Novel by Alan Watt is out again-sigh
The 90-day novel: unlock the story with in: ISBN:978-0-9831-4120 by Alan Wat I tried my hand at simple rhyming picture books; search Gwen Hankins on the big booksellers. I haven’t gotten the desired result lol. But I’m not giving up. I’m working on YA book–or I should say I’m beginning a YA book. I’m better [...]
Today’s Writer Needs Mad-Skills
I spent the day trying to use Adobe Elements (Photoshop) to “colorize” my illustrator’s fun, beautiful, colorful ink and color pencil drawings. I’m exhausted. Determined, but exhausted. A poor writer needs to know the formats for the e-readers and what entities accept and sell their stories. Also, know the conditions for selling a book on their site [...]