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Continue reading →: Be cool AND a Literary Aesthete: Ten ‘Modern’ Words with Older Literary Connections
It is simples, take an unfriend and, if he be found to have email, pull his muggles for he will never manage a google no matter how hard he might bang. Such cool, modern and trendy language from me, don’t you think? You might think, however, that I have misused…
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Continue reading →: Cover Reveal Competition: Seconds Before Sunrise by Shannon Thompson
Shannon Thompson, barely in her twenties, puts me to shame as a writer. While I struggle to get three books finished and ready to publish in between a busy schedule of meeting editor’s deadlines for articles, Shannon is preparing for the launch of her second book in the Timely Death trilogy…
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Continue reading →: 5 Writing Tips: Paul Harding
“Don’t write your books for people who won’t like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write and don’t try to please readers who like something different. Otherwise, you’ll end up with the worst of both worlds. “ This is a great article from a Pulitzer Prize…
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Continue reading →: “LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG!” – Some common expressions explained
It’s considered wisdom among writers to try and avoid cliches these days but, while I see the danger in overusing them, I like our little idiomatic expressions. Since learning Bangla and living in Bangladesh for five years, I’ve also enjoyed classic cliches such as “to have a foot in two…
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Continue reading →: Review: ‘Write Your Way Out of The Rat Race’ by Linda Formichelli
I was honoured when Linda asked me to be one of her beta-readers for her latest Kindle book written to help writers considering giving up the day job and begin trying to earn a living from words. I was even more pleased to end up being one of the ‘rat-race escapees’ she quotes throughout the book.…
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Continue reading →: 22 Must Haves for Booklovers….. | Books Now!
For book lovers only!Just found this post over at ‘Books Now!’ and had to share just enough of the pictures to entice you to click on the link and go have a look. The ideas are amazing. There’s several in this collection I greedily want, want, want: 7, 10, 14,…
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Continue reading →: 25 Unintentionally Funny Newspaper Headlines
A little light humor for you all today on Write Out Loud. I often cringe when I read some of the posts on my two blogs and realise that, despite, several re-reads and edits, errors of even the most basic kind have slipped in. I take heart then, that collections…
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Continue reading →: A thought about Pitches
Recently, I read a newsletter from a woman who runs a blog for writers. She talked about a forthcoming post a guest-blogger wrote about how marathon-running tips could be applied to writing. It was one of the metaphorical “what kindergarten taught me about business” types of post which are currently…
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Continue reading →: Five Reasons Everyone Should Know Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
This is a gem of a post which explains that there really was a ‘dark and stormy night’. Well worth the few minutes it takes to read if you love fascinating trivia! Interesting Literature By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) This is the second article in our occasional series, ‘Five…
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Continue reading →: Recommendation: How to Find Images for Your Blog posts post – Your Online Biz
I’m not the biggest fan of Darnell Jackson, I’m sorry to say. I find his style a bit brash and I’m not fond of some of the ways he thinks about writing and marketing. Nevertheless, his blogs are worth glancing over and, from time to time, he comes up with something…
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