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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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Continue reading →: Ommwriter – A must for the distracted writer
I suspect it isn’t every writer’s cup of whiskey, but if – like me – you find yourself easily distracted…and struggling to get some decent writing done…then Ommwriter could be the answer. Having told you last time about my discovery of OneNote thanks to the girls at WITS, I have since…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Minutes Before Sunset
“He hadn’t smiled since mom died. I wasn’t allowed to smile either. In fact, our whole community didn’t smile. At six years old, I didn’t understand, because I couldn’t understand, but I would later. I knew that much.” So begins Shannon Thompson’s engaging fantasy novel Minutes Before Sunset and what a turn…
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Continue reading →: Evernote vs OneNote: How my Writing World was rocked
A few days ago, one of my favourite writing blogs – Writers In The Storm – put up a post about OneNote. I’d never heard of it before and was astonished to read that it had been sitting in my laptop all this time. This is how the WITS post…
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Continue reading →: Opportunity Surfing at A Writer’s Bucket List
Just written for A Writer’s Bucket List – a website I well recommend to all aspiring writers and especially to those just starting out on their professional careers. Lots of freebies available there too. Have a look at my post here – “Opportunity Surfing“ – and please leave a little love there…
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Continue reading →: Figuring Out Your Story’s Turning Points
I’m away on a ‘Research Holiday’ in Thailand at the moment so here’s another reblog from WITS. If you like following plans and layouts to help you build a frame to your novel-writing, this is worth its weight in gold. Highly recommended. Figuring Out Your Story’s Turning Points | Writers…
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Continue reading →: 7 Tips For Finishing The First Draft | Writers In The Storm Blog
WITS is an excellent blog site for writers and I make sure I read every post they publish. They cover a full range of topics relating to writing including managing and writing your will. Even with posts on romance (a genre I don’t do too much) there’s usually an idea…
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Continue reading →: 10 Things To Do To Become a Better Writer in 10 Days
“Don’t speak. Not even when asked a question. Point when your husband asks you where you keep the toilet paper. Smile and nod when your neighbor asks about your weekend. Don’t email or IM. Just be silent.” via » 10 Things To Do To Become a Better Writer in 10…
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Continue reading →: » 5 Ways to Make Your Novel Helplessly Addictive
“You know what’s the best kind of book to write? The kind that gets little rips in the bottoms of the pages from readers turning the pages too fast.” The second of three posts for this writer’s website which I found really interesting to read. This editor knows her…
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