A professional attitude is crucial to successful self-publishing. What if I wanted to sell you a dress and I said something like this? “I grew the cotton myself, spun the yarn and wove it. So, it’s going to have a rough feel to the cloth. Sorry about that but I don’t really know what I’m […]
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Gene Wolfe, author of “The Book of the New Sun” and other acclaimed works of science fiction and fantasy, died Sunday at the age of 87. According to Locus, his death came after a long struggle with heart disease. While Wolfe was never quite as famous as some of his peers, his writing was loved […]
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Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka are the co-authors of two acclaimed YA romances:Always Never Yours (2018) and the forthcoming novelIf I’m Being Honest , out in April. Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka met in high school and have been together ever since. Here, they ask each other 29 questions about their relationship (both personal and professional). We’re […]
Continue readingIt’s almost too easy. By using sensory words to evoke sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell; smart and attractive writers just like you are able to make their words burst to life in their readers’ minds. In this post, you’ll learn: The science behind sensory details (e.g. why sensory words are so persuasive); The definition […]
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Around 33% of the entire internet runs on WordPress, and thousands of new WordPress blogs are launched every day. Whether you’re using a slow shared hosting plan or a blazingly fast managed WordPress host, it’s never been harder to compete. And if you want maximum performance with minimal hassle, we really do recommend using a […]
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1. The Lord of the Rings. Those books go on forever. I’m shocked they were able to boil it down to just 3 movies. 2. This will be unpopular, but Game of Thrones. Everybody loves it so much and I just could not get more than about 40 pages in to the first book. I’ve […]
Continue readingSource: Unsplash I studied screenwriting in college. As part of that education, I read spec scripts for a film studio and an agent. I also took tons of courses on story structure, formatting, and dialogue. Let’s talk more about that last one. Unless we’re looking at a movie like Eraserhead, most films are predominantly composed of […]
Continue readingSo, you’d like to take blogging for a test drive, eh? See if you like it or not before ponying up the bucks for a complete self-hosted WordPress setup? You’ve probably heard you can start a blog for free, and indeed you can. The big question is: What’s the best free blogging platform right now? […]
Continue readingPicture Source: Pixabay“If I make you to write like me, I would have killed your individuality.” –Emeka Nobis. One of the decisions I have made in 2019 is to live alone. Well, alone here could mean many things. I mean, I started living away from family since 2001 when I got into a boarding secondary school owned […]
Continue readingHere’s the thing: There are many tutorials that can teach you how to write a blog post. They can educate you on the mechanics of blogging, what to do, and what not to do. Read them and you can learn how to craft a perfectly serviceable blog post. Heck, you might even write something that […]
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