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No Matter How Good Your Summer Was, It Could Never Top Baby Houseman’s
As summers go, this one was pretty nice. I did manage an excellent vacation the first week of June in New Orleans, which kicked one item off my bucket list. I finished my third novel and it's mere weeks away from your hot little hands. I spent lots of quality time with my granddaughters and …
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Authors – Have you Written a Book? Want to Promote it?
What Kind of Writer Are You?
Ouch! That Stings! A Little Bad Review Humor
Like every author I know, I will occasionally peep at Amazon, B&N and Goodreads, just to see if there are any new reviews. When you look and find the number has gone up you're like... Once in a while, you regret it. This morning, was one of those regretful visits. I suppose it had to happen …
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No Matter What People Tell You…
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words…But What If You Couldn’t See It?
Oh my goodness! 3D Books for visually impaired children...YES!
Photography – My Daughter’s Latest Captures of the Children
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My 4 Golden Rules of Writing
Found on pieroblog-citta.blogspot.com
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while now. The main reason is that I keep coming across several writing rules that make little sense to me. Then, I came across a gem of a post by Constance Hale, “When Shakespeare Committed Word Crimes” on TED.
Constance confirmed what I long suspected: when there is tension in a language between what comes naturally and the rules, it’s because someone has tried to shoehorn the language into their idea of conformity.
Does this mean there are no rules? Not at all. It just means that the ones we are taught in workshops and classrooms are not necessarily the ones that matter to actual readers – as opposed to teachers, agents and editors. So, here are my golden rules; the ones no fiction writer should ever break, in my view:
Rule #1: Don’t let your writing get in the way of your story.
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PubSlush is Complete and Ready to Go – Let’s Do This!
I finished my PubSlush campaign last night and it has been approved! First, here's a little video to give you more information about PubSlush and their mission. The Pubslush Cause from Pubslush on Vimeo. I'd be ever so grateful if you'd go take a peek at it and perhaps even register as a fan to …
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