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Five Reasons to Read a Poem Every Day (or Every Night)
Originally posted on Sara Letourneau: About a year-and-a-half ago, I began reading one poem a day before going to bed. If time allowed, I might read two poems, especially if I was alternating between a regular poetry book and a longer “best-of” collection. Since then, this habit has become as essential to my routine as…
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Writing Tips: How To Deal With Writer’s Block – by Joanna Penn…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Most writers have struggled with getting the words on the page at some point. But writer’s block is not a monolithic disease with one cause and one cure. The term is often used as a catch-all for a number of issues which have different causes and…
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Basic Plots: Rags to Riches
Originally posted on Story Empire: Ciao, SEers. We’re up to our sixth of the Seven Basic Plots as defined by Christopher Booker. If you’ve missed the others, you can find them here: Rebirth, Tragedy, Comedy, Voyage and Return, and Quest. In today’s post, we’re going to talk about the basic plot type: Rags to Riches.…
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The #BlogTour Continues! #YA #scifi #giveaway
Originally posted on Books and Such: Today I’m at the following locations. Many thanks to the blog hosts! Valeriesmusings.com DidiOviatt Make sure to visit and register for the giveaway!
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Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #184 by Keith Channing
Originally posted on Fiction Favorites: In Keith’s words. “Using this photo (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; even just a caption for the photograph. Either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t…
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This Week in Indie Publishing
Don Massenzio The Authors Who Love Amazon The e-commerce giant has finally made self-publishing lucrative. But does its dominance come at a cost?ALANA SEMUELS TSERING TOPGYAL / APFor most of Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sales bonanza, an unfamiliar face topped the site’s Author Rank page: Mike Omer, a 39-year-old Israeli computer engineer and self-published author whose profile…