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Toolkit: How to build a newsletter list [Reblog] – Ownyourcontent
Originally posted on Author Steve Boseley – Darkly Disturbing Fiction: In addition to my recent posts on building an email list, I came across this post over on ownyourcontent. It’s a constantly growing library of resources that can be used when ‘building your platform.’ There’s a lot of useful stuff here, and I recommend giving…
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Friends Of #FurkidFriday: The Fondant Siamese Cat
Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration: The fondant Siamese cat from Sir Chocolate and the Fondant Five story and cookbook is over at Zigler News today, hosted by children’s author and poet, Victoria Zigler, being interviewed by Tori’s lovely dog, Lilie the Westie. Thank you Lilie and Tori for hosting her today. Friends Of #FurkidFriday: The…
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Naming characters
Originally posted on Entertaining Stories: I kind of left you guys hanging. Work was busy this week, so when I got home in the evenings I was too tired to work on much. This weekend is a self-imposed slow burn. I’m dabbling with reading Serang to make sure I can understand it before I share…
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Seven Links Traci Kenworth
Seven Links…6/22/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://twodropsofink.com/2019/06/16/how-to-find-the-extraordinary-in-a-world-of-ordinary/?fbclid=IwAR1ZMQCZzbVOuusjlrLmgKXJlyHG2rCFozKmHCS7VoM6mucn877RZRfAR3g ““Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how…
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Safe and Secure
Originally posted on Syl65's Blog: It was never halfhearted Always wholehearted It seems as though my heart has been re-sparked Reigniting a flame that was never lost All has been viewed through my whole heart Which I had given away right from the start Never halfhearted Always wholehearted I know it is safe and secure…
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Book Talk…6/21/19 Traci Kenworth
watercolor Book Talk…6/21/19: Christine Lyn Herman’s The Devouring Gray Traci Kenworth The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman. Disney-Hyperion. Apr. 2, 2019. YA Fantasy-Horror. Amazon Blurb: “Fans of The Raven Boys and Stranger Things rejoice: This is your new obsession.”-Claire Legrand, New York Times best-selling author of Furyborn After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four…
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The ‘under-arrest’ test – how to see the holes in your story’s ending
Originally posted on Nail Your Novel: It’s hard to see the flaws in our own work, and the ending is especially a problem. We know ourselves how it’s supposed to pack its punch, or we hope we do, but will the reader? Here’s a handy test. You’ve seen arrests in movies. And you know, don’t…
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Drink the dawn
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Society demands we do our best Striving, trying for the common goal: The home, the car, the holiday. Squeezing ourselves into a mould Shaped by the grey people, The tax collectors, The nine to fivers Caught by fear of failure In a web of convention. That is…
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Teaser Tuesday: The Friendship of Bob and Luther #fantasy #vampires
Originally posted on Legends of Windemere: Cover Art by Alison Hunt Here’s a short excerpt from the first of the War of Nytefall series. It’s the introduction of two characters that have been really fun to write. I always enjoy having Luther and Bob do their bickering and bantering. They’re like vampiric brothers with Titus being…
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Five Midnights by Ann Davila Cardinal #bookreview #YA #mystery #TuesdayBookBlog
Originally posted on Books and Such: Five friends cursed. Five deadly fates. Five nights of retribución. If Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre can survive each other’s company, together they can solve a series of grisly murders sweeping though Puerto Rico. But the clues lead them out of the real world and into the realm of…