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• River Smoke

  By M.J. Moores on February 11, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  What’s particularly appealing about this selection is m.a.’s approach to the subject and how it borders on prose/poetry. There’s more than one thing happening here 😉 Enjoy!   Born in South Carolina, raised in Atlanta, m.a. wood relocated to Annandale-on-Hudson… Read More ›

• Why I may not follow you on Twitter…

  By M.J. Moores on February 10, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
  … or friend you on Facebook, or like your page, or connect with you on LinkedIn, or add you to my circles on Google+, or subscribe to your blog, or invite you to…

• Editing Tip #72 – Editing for Flow

  By M.J. Moores on February 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Editing for Flow ~ Not everyone has the luxury of writing a book all in one go – be it over a few months or within one year. In those cases, depending on how much your writing is evolving, your… Read More ›

• Acquiring Book Reviews, Pt.3

  By M.J. Moores on February 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Publicity Tip #71 ~ The biggest market for writers these days is Goodreads – because that’s where our audience is. Did you know that you could directly connect with reviewers on Goodreads? It can be done in two ways: 1)… Read More ›

• Pushing What You Know

  By M.J. Moores on February 5, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  I’ve been juggling lately with the old saying: …to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes… but really, when it comes to writing we write what we KNOW. We’re told not to write from a perspective we’re unfamiliar with –… Read More ›

• Year 2: Day 118 – The Walls That Keep Us All Out

  By M.J. Moores on February 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A walking stereotype, Charlotte Cuevas is exactly what you’d expect from a children’s librarian and freelance writer – most days you’ll find her bustling about here and there, balancing coffee and a stack of books, fingers stained with ink and… Read More ›

• Battle Scenes for the Non-Combative Writer

  By M.J. Moores on February 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Writerly Rant #71 By M.J. Moores, OCT. Author. Editor. I find myself in the midst of writing another battle scene for a novel not aimed at the military aspect of war – and yet I wonder if that’s a contradiction… Read More ›

• Editing Tip #71

  By M.J. Moores on February 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Manuscript Formatting Secrets, Pt. 5 ~ One of the most basic formatting secrets to know is how to use breaks properly in your manuscript. A lot of first-time writers are unfamiliar with how to do this this… you get to… Read More ›

• Discovery and Illusion in Our Own Writing

  By M.J. Moores on January 30, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  I have always loved the idea that our characters can lead us places we never expected a story to go. If you’ve never experienced this in your writing then I urge you to give yourself the freedom to explore. I’m… Read More ›

• Acquiring Book Reviews, Pt. 2

  By M.J. Moores on January 29, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Publicity Tip #70 Searching for quality book reviews in bulk is a contradiction we authors try to convince ourselves exists. What I have found in my quest for the impossible are Indie author and book sites that are doing their… Read More ›

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