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  • Year 2: Day 97 – Sonnets

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    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 ›

  • Help! Everyone Is Writing A Book

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    Writerly Rant #68 By Tara Sparling, Author. Originally posted on Tara Sparling Writes ~ Here is a very important quote, which every past, present or future self-published author needs to see: “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents,… Read More ›

  • Editing Tip #68

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    Manuscript Formatting Secrets, Pt. 2 Using the TAB button vs. Automatic Indent. Everyone is familiar with the Tab button on the computer; it’s a great way to skip a bunch of spaces in a hurry. What might surprise you is… Read More ›

  • Writing & Trepidation

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    I have never been one of those writers who sits and stares at a blank page not knowing what to write. Today I was looking at writing the second half of a story I began over three years ago and… Read More ›

  • The Social Media Angle

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    Publicity Tip #67 Most writers want to spend as little time as possible on social media so they can get back to what’s important… writing their next book! But your social connection is important – finding your personal balance in… Read More ›

  • Patterns

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    Therin Knite is a college senior majoring in Finance and English who occasionally writes speculative fiction and has the odd delusion of literary stardom. She writes every length of literary work known to man, from flash fiction to epic-length novels,… Read More ›

  • Who’s In Control of Amazon Books?

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    Writerly Rant #67 By M.J. Moores, OCT. Author. Editor. If you’re an indie author and you haven’t yet heard of the Emily Goodwin Book Debacle on Amazon, then you better listen up. You might think that once the Amazon validation… Read More ›

  • Editing Tip #67

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    Manuscript Formatting Secrets, Pt. 1 ~ In Editing Tip #40 I cover how it’s best to create a template for your manuscript before you begin writing, so that you won’t have to fidget with margins, heading & body text styles… Read More ›

  • Book Spotlight – Demon Hunt

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    Auren’s yearly camping trip with her foster father, Kado, turns to disasters when she accidentally lets a demon from the shadow world loose on Luten Isle. She and Kado have little time to hunt it down and return it to… Read More ›

  • Fiction Friday #25

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    Excerpt From DEMON HUNT By Renee Scattergood Auren braced herself as they started their descent. Everything was going smoothly until they reached the bottom and the canoe lurched, sending her flying forward. Somehow she twisted her body and in the… Read More ›