In the past few years, I’ve seen bloggers participate in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. After picking a theme, they post something about that theme every day during the month of April (not including Sundays). I’d considered doing it, but this is the first year I’ve actually done the necessary work of picking a…
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
? your humble host You finally worked up the nerve to ask a real, live bookstore to have you sign books at an event! Okay, you emailed them. But they replied and now you have a signing event! Woo hoo! Uh oh… A real live event.With people. Or worse, maybe…
This post popped up in my Facebook memories yesterday. Now, let’s get a closer look. Aside from the obvious difference in word choice/reading level, there is a noticeable difference in length. The marketers must think guys don’t have time to read their body wash labels before they buy. For the record, I’ve never read a…
You guys know I like writing challenges, and Dan offered up an unusual one today: If today were your final blog post, what would you say? My first thought was…that’ll happen?? I can’t imagine not blogging, but I suppose someday I’ll have to wrap this up for whatever reason – my own circumstances, or the collapse…
Confession: I struggled to come up with a title for this post, because I knew the second you read “theme” you’d remember your high school literature classes and all their boringness and run away. “I want you to write . . . a theeeme!” Dun dun DUNNN! Come back! This won’t be boring! Know how…
Last weekend, I published this post about why we stop reading books. Many of you submitted insightful comments, and as I read through them I realized something: many of our “reading pet peeves” can be boiled down to the author doing one of two things. Not bad, huh? Just avoid doing two things and you’re…
I’ve read a lot of books. A LOT of books. When I was a kid, I’d get sets of books and be thrilled at the promise of spending countless hours sitting upside-down in my mom’s recliner with an open book. Reading and appreciation of a good story is part of who I am. But in recent…
Originally posted on Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes:
? Project Renovatio Levin Davis has it made. At 20, he’s a college graduate with a dream job, a beautiful girlfriend, and a life that can only get better – until he receives a mysterious letter suggesting his long-dead father is alive and hiding an extraordinary secret.…
Last night, I started outlining a new story. There are two POV characters. One is Beth, an English woman whose story occurs in 1981. The other is Sonia, an American woman (I haven’t figured out which city yet) living in the present day. I know basic details for each character. Beth – English, a primary…
Originally posted on TheNerdyGirlExpress:
There is the fallacy on the part of some readers to dismiss books that belong to the Young Adult (YA) genre as lacking the literary sophistication of works intended for mature audiences. Perhaps there is a hesitancy in investing time in YA books for fear that the characters and plot won’t…
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