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Guest post from Leigh Lane
I’m so happy to have Leigh Lane here with me today… as she talks “Why Poe?” Why Poe? byLeigh M. Lane Edgar Allan Poe is to Gothic romance/horror what Stephen King is to the supernatural thriller. I very affectionately refer … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allen Poe, Guest Blogging, Leigh Lane, stephen king, Why Poe?, Writing
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The mystery of suspense
I think they work together… Suspense and mystery. We try to find out who did what to whom and why, but within that, we need a swirl of possibilities and events to make that final scene all come together. Building … Continue reading
A couple writing articles
I found two very cool links… writing advice from Steinbeck and Orwell… http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/6-writing-tips-from-john-steinbeck/254351/ http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/george-orwells-5-rules-for-effective-writing/
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Tagged george orwell, how to write, jim bronyaur, john steinbeck, writing advice, writing tips
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A win for the indies
I’m not one to get in the mix of controversy… but in the past month, there has been a huge uproar about the changes that PayPal had made to their TOS. Primarily, it dealt with certain subjects that were often … Continue reading
Posted in Booksellers, Business, Jim b, Smashwords, Writing
Tagged paypal, paypal censorship, smashwords, smashwords paypal
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We’re coming back…
So, I’ve been having fun on my other blog… creating days like Chocolate Milk Tuesday and Pink Floyd Wednesday, but I still want to talk about writing… I have to because I’m a writer. And over there, things get a … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Booksellers, Business, Selling Books, Writing
Tagged Amazon, amazon kdp, blogging, books, Business, ebook, ebook publishing, how to sell ebooks, indie, indie author, indie publishing, kdp, kindle, selling ebooks, Writing, writing ebooks
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2012… in our sights
I welcome it. What about you? What am I looking forward to? Last year, when the ball dropped and my Dad and I were slightly drunk, doing our best not to laugh at poor Dick Clark (come on, why do … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 2012 goals, goals for writing, resolutions 2012, Writing, writing goals, writing resolutions
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Back into horror we go
So I’ve been hard at work this past week getting my next horror book, The Floors, done. Can’t say when it’ll be live to world, still has a long way to go, but writing it has been fun… and somewhat … Continue reading
How I wrote 30,000 words in a single week
Two weeks ago I wrote 30,000 words in a week. As of this writing, I’m staring at 21,000 written words this week alone. Last week, I went easy and wrote 13,000 words. Each time I post about it, people ask … Continue reading
