Writing advice from authors

For those who are looking for writing advice, these might help. You can find the basics anywhere, but tips from authors themselves are always the greate...

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This Is Not A Book #3

My adventures in Keri Smith's This Is Not A Book continue... This time, I was supposed to "create a map based on some aspect of your everyday life. Some examples might be your desk, your walk to school or work, your dinner table, your hand." I chose to make a map of my brain, and included in it the...

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Review - May We Be Forgiven by: A.M. Homes

Title: May We Be ForgivenAuthor: A.M. HomesPublisher: GrantaPages: 480Format: PaperbackSource: Personal purchase Awards: 2013 Women's Prize For FictionDescription: Harry is a Richard Nixon scholar who leads a quiet, regular life; his brother George is a high-flying TV producer, with a murderous...

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Review Last Chance Summer by: Hope Ramsay

Title: Last Chance Summer Author: Hope Ramsay Publisher: Forever Yours Pages: 60 Series: Last Chance Format: ebook Source: NetGalley Description: It wouldn't be summer without the Watermelon Festival, and single mom Amanda Wright is looking forward to a carefree day eating funnel cakes and sipping...

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E-books vs. Physical Books

At the beginning of August, a Turkish newspaper translated BuzzFeed’s “10 Reasons Real Books AreBetter Than E-books” article to Turkish. I think this was in hopes of firing up debates among Turkish readers since e-books are getting more available here as well. Having been skeptical of e-reading...

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Infinity's Touch by: Katherine Petersdorf

Title: Infinity's Touch Author: Katherine Petersdorf Publisher: Featherless Production Pages: 183 Series: Infinity's Touch #1 Format: Paperback Source: Author Requested Review Purchase: Barnes&Noble | Amazon Description: Grantland Gordon was a vampire who knew full well the extent of his presence,...

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Excerpt from Stained by Elizabeth Marx

  \ She pushed through the front door, the tail of her trench coat flapping out around her like a backwoods banshee. In my twenty-five years, I’d never seen heels that high, legs that long, or a strut that confident stroll across the tacky floor of Three Sips Distillery. I’d caught a glance...

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Review The Beast by: Faye Kellerman & Giveaway

Title: The Beast Author: Faye Kellerman Publisher: William Morrow Pages: 384 Series: Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus #21 Source: Partners In Crime Book Tour Description: The professional and the personal intersect in treacherous ways in this compelling and eerie installment in Faye Kellerman's thrilling...

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Review Acadian Waltz by: Alexandrea Weis

Title: Acadian Waltz Author: Alexandreae Weis Publisher: World Castle Publishing Pages: 268 Format: Paperback Source: Author Requested Review Purchase: Barnes & Noble | Amazon Description: At thirty, Nora Kehoe is feeling pressured to settle down. On a blind date, Nora unexpectedly ends up in...

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Be Careful What You Wish For Book Blast

About the Author: As a recent graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature, R. K. Avery has written numerous, unpublished, children’s picture books, but her true passion is writing adult fiction. “Having the ability to make people laugh or cry, just by using...

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Series, Sagas and Trilogy's Oh My!

There are unlimited (atleast it seems that way to me) of book series.  Many of them are YA genre but adult books are getting to be the same way.  It seems when you start one book next thing you know it's turned into a trilogy or saga or series.  The first book I recall seeing this...

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Book Tour Review The Enchanted by: Elaine Cantrell & Giveaway

Title: The Enchanted Author: Elaine Cantrell Paperback: 218 pp. Electronic: 484 KB Publisher: Astraea Press Language: English Description: Forced by his father into a marriage he didn’t want, Prince Alan soon finds that his bride isn’t the sweet, submissive creature he expected.  Morgane...

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The Songbird and the Soldier by: Wendy Lou Jones

Title: The Songbird and The Soldier Author: Wendy Lou Jones Publisher: HarperImpulse Format: ebook Source: NetGalley Purchase: Barnes and Noble | Amazon Description: Sometimes it's when you least expect it, that something wonderful happens, but for Andy Garrington the timing couldn't have been...

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Torch Cover Reveal

 ***This is a new adult contemporary novel and contains sexual content and graphic language. It is not intended for young adult readers.*** Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...

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