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  • Writing is better than sex

    Writing is better than sex

    Originally posted on An author's Life: Hand of female lying on bed with a man caressing her Earlier this week, a fellow writer chap I met on twitter gave me a piece of advice that, quite frankly, gave me the heebie-jeebies. ‘To succeed as an author,’ he told me, ‘you need to prefer writing…

  • Be a Good Reviewer.

    Be a Good Reviewer.

    Originally posted on Lit World Interviews: Lit World Interviews View original post

  • Midnight’s Children…

    “Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India’s independence, 1,001 children all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts, inextricably linked to each other…” The title intrigued me and compelled me to read this book. I knew the name of the author, more for the dire trouble he once found himself…

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  • The Long Road to Print

    Cynthia Harrison My first published novel, Sister Issues, is finally in print. It only took a dozen or so years after I wrote it for this to happen. What took so long? Paradoxically, my impatience to be published is what held this book back from seeing print for so long. Readers of this blog know…

  • Finally! A paid advertising site that actually works!

    Originally posted on Ana Spoke, author: Well, actually it’s two sites – I accidentally scheduled two promos for the same day (10 October), and so I will never know which business to thank for catapulting Shizzle, Inc back to the bestseller lists. Yeah, baby, guess who’s back? Isa was back in top 100s – in…

  • Unchanging

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s weekly haiku prompt

  • Today’s Quote

  • Author Feature: Brian Guthrie

    Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: Rise by Brian Guthrie is one of the books I’ve been looking forward to read. His topic is highly original – a world where people are forced to live in bubbles that shield them from death. Only, the technology surrounding their world is crumbling, no one seems to know how…

  • Hidden reflections

    The Silent Eye Camera in hand, I was watching for the baby fish, but my attention was drawn to the little waterfall that tumbles into a corner of the pond, adding an extra dimension of sound to the garden. The water is closer, more insistent and attractive, capturing the attention and drawing it away from…

  • Have you thought about #volunteering? I’m on the radio! @PenistoneFM

    Originally posted on Just Olga: Hi all: As you all know, life can take some funny detours on the way to wherever it is taking us. I don’t know you, but I have found myself at times at an impasse, in between things. Things are moving but not quite ready yet for the next step…

  • Writing is better than sex

    Writing is better than sex

    Originally posted on An author's Life: Hand of female lying on bed with a man caressing her Earlier this week, a fellow writer chap I met on twitter gave me a piece of advice that, quite frankly, gave me the heebie-jeebies. ‘To succeed as an author,’ he told me, ‘you need to prefer writing…

  • Be a Good Reviewer.

    Be a Good Reviewer.

    Originally posted on Lit World Interviews: Lit World Interviews View original post

  • Midnight’s Children…

    “Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India’s independence, 1,001 children all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts, inextricably linked to each other…” The title intrigued me and compelled me to read this book. I knew the name of the author, more for the dire trouble he once found himself…

    ,
    ,

  • The Long Road to Print

    Cynthia Harrison My first published novel, Sister Issues, is finally in print. It only took a dozen or so years after I wrote it for this to happen. What took so long? Paradoxically, my impatience to be published is what held this book back from seeing print for so long. Readers of this blog know…

  • Finally! A paid advertising site that actually works!

    Originally posted on Ana Spoke, author: Well, actually it’s two sites – I accidentally scheduled two promos for the same day (10 October), and so I will never know which business to thank for catapulting Shizzle, Inc back to the bestseller lists. Yeah, baby, guess who’s back? Isa was back in top 100s – in…

  • Unchanging

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s weekly haiku prompt

  • Today’s Quote

  • Author Feature: Brian Guthrie

    Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: Rise by Brian Guthrie is one of the books I’ve been looking forward to read. His topic is highly original – a world where people are forced to live in bubbles that shield them from death. Only, the technology surrounding their world is crumbling, no one seems to know how…

  • Hidden reflections

    The Silent Eye Camera in hand, I was watching for the baby fish, but my attention was drawn to the little waterfall that tumbles into a corner of the pond, adding an extra dimension of sound to the garden. The water is closer, more insistent and attractive, capturing the attention and drawing it away from…

  • Have you thought about #volunteering? I’m on the radio! @PenistoneFM

    Originally posted on Just Olga: Hi all: As you all know, life can take some funny detours on the way to wherever it is taking us. I don’t know you, but I have found myself at times at an impasse, in between things. Things are moving but not quite ready yet for the next step…