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What's in a Name?

I remember the day my mom and I were talking about my writing career. She asked me what name I planned to go by, what pen name I was going to use. “Maybe,” she said, “you should choose a name that’s easier to pronounce than Gligor. Don’t most writers do that?” Our conversation reminded me of an article I once read. It was an interview with actress, Jacqueline Bisset. When the interviewer told Jacqueline that he’d…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on April 4, 2012 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

The 3 Cs of Effective Paragraphs

Every well-written paragraph needs three parts: context, content, and conclusion. These three parts are known collectively as the 3 Cs. When you use the 3 Cs, you present information logically, you help the reader understand your message, and you demonstrate the relevance of your idea.

Context. The first sentence…

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Added by David Bowman on April 3, 2012 at 11:26pm — 1 Comment

GOOD MORNING!

My book "The Divine Spear and Intrinsic Staff of WEISHENDO" a special exercise book I have written for people with limited movement is entered in the "Get On The Shelf Contest" sponsored by Wal-Mart.  Today is the last day of voting for round one.  If selected as one of the 10 finalists this is an opportunity for me to help spread the word about auto-immune diseases on a global scale.  To cast your vote log on to…

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Added by Zachary E. Lewis on April 3, 2012 at 6:19pm — No Comments

Just a Little Longer

They had nothing to say to each other.  The time for any speaking had already passed.  Now here they were, at the end of all things.  In the dim light of the hospital room, the wife curled her fingers around the quiet, cool ones of her husband.



She couldn’t see beyond the tears.  There was nothing to see as it was.  They had walked all the paths of their life together and instead of looking…
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Added by Rionna Morgan on April 3, 2012 at 5:08am — No Comments

Now Available: The Godfly by George Reif

About the Book:

The Godfly is a political science book that explores the American system of government....

Back when we were just children, the plutocrats took possession of our minds and twisted the truth into power politics. Placing free citizens into a toady, sycophant existence.



About the Author: …

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Added by George Reif on April 2, 2012 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Spotlight Interview with Author Humberto Sachs

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Humberto! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.

A: I am Humberto Sachs, a man of science with a philosophical ambition. The next genesis is my first book of the Scitrek Collection, a science fiction series dwelling on hope for humanity if we dare to evolve. You can find me and my co-writer on Amazon and on TXgroup (…

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Added by SpotlightInterviews on April 2, 2012 at 3:30pm — No Comments

The Cut

By George Pelecanos

http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/georgepelecanos/

 

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Ex Marine and Iraq vet Spero Lucas works as an investigator for a Washington, D.C. defense attorney. He also has a sideline business finding lost items for people. Drug runner Anwan…

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Added by Stephen Lawrence Brayton on April 2, 2012 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Get on the Bus

Do you know when you get to Reprisal?

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Added by Sam Lang on April 2, 2012 at 3:03pm — No Comments

Thompson on...One Writer's Journey to become a successful novelist!

        Sometimes when I enter my writing area, in a corner of my office, it seems that words will not come and the critic inside me attacks my creativity with a constant bombardment of negative thoughts. "

       Enough!

       Finally, I sit down, strike the letters on the keyboard and let the words energize each other as they create vivid word pictures that…

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Added by JE Thompson on April 2, 2012 at 4:29am — No Comments

Where is the Participation?

Hello Writers,

I've been scanning through groups and notice that a lot of people post poetry, comments, start discussions, etc., but when I get down to likes and comments, more often than not, there are two zeros.

Are these groups just "every man for himself" or are we here to help one another?  If we don't like or comment or reply or join a discussion, or offer some advice, what's the point?

Three options come to mind.  We aren't interested.  We're too  busy or we just…

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Added by J. Helen Elza on April 1, 2012 at 7:23pm — 2 Comments

Catherine Green Radio Interview - Cauldron FM

It gives me great pleasure to share my very first live internet radio interview. Here I talk about my debut paranormal romance novel Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), the inspiration for my Redcliffe series, and life as a pagan mother. Have a listen, and I appreciate any feedback……

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Added by Catherine Green on March 31, 2012 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

The Devil's in the Details

As a book reviewer, one of the areas of the book I analyze is writing style. I try to inform the potential reader about what type of book I’ve read.

 

Think about the different authors you’ve read. Besides the different genres having, or sometimes requiring, different styles, consider the multitude of authors in only one genre.

 

Horror – H.P. Lovecraft wrote lengthy sentences with details galore.

Stephen King writes flashback scenes with a lot of detail.…

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Added by Stephen Lawrence Brayton on March 30, 2012 at 3:00am — No Comments

American Caliphate

My new archaeological mystery - American Caliphate - has just been released by Dark Oak Mysteries.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Caliphate-William-Doonan/dp/1610090438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333029909&sr=8-1

Archaeologists Jila Wells and…
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Added by William Doonan on March 29, 2012 at 4:05pm — No Comments

One of my poems from my upcoming Poetry edition, Do enjoy and please leave comments if you like. CW

Enchanted

The right lead which proceeded towards the utmost need. The inheritance of thy mind, heart, body and soul. The absolute knowledge of the rivers of true living water. It's when the tide is high, fully manifesting it's self towards the very given moment. Being anointed is it's favorite attribute. The growth of wisdom is embedded and the full meaning of it all is " Enchanted".

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Added by Chuma Akil Jahi Watson on March 29, 2012 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Quantum Physics; What's the big Mystery

Ecclesiastes 3:15 "That which is has been already; that which shall be is nothing new." This verse of Scripture explains what has taken science by storm with the discovery of quantum physics.

Science has discovered that all things, including solid objects, are made up of particles of light known as photons. These particles of light are perplexing to science due to the fact that they cannot be measured accurately.

If science measures the speed…
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Added by Jesus Villalobos on March 29, 2012 at 3:46am — No Comments

Just a little insight based on my first upcoming novel

                                      The faith of God empowers life and is much greater than the faith of man. Our role models where just like us or even worst, I may resume. The thing is, many remember who they where for there own benefit. A few truly acknowledge the reflection of another at the very given moment of there success. Being a brother's keeper rather than no keeper at all.…

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Added by Chuma Akil Jahi Watson on March 29, 2012 at 12:14am — No Comments

8 Sentence Patterns for Academic and Technical Writing

An expert academic or technical writer needs only a few basic sentence patterns to produce easy-to-understand writing. Each of the sentence patterns below will result in clear academic or technical writing. However, do not use any one pattern more than twice in a row to prevent the writing from sounding repetitive and boring. Also,…

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Added by David Bowman on March 28, 2012 at 10:01pm — No Comments

I Do Birthday Parties, Too!

Not really.





At least, not yet.





With mega-book chains closing their doors (Borders) and online booksellers battling for eBook domination, authors are faced with the daunting task of connecting with their readers. How do we get our print books out there? How do we connect with our digital readers?…



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Added by Mark Miller on March 28, 2012 at 6:41pm — 2 Comments

A NOVEL APPROACH Number 16: The Basics of Shooting Free Throws

In the middle of all these heavy topics about writing scenes, characters, conflicts and so on, it is easy to lose sight of the basics. This is about as basic as I can get: writing is like shooting free throws. Really. (March Madness is in the air…)

Every free throw attempted is taken for two purposes – to count, and to practice for the next one. You can’t practice for the last one; not one free…

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Added by Sandy Lawrence on March 26, 2012 at 3:52pm — No Comments

Deadly Currents

By Beth Groundwater

www.bethgroundwater.com

 

Plot

In the whitewater rapids of Colorado’s Arkansas River, Tom King falls out of his raft. Mandy Tanner, ranger and river guide rescues him but King dies anyway. Mandy subsequently finds out King died from poisoning. Who killed him? The suspects are…

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Added by Stephen Lawrence Brayton on March 26, 2012 at 3:19pm — No Comments

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