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Why I Read
Because I can create peace in my mind
Even if the world is not all that peaceful
Because people write their truths
And when the heart is contextualized
hidden gems are found
waiting to be resurrected
and valued
I read because reading is valuable
And because books are the only place
where you can learn for free
I read because books are the only schools
I can carry with me
I read to learn from people
who came before me
I read to hear voices
through words
written down
to understand others
to listen to hearts
I read to find the person between the lines.
I read because not everyone can.
10 Reasons Your Book Is Not Getting Reviewed (by #BookBloggers) #MondayBlogs #WriterTip
THIS!!
Nora Excerpts – 1
“On that windowsill, she stood in the crossfire of people and lights and cars and bobbed her head to the beat of ragtime syncopation and driving brass bands to soaring gospel choirs mixed with field hollers and the deep-down growl of the blues. She danced to the groove of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Willie “The Lion” Smith, Bessie Smith, Billie “Lady Day” Holiday, and Chick Webb. Legs swinging, roof rocking, neighbors knocking, and body incapable of standing still. Nora stood up on her toes and let her partner throw her over his back, let him throw her into the air again, and then slithered like her body was made of jellyfish underneath his legs. She danced as if she’d never had legs before, gliding and shaking in ways her father would never approve of. Nora flipped and split and cartwheeled around The Negro Club alongside Louis Jordan and The Nicholas Brother’s until the sweat began to congregate alongside her forehead and trickle its way down to her chin.”
– Renaissance: The Nora White Story, Book One.
Coming July 15, 2017
Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – Waiting in the Wings by Stevie Turner
Name: Waiting in the Wings
Author: Stevie Turner
Print Length: 199 pages
Publisher: KDP (November 30, 2016)
Publication Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
ASIN: B01M3MOEPV
In Waiting in the Wings, Stevie’s mother, Dot is sick and getting worse as time progresses. Dorothy Eliza Wilkins or Dot had a breech birth. (My twin sister was breech as well. It means that she was born feet first instead of head first.) Sadly, Dot suffered a dislocated hip due to being pulled from the womb by her left leg and developed osteomyelitis at four years of age after a fall.
This would play a major role in her adult life, especially as she ages and her body deteriorates and her mobility becomes limited.
The relationship between Dot and Stevie is one in which Dot has become the child and Stevie the adult. Both mother and daughter struggle to endure this transition, which understandably takes its toll on them both. Stevie helps her mom through her depression by reliving old memories.
We are invited into Stevie and Dot’s past and watch how it influences Stevie in real time. We watch her examine her relationship with Dot while enduring the trials of caring for a sick parent while balancing her own illness.
Ratings:
Plot Movement / Strength: 4/5
Entertainment Factor: 4/5
Characterization: 5/5
Authenticity / Believable: 5/5
Thought Provoking: 5/5
Overall Rating: 5 / 5
Waiting in the Wings is Available on Amazon
Stevie has lots of books for you so be sure to find her online!
Website
http://www.stevie-turner-author.co.uk/
Blog
https://steviet3.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/StevieTurnerAuthor/
Twitter @stevieturner6
Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7172051.Stevie_Turner
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3 Tips To Keep Your Reader READING: Cliffhanger Endings
I enjoyed this! Excellent lesson. I want to write now lol.
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.)
To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side by side to see what was changed.
Then give me your thoughts in the comment section.
Cliffhangers
Most of the time we as writers get a scene completed and we say, “That’s enough, I’ll stop writing and end the chapter here.” We solved one of the mini hurdles. Whew! Time for a drink.
But
If we give readers that feeling of something being resolved, THEY may stop and go have a drink – and never pick our book up again!
Your audience will probably keep reading if the story is…
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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – The House on Candlewick Lane by Amy M. Reade
Title: The House on Candlewick Lane
Author: Amy M. Reade
Print Length: 263 pages
Publisher: Lyrical Underground (February 7, 2017)
Publication Date: February 7, 2017
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Language: English
ASIN: B01FBZXR3K
When Dr. Greer Dobbins receives a call from her daughter’s school to confirm that her little girl is out, she is surprised. Ellie should have been in school.
Ellie is missing, and Greer could experience no greater agony. Having been abducted by her ex-husband Neil, Ellie has been taken by her own father. A marriage that fell apart over Neil’s gambling addiction, there’s no telling where he’s taken, Ellie. Distraught, Dr. Dobbins is at her wit’s end as she and the police try to piece together the details of the disappearance.
They discover a man is spotted on an airport security video in Albany, New York, holding the hand of a little boy. The man’s face is concealed, but the little boy turns around and faces the camera. The little boy is Ellie. Greer is taken aback. Neil has cut their daughter’s hair and dressed her in boys’ clothes.
Unfortunately for this professor, things do not get better. Having already sugar-coated the divorce details to the police, Greer must inform them that neither she nor Neil is from the United States. In providing information about Neil’s parents and siblings, she reveals that she and Neil are both from Scotland. At this point, after discovering that both she and her daughter’s passports are missing, it is clear that Neil is headed home.
After a frantic attempt at boarding a plane without a passport and going through several airport personnel to rectify the situation, Greer heads to Edinburgh, Scotland, searching for her daughter. On the plane, she meets James, and a casual conversation sparks the beginning of a relationship and a long search ahead. We learn more about Neil and Greer’s relationship, her strained relationship with her former parents-in-law, and other secrets the city holds.
I enjoyed how the author didn’t allow the book to end until all the questions were answered. I love this in a good novel: everything is resolved before the book end and we have a solid and satisfying conclusion.
Plot Movement / Strength: 4/5
Entertainment Factor: 3/5
Characterization: 4/5
Authenticity / Believable: 3/5
Thought Provoking: 3/5
Overall Rating: 3 / 5 stars
The House on Candlewick Lane is available now on Amazon.
Be sure to contact this Best Selling Author at the links below!
Amy can be found online at the following places:
Website: www.amymreade.com
Blog: www.amreade.wordpress.com
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Amazon: www.amazon.com/Amy-M.-Reade/e/B00LX6ASF2/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
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