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Then and Now – Writing 1920s Fiction in 2017 – Guest Post by, Yecheilyah Ysrayl…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: One of the important pieces of research I must do for my books is to look at the differences between how we live today and how we lived in the early 1900s. In writing book one of The Nora White Story, for instance, I found myself… Continue reading
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This week in Indie Publishing

This week in Indie Publishing… Don Massenzio Literary Agent Breaks Down How to Win in Self-Publishing The facts don’t lie. Everyone who publishes a successful book doesn’t have a deal with a major publisher. Over the last two decades self-publishing has flourished and the books sold by independent authors have done amazing things in the… Continue reading
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The Hard Truth About Publishing—What Writers & Readers NEED to Know
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog: As we careen toward the New Year, many emerging writers have a goal to finally publish that novel and I hope you do! But the arts are kind of strange. We often get fixated on the creative side, without really understanding the business side of our business. The publishing… Continue reading
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How Different Types of Reading Change Your Writing

Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski: ? You are what you read. That is a simple enough concept, but it turns out that it means more than just that people who read mysteries may become better at writing mysteries. What a person reads fundamentally changes the structure of his or her writing. In June of 2016, the International Journal… Continue reading

