Hobson: Yes, bathing is a lonely business. Arthur Bach: Except for fish. Hobson: I beg your pardon? Did you say “except for fish”? Arthur Bach: Yes… fish all bathe together. Although they do tend to eat one another. I often think… fish must get awfully tired of seafood. What are you thoughts, Hobson?
Awesome post to boost my upcoming novel…
The wording of the title of this post should tell you I didn’t write it – and a few astute followers of this blog will guess that my friend Lucy Brazier did. And you’d be right. It’s been a little while since Lucy and I shared a pint at a haunted English pub. (They’re all […]
I want you to look at these two charts. They are basically WHY READERS STOP READING A BOOK. Chart 1 says the biggest reasons are: 25% stop reading because it’s DULL 16% stop because of bad writing (more on that in a sec) 16% DULL characters or characters who are unbelievable 9% stop because you […]
Last year my daughter got the flu and missed the week of school before Christmas break – which meant almost a month of not seeing her friends. She was so sad. I was on campus to drop something off and decided to pop into her classroom to ask a few of her friends to wish […]
Well, see if you can figure out where this one came from. Guinea Pig Adventure Ms. Wendy keeps two adorable Guinea pigs in her 3rd grade classroom, Ginger and Gwen. After watching third grade for a few semesters Gwen decides she and Ginger are ready for 4th grade. They sneak across the hall to Ms. […]
Who did what to whom?? I don’t know for sure! August 12, 2019 Format: Kindle Edition Dear Mr. Alatorre, write the next Carly and Sergio quickly!! LOL I was still guessing at nearly the end of the book. I had part of it figured out but not the whole plot. Loved it! Thank you.
“I was intrigued on page 1; all the following pages mesmerized & compelled me to keep reading.” Mr. Alatorre has quickly become one of my favorite authors. His imagination astounds me, with each book different and original. His thorough research is obvious in the myriad of details that build the story. The characters are believable, […]
Yep, you read that right. Do No Harm, a medical thriller box set, debuted at #55 on the USA Today bestseller list this week. My contribution was The Gamma Sequence, an 80,000 word novel I wrote in 36 days. (If you want to learn how I WROTE an 80k book in 36 days, click HERE.) […]
We have addressed hundreds of writing related topics here on the blog; use the search button to find the ones you need. In a nutshell, your book isn’t selling because your cover is amateurish and your blurb sucks. Bad cover Bad blurb Got it? Those two things are the biggest reasons people pass on buying […]
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