From time to time here on the blog we’ll feature a profile of an author or their writing. Today, it’s my privilege to introduce Ellis the elephant, a bullying story for children. Ann Rochelle Aben gets introduced, too, as Ellis’ creator. Have a read and give me her thoughts! Ellis the elephant was big and […]
I’m not asking for a tearjerker letter to your children, but play along. If you had a crystal ball that said you’d die in a car crash later today, or if you were diagnosed with cancer and would die, or for some reason you would no longer be able to write… What would your final […]
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We did it! 2,000 Followers!!
That was fast! 2000 subscribers Shot right past it, in fact. Woo hoo! I should be happy. It wasn’t that long ago – about a year – when we were closing it on 1000. Now, just 13 months later, we’ve passed 2000. It took more than three years to get that first thousand (we call […]
You guys deserve a bone every once in a while. We’re closing in on 2,000 subscribers so I figured we should celebrate. Reblog this and I’ll enter your name a second time. Oh, and ALL my beta readers for Poggi will get a signed paperback when they come out, so if you did that […]
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How’s This?
We’ve been working on a blurb for Poggibonsi: An Italian Misadventure for a while… (My amazing beta readers got their advance review copies yesterday, thank you very much. The book should release in about 30 days, maybe less.) anyway I wanted a blurb that represented what was actually in the book. laugh out loud funny parts […]
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When To Spell Out Numbers
Taken, paraphrased and bastardized from the article “When Do I Spell Out Numbers?” dated February 13, 2017, by Brian A. Klems The most common “rules of thought” on how to handle writing numbers are pretty simple: Spell out numbers under 10 (zero through nine) use the numeric symbols for numbers 10 and up. I bought […]
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Be A Beta Reader for Poggibonsi
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
Ready? My latest novel Poggibonsi: An Italian Misadventure is almost ready for beta readers. (Read a sample chapter HERE) What’s a beta reader? Well, it’s kind of a big deal. You get to read the whole book before everybody else and then tell me what you think. Also, you get to…
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What’s The Role of a BETA READER?
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
Now I gotta find BETA READERS? If I do my job properly as a writer, I have put together what in my head is a relatively cohesive, interesting story.* That’s it. In a nutshell, that’s my job. (If you’d like to be a Beta Reader for Poggibonsi, you can read…
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Be A Beta Reader for Poggibonsi
Ready? My latest novel Poggibonsi: An Italian Misadventure is almost ready for beta readers. (Read a sample chapter HERE) What’s a beta reader? Well, it’s kind of a big deal. You get to read the whole book before everybody else and then tell me what you think. Also, you get to be one of the first […]
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