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Quick Writing Tip # 1 Poetry

I sometimes stumble across quick writing tips that don’t justify a full multi-page ramble, but are worthy on their own. I’m going to start posting these as often as I can, and I’ll expand on the ones I understand well enough to talk about in depth. So… Quick Writing Tip # 1 Poetry I know. [...]

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Help Others, Help Yourself

Writing isn’t an easy job. For the countless hours that you put into your manuscript there’s absolutely no guarantee of a pay day. Even if you write a great book it might never catch on, or you might never even get published. Or, like me, you might find yourself in the middle of a MAJOR [...]

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Review of Story Structure – Demystified

I have new review up, and if you’re an author looking to make a living getting published, you need to check it out here. This is the first book I’ve given a 10/10 score to, because of the huge impact this one book can potentially have on your career.

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New Media Ninja; or, why JC Hutchins is the man

JC Hutchins’ book 7th Son: Descent is out. This makes me happy. Not just because it’s good (it’s superb), not just because he’s got a damn snazzy website (although it is pretty damn snazzy), but because any new author trying to make it in the business should take a look at JC Hutchins’ way of [...]

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Review Of Phil Rossi’s Crescent

I’ve just finished reviewing Phil Rossi’s awesome novel Crescent. If excellent sci-fi with a horror twist tickles your taste buds then check out the review right here.

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Bam Crash Pow

Does your story need violence to make it interesting? Maybe. I wish the answer was no, I’ve experienced enough real violence to tell you for sure that it isn’t fun in the least*, but when it comes to stories one of the things readers really respond to is violence. It doesn’t need to be physical [...]

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Bob Mayer

I’ve mentioned before that I’m utterly unqualified to give advice on writing. It doesn’t stop me trying too mind you, but the qualifications to do so are not present. To make up for this I try to link to people who are qualified to give you the good oil on writing. Bob Mayer is one [...]

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New review is up! Jack Wakes Up by Seth Harwood

I’ve just put up another book review of Seth Harwood’s Jack Wakes Up. Just click on those funny coloured letters with the line underneath and enjoy!

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Good Advice?

I was hesitant about posting this particular article, at least in part because I’m not sure if this will work for everyone. I also worry it’s going to make me look really stupid. Still, without this particular set of experiences I would be far further behind in my writing than I am. I still can’t [...]

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J C Hutchins

I wanted to throw up a link to JC Hutchins’s Website. I’ve just picked up a copy of his book “Personal Effects: Dark Art” and I wanted to encourage everyone to drop by the site. JC Hutchins gives out more free content on his site than you can reasonably get through inb one sitting. If [...]

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