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Month: July 2015

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7 Suggestions for Writing Awesome Book Blurbs

The Problem: Many writers struggle with writing the description for the stories they’ve just poured their soul into over the last few weeks/months/years. Who am I to try and answer this question? A few months ago I joined the launch of the Lei Crime Kindle World. (If you don’t know about kindle worlds, you should…

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10 Reasons a Reader Might Hate Your Fiction Book …
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10 Reasons a Reader Might Hate Your Fiction Book …

And what that says about your story. Introduction: Hate might be a bit too strong for my meaning, but it was much quicker than saying “dislike/loathe/have an aversion to/ can’t connect well with/ grew bored with/ etc.” These are in no particular order within their groupings, but I believe there are neutral, bad, and good…

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Journey to BookExpo America/BookCon 2015 – is a similar journey for you?

Dear Reader, Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog. I’m trying to make it more useful to people, so I thought I’d start out by sharing some of the journey to BEA/BookCon 2015. This year it was held at the Javits center in New York City. Who should care? (Who is…

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Let’s Try Blogging – Take 8

Let’s see, it’s been about a decade since I first started blogging. I think my number of posts is still well below 100. I wonder how long this kick will last. So far, I like wordpress a little more than blogger, but it could just be the “new toy” glow that has yet to fade….

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What shall I tell thee, world?

Since I’ve many interests, you’ll probably hear a little – or a lot – about many of them. Mostly, I’ll chat about writing lessons and teaching lessons I’ve learned over the years. Occasionally, you’ll get book reviews, product reviews, rants, and other news from me.

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