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• Byword Offers Fullscreen Distraction-Free Writing Pleasure On Your Mac

  
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  Taking your pen to hand – or more often keyboard, in these times – is not always a simple undertaking. That’s not to say writing is bothersome. No, rather the opposite. Writing is wonderful, awesome, enchanting, and a hundred other things. The problem then is that there are too many distractions. Loud noises, ...
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• Tips For Building An Interesting World

  
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  Today Im world building. And, no, Im not talking about my on-again, off-again, obsession with Minecraft . Sometimes a world reveals itself in a rush of inspiration and all I have to do is write it down. Other times, like today, Ill grab onto a great character who seems to come ready-made, reminding me of Stephen ...
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• A whole new world

  
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  Writing fantasy is both a blessing and acurse. A whole new world is yours for the creating, but, if you don’t plan itcarefully and abide by your own rules, you can turn it from fantasy to purenonsense. Having now completed a trilogy of fantasy novels I’ve experiencedresearching like I never would have fathomed ...
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• Write Your Novel – Keeping Track

  
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  As you will no doubt have noticed, novels are big. I mean, acommercial novel is likely to have 90-100,000 words and within that you’ll havemultiple chapters, scenes, characters, plots, sub-plots, and back story. As you get further into yourfirst draft (or attempt to wrestle your second draft into a coherent whole) ...
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• Does Your Past Hold a Key to a Great Story? Five Elements of Experience Essential for Building a Story

  
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  Pamela Jane Bell returns from her past with a new look at writing memoir. Full of valuable information, be sure to check this out.
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• Don’t Write That Next Book Yet – 10 Questions to Ask Yourself

  
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  Many authors start writing their second and third book, ink barely dry on their first one. Coming from a veteran book coach, understand this decision works against your best interests. Why? Because you need to learn the proven online book promotion techniques and apply them to your original book first. Just because ...
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• 10 Ways Details Can Spice Up Your Writing

  
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  Details are not simply lists of words and phrases used to describe the physical appearance of story characters and settings. Every detail should have more than one purpose. Details are word pictures that enable a reader to experience sights, sounds, smells of scenes and characters. They should provide insight into a ...
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• How to Write Erotic Fiction - Sex is not enough!

  
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  Want to write erotic fiction? Try these quickie top tips in this video guide from  Mills & Boon - How to Write Erotic Fiction - Sex is not enough!
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• Guest Blogging: Why It’s Important & How to Do It Well

  
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  Content is good. Blogging is great. Guest blogging is fantastic. Guest blogging carries all of the benefits that your standard blog brings to the table: fresh new content, SEO value, “thought leadership,” or whatever you’d prefer to call it, etc. However, guest blogging takes these principles one step ...
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• Blog Exercises: How to Write about Something Someone Else Wrote

  
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  In the early development of the web, blogs were classified as echo chambers, vessels of redundant content as every original idea was shared, reshared, quoted, and spread across the web at rapid speed. Some estimates state that less than 2% of all the content on the web is original. It’s mostly regurgitation of the ...
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• Happy anniversary to me!

  
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  10 years ago today, I got The Call from Kimberly Young at the Mills and Boon London office that changed my career. I went from physiotherapist to published author and havent looked back. Im so lucky to be doing my dream job! My first book will always hold a special place in my heart. Tomorrow, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Experience in Writing Short Stories and Novels

  
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  Experience in Writing Short Stories and Novels. This post comes from mystery author Jan Christensen . She’s a writer that has experience in writing shorts stories and novels.   When I first made a firm decision to become a  writer, I decided that writing short stories could teach me a lot about how to ...
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• Literary Link – Holly Lisle on using your weakness

  
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  I’ve been following author Holly Lisle for years, both because she’s a great writer and because she’s incredibly generous when it comes to sharing her writing and industry knowledge.  She’s also hilarious.  If you haven’t already, you should check out her website.  I’m one of her email subscribers, ...
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• The Web Content Writer’s Bible – Book Review

  
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  I always love reading new releases that relate to freelance writing so when I was asked to review The Web Content Writer’s Bible, I was very excited. The name suggests that this book is going to be something that freelance writers will refer to often and I was expecting a lot. I received the kindle version ...
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• Five of the Best... Pens and Pencils

  
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  Like many (all?) authors, I’m more than a little obsessed bywriting implements. Despite mainly using a computer, I still need the right pens and pencils for scribbling in notebooks, keeping my journal, doodling, brainstorming and making endless lists. This selection ranges from the cheap and cheerful to outright ...
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• Ask the Author with Pippa Wright – How did you get a book deal?

  
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  We’re super excited that for the month of May Pippa Wright is here at Novelicious as our author in residence. Each Friday she will be answering a question about her life as a writer. This week a Novelicious reader asks:  How did you get a book deal? Pippa says : Okay this one’s tough, because I ...
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• Blog Exercises: List Your Resources

  
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  In “Blog Exercises: What Are Your Reference Articles” your blog exercise was to identify your reference articles from within your site and list them on a Page or in a post as a reference list. Today’s blog exercise is to identify and publish your resources beyond your site, the reference material and sources you ...
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• Balancing the Good Bits

  
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  One of the most common mistakes I find in books by new authors is the tendency to put in the wrong things:  they spend pages on things that should be left out, then jump right over the things that should be included.  The result is a work that feels unbalanced, giving weight to stuff the [...]
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• What is the Gist of Your Story? #9

  
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  A sound premise and compelling themes are undoubtedly the hallmarks of great writing. In another addition to the SERIES on literary themes and premise, I’d like you to join me in welcoming Laura Dennis. She blogs at The Adaptable (Adopted) Expat Mommy. Connect with her on twitter or email ...
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• Writing A Book? Maybe You Need a Ghostwriter

  
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  I run a busy ghostwriting practice, and wish had a dollar for every person who’s ever said to me: I’m going to write a book when I: retire have more time start working part-time start working from home take my sabbatical take a course If you don’t start writing your book now, it will never [...]
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