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The Writing Process Blog Tour
This week I’m participating in something called, “The Writing Process Blog Tour.” It’s basically a worldwide game of author tag. Before you start thinking authors are weird (alright, you already think that–weirder), there’s something in it for you too. The Writing Process Blog Tour is a great way to learn…
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Book review: Then and Always by Dani Atkins
Publisher: Random House, Ballantine Books Pages: 320 ISBN: 978-0-8041-7852-5 On sale: 20 May, 2014 Amazon For fans of One Day, What Alice Forgot, and the hit film Sliding Doors, comes an absorbing and surprising debut novel about a young woman who, after an accident, gets a second chance at life . . . just not…
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Beware writer burnout
I always get a bit on edge when I’m between projects. My current manuscript is with my beta-readers, my previous manuscript is under consideration with publishers and I’m in that awkward place where I don’t quite know what to do next. Given my manuscripts usually sit at around 100k words,…
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In defence of predictability
Romance and chick-lit writers get a lot of criticism thrown their way. Trite, frothy, light-hearted, are all words bandied around to diminish the success of authors in these genres. As though in some way reading a book that’s enjoyable makes you stupid. Or the author who chooses to write in…
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Author earnings: an indie author revolution?
It’s an interesting time in the self-publishing world. In case you haven’t heard, best-selling self-published author, Hugh Howey, got together with an unnamed data guru and recently released an article on Author Earnings, titled the 7k Report. The findings have provided a real insight into the world of e-books and…
Belinda Williams 