May 2013
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You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover by...
What is the first thing that draws your eyes to a book? It’s the cover. If the cover looks shabby or homemade, I’m not picking it up. What about you? Truth is if you say yes, you’re lying. Yes I said it! Admit the truth.
When I decided to self-publish my first novel, Chante’s Song (available at www.donneildjackson.com, kobo, amazon and barnes and noble-I know shameless plug. Don’t kill the...
CONTEST from @ManswellP
Readers: Would you like to win a bouquet of flowers for Mother’s Day? If so all you have to do is go and like Manswell Peterson’s fan page and tell him why your mom is special and enter in a chance to win a Mother’s Day floral arrangement. Contest begins today and ends 5/8/13. Good Luck!!!!https://www.facebook.com/MogulManswell?ref=ts&fref=ts
April 2013
29 posts
New Book Review Alert--> MONSTER by...
In the debut novel Monster by Ben Burgess Jr readers will be introduced to main character Ken Ferguson. Not having the best family dynamics combined with having complex issues due to being a dark skinned male also played a part in who Ken is. Monster tells a tale of a man who after many heartaches and heartbreaks, he decides to turn the tables and get revenge. He is on a path of destruction but...
Self Publishing can be a truly rewarding experience but only if you take the NECESSARY and PROPER steps to fully understand all of the responsibilities a author takes on when deciding to self publish instead of seeking publishing with a traditional publishing houses.
RESEARCH is so vital because without this you will always be at an disadvantage, with the popularity of social media, authors can...
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Rip-offs
The allure of publishing a book is so powerful that unsuspecting writers overpay for services or allow unscrupulous companies to rip them off.
We’re not referring to situations where you paid a fair price only to find out that the editor, copyeditor, or cover designer was mediocre. That’s your fault for making a poor choice. We are not referring to paying for services that...
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“In American English, periods and commas always go inside the closing quotation mark; semicolons, colons, asterisks, and dashes always go outside the closing quotation mark; and question marks and exclamation points require that you analyze the sentence and make a decision based on context.”
-Quotation Marks with Periods and Commas by Mignon Fogarty
Thanks OOSA for sharing this!
Meet Literary Jewels Reviewer, Leslie Thompson
Meet Literary Jewels reviewer, Leslie Thompson
Growing up I was the only child and the only thing I had to entertain myself were books. My mom didn’t believe in toys that didn’t feed the mind. She bought books, computer aids, and records that told a story by the author who wrote the book. I fell in love with writing poetry at 8 years old and reading books from the time of being able...
New Book Review alert>> What Hatred Breeds by...
In the debut novel What Hatred Breeds by Kimberley Jasper readers will be introduced to Julian and Kayla Moore who are newlyweds who are trying to work on forever but Julian’s mother has other ideas in store for the couple. So readers will see how far one mother will go and that nothing is left off limits. What Hatred Breeds also taps into voodoo and it’s origin and you can tell the...
New Book Review Alert>> Cut Throats by @P_Gold
In the short story Cut Throats by Patron Gold readers will meet Jahlil Harris who could have had a normal life if his circumstances would have been different but being the child of a drug addict who was more concerned with her next fix than being a parent, young Jahlil is left to become a product of his environment.
Jahlil meets a well known drug kingpin name K’Shon who takes him under his...
New Book Review Alert--> This Tree Can Bear Fruit...
This Tree….Can Bear Fruit by Carey W. Digsby is a collection of insightful words of wisdom for men and women that offers practical approaches about life, love and respect. Not your typical self help book but most definitely an enlightening book that can motivate change.
Author Digsby does a wonderful job of addressing life issues and offering realistic remedies that might can be assistance...
Book Covers 101 for Self-Published Authors
Traditional publishers usually create a handful of designs and then ram them down the throat of authors. There’s good news and bad news for self-publishers. The good news is that you have total control over your cover; the bad news is you have total responsibility for your cover.
Your cover must stand out in a sea of postage-stamp-size covers on...
Roger Ebert, 70, died Thursday in Chicago from cancer. Ebert’s film criticism, which spanned 46 years working for the Chicago Sun-Times, won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 and was collected in many volumes, including THE GREAT MOVIES series and ROGER EBERT’S FOUR-STAR REVIEWS. His most recent book was the 2011 autobiography LIFE ITSELF.
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March 2013
36 posts
Here are some writing prompts about love. You can use them to write romantic, comic, or suspenseful stories, depending on where your imagination takes you.
1) A character in a retirement home falls in love with his nurse.
2) A character thinks s/he has fallen in love with someone from another country, but neither of them speaks the other’s language.
3) A character falls in love with...
Writers Wanted!!!
Romance Sells, a quarterly publication of the Romance Writers of America, is looking for booksellers and librarians to write articles on shelving practices, reader advisories, cataloging, displays, author events, and marketing.
Why should this interest you as a book author? Simple: Offer to help
your favorite bookseller or librarian to write an article for Romance
Sells. Work with the...
Rest In Peace
James Herbert, 69, international bestseller of horror novels, died at his home in Sussex, UK on March 20. He was the author of 23 novels, most recently ASH, published last week by Pan Macmillan, as well as RATS (1974), THE FOG, and THE DARK. He was also awarded an OBE in 2010. Macmillan publisher Jeremy Trevathan, who was Herbert’s editor for the past ten years, said in a statement:...
Please Beware!!!!
Bad things happen to good people. This is a sad reality but what irks me is when these things occur within the literary community because someone is “posing” as a colleague when they are nothing but a damn con artist.
Before we point fingers and judge and say serves him or her right out yourself in their shoes and imagine you were them and you truly thought you were doing the right...
Can you take constructive criticism?
I want to say this and I want everyone to hear me loud and clear. I am NOT hating on you because I do not agree with you. I am entitled to my opinion as you are entitled to yours. If you ask me for my opinion I am going to give it. Please know there is a BIG difference from giving constructive criticism and tearing another person’s work down. I believe there is room at the top for ALL of us...
