Reblog: 10 Top Tips for Writers by @carolJhedges #humor #WritingTips
[One of my all-time favorite writers, Carol Hedges, has some tough love on her fabulous blog today for all you …
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Gaslight-paranormal-and-just-a-bit-romantic-police-procedural #GenreMashup! PLUS #BookReview of Moon Over London by @ShawnaReppert #TuesdayBookBlog #humor
In my recent blog here, I promised some short reviews of recent reads that have two things in common: they’re …
Fairy Tales: all the plots. Plus #BookReview~Unhappily Ever After: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups by @LucindaEClarke. #humor #parody #FairyTale
The girl with all the plots. In the early seventies, writer and journalist Christopher Booker started working on a book. …
Want to Write a Blockbuster Novel? #humor #writing #BookReviews
What works for any other bestseller? All the other bestsellers? In his book, Writing the Blockbuster Novel (Writer’s Digest …
If the Mary Sue fits… #humor #sisters #writing
In a recent post here, I used a trope shortcut by naming a character Marysue. My sister Marysue was not …
#BookReview of Mahoney by Andrew Joyce #Western #GenerationalSaga @huckfin76 #RBRT #TuesdayBookBlog
I was fascinated by Andrew Joyce’s new generational saga, because in many ways his tale of Irish refugees in America …
Bad reviews = good company! #1StarClassics via @TerryTyler4
Okay, I can’t resist. After my last post about reviews here, I’ve gotten lots of examples and suggestions for bad …
How to get great reviews. Or not… #humor #writing
One of my favorite writers, Terry Tyler, often generously shares her knowledge and expertise with other writers. Her latest post—Amazon …
A very short #Valentine’sDay love story plus #ThrowbackThursday post #humor
(Barb’s Guide to Films: if the characters kiss a lot, have sex, and then kill each other, it’s American. If the characters smoke a lot, have sex, and then kill themselves, it’s foreign.)
So you want to write a western? Plus #BookReview of Marta’s Daughter by Gordon Rottman #Western #humor
Thinking of writing a Western? As genre’s go, this one’s tropes are relatively easy to nail: Set it in the American …
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