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The BookBub Experience

Originally posted on Story Empire:
Hello, Story Empire readers! We seem to be sharing our November experiences this week. Wednesday it was Joan’s lessons from NaNoWriMo but today it’s another book trip where you get to see what can happen…

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Fantasy Maps for Books Pricing

Originally posted on Jo Robinson:
Happy New Decade! Hopefully this one will be rather more fabulous than the previous one. It’s been a busy start to 2020 for me, but I like busy so that’s not a bad thing. Mostly…

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Check This Out: Honey, the Dog Who Saved Abe Lincoln

Originally posted on El Space–The Blog of L. Marie:
With me on the blog today is the fabulous Shari Swanson (another great Secret Gardener classmate; for others, click here and here), who is here to talk about her picture book,…

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7 Tips to Putting Robots in Fantasy: Put Down the Pitchforks!

This can be a little controversial at times because many people don’t want robots to be anywhere near fantasy.  A big difference between science fiction and fantasy is that one has high tech and the other has magic.  Not exclusively, … Continue reading

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War of Nytefall: Eradication Blurb Test

Normally, I do three blurbs for three different sites.  Right now, I’m only doing one for Amazon because money is limited.  That and I saw nothing come from doing the three blurbs last time.  Maybe I’ll do them down the … Continue reading

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Free Short Story: Everyone Deserves A Second Chance

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
I took advantage of the holidays to finish a new short story. It is inspired by Andy Weir’s short story, The Egg, and combines elements from my sci-fi fantasy series, Pearseus, such as The…

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Eventide, from the Hode’s Hill Series

Originally posted on Entertaining Stories:
Mae Clair is one of my favorite people. She’s a partner over at Story Empire and one hell of an author. She’s here today to tell us about Eventide, which wraps up her Hode’s Hill…

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Expansion Pack: Character Archetypes + a trick

Originally posted on Story Empire:
Hi gang. Craig here with you again. Last year sometime, I wrote a series here about The Hero’s Journey. This is a link to PART ONE. Then I went on to write several Expansion Packs.…

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Top 5 of 2019: 7 Tips to Creating Fictional Location Names (#5)

I’m an idiot.  Now I know why I didn’t see a post scheduled for today or any for the Fridays in January.  It’s because there are 5 of them and I was going to do a Top 5.  I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF and Call for Beta Readers

Originally posted on Fiction Favorites:
“What on Earth are you looking for Twiggy?”“Friday.“Friday is already here. Today is Friday.”“You’re kidding. I thought it was Monday.” It is Friday again on the calendar, and yet I am so confused as to…

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