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[rwhague]

Here's the link to my teen/ya suspense novel! Available for $0.99 this week only!

Full blurb:

As a daughter of an FBI agent, Katie knows the basics of child abduction prevention: don’t talk to strangers, don’t get into a car with anyone you don’t know, and don’t piss off Midas. But Dad broke the last rule, and now Katie is left to pay for it.

The day after her fifteenth birthday, Katie Thompson opens a birthday card armed with a golden glitter bomb. At first, the prank seems harmless until she sees the card has been signed by Midas, the man her FBI father has been investigating for nearly a decade. The FBI dismisses the card as a taunt, one of many from Midas in the past, but the next day Katie is kidnapped by the infamous Midas. With Katie as his hostage, Midas now controls the FBI investigation that would see him destroyed.

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Katie is held captive on the farm in the middle of nowhere with fifty other kids, all victims of Midas’s kidnapping ring. Here they are forced to work as slaves under hellish conditions. Food is always scarce, exposure to the elements is guaranteed, and sickness kills the weak. Escape is a death sentence, but mere survival might mean losing everything else.

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[chaseelen]

It's Monday (apparently, because after working the weekend my brain suggests it's Thursday 😂) and that means only one thing: new blog post at elenchase.com More info about my Italian Romance series going wide! Click on the link in bio to find out more! #authorblog #writersblog #italianauthor #wordpressblog #romanceauthor #selfpublishing #amwritingromance https://www.instagram.com/p/CiI50XXLGl4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[paulapuddephatt]

paulathewriter.com - Paula Writes

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[hannahewoods]

Writing stories has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I recently dug up an old journal of stories I wrote when I was little, and it was since then that I have had a passion for creating worlds and characters with their own journeys. I have always loved looking down at an empty page and knowing I could take my character wherever I wanted to, that I could learn with them and go on whatever adventure I desired.❤️

When I wrote my first novella in high school a few years back, I knew that I wanted to make a career as a writer. As I started getting into officially writing novels, I began learning that stories are not only fun to read and create myself, but can make such an impact, speak truth, and inspire minds, even through the life of a fictional character.✨

I am so excited to share all my writing thoughts here, more on my current projects, and my journey as an aspiring author! Thank you so much for reading.🥰

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[thecatchatwriters]

I have multiple stories to post here, and update, but right now I am going to go forward with what we have now, and then come back to the old ones.

I will be sharing Rebekah Palmer's story soon, as well, which was actually the first posted on the blog for this prompt. And mine should hopefully be coming soon. It's been quite a start to the year.

You can read Jessic's story here: https://thecatchatwriters.blogspot.com/.../the-rental...

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[acorntops]

Interview with @donnapower2022 on my website blog, talking about her writing process, writing about the 80's, illustrations, and more! #authorblog #authorsofinstagram #authorgram #authorinterview #indiebooksbeseen #indiebooksofinstagram #squeak #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #middlegradeauthor #bookseries #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #readingcommunity #readingofinstagram #readerscommunity #writingcommunity #writingofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #dapower https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLNn_Kvz5X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[saramackenzie1982]

In case you don't know, I've got a website and you can log in! You don't need to fill in all the info, but it'll allow you more access versus a guest. Don't bother the admin and combat vet (AKA my husband). Be kind. That's your only warning. #AuthorWebsite #LogIn #LikeCommentShare #ItsABlog #AuthorBlog #TellYourFriends #SocialMedia #KeepUpdated #BeKindHumans #IndieAuthor #LocalAuthor #NewBritain https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4uMnpJZJC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[matthewdante]

Check out Author @ryanlawrenceauthor blog! This should be so interesting! See below info. Posted @withregram • @ryanlawrenceauthor Hello everyone! I wanted to invite you all to visit my updated website. Visit ryanlawrenceauthor.ca (Link in my linktr.ee) Something I’m really excited about is my new Blog. Along with some revised posts from last year, now available to read, I’ll be adding a new one every week—sometimes more than one if the words just need to come out. 😉 I’ll also be featuring author interviews and other promotional pieces like book reviews. Please check it out and leave a comment at the bottom of each post that resonates with you. Let’s go! Visit ryanlawrenceauthor.ca #writersblog #writersofinstagram #writercommunity #authorblog #authorblogger #bookstagram #canadianbookreviewer #authorinterviews #blogspot #thrillerwriters #revengefiction #queerfiction #gayfiction #crimefictionbooks #canadianfiction #canadianauthors #contemporaryauthor #lgbtqfiction #lgbtfiction #gaywriters #gaythriller #queerthriller #vindictive #vindictivetoo #selfpromotion #indieauthors #indiewriter #indiewritersofinstagram #indieauthorsofinstagram #canadiandetectives https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkU965PwgR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[xiaxialake]

2022: October Wrap-up

In the world of the gods of Takamagahara, October is the month of Kannazuki.

In the world of the gods of Takamagahara, October is the month of Kannazuki. During the “Month Without No Gods” eight million Shinto deities leave their mountains, rivers and shrines to join a congregation in the land of Izumo to discuss next year’s matchmaking. All except Ebisu, or as he was initially called, Hiruko, the leech child, first born of Izanami and Izanagi, because he’s deaf and…

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[shannonmuirauthor]

LATEST WEBSITE STATUS

My site shannon-muir.com remains my author website, where I also blog a lot about animation.

If you want to follow the items I’ve done specifically in the New Pulp and Mystery genres, Shannon Muir’s The Pulp and Mystery Shelf has those details at pulpandmysteryshelf.com

Also, I’ve started to become more interested in library science. To that end, the Shannon Muir’s Infinite House of Books site has been revisited and expanded to start including interesting observations on Library Science and Information Science in the near future, thereby truly embracing the definition of “Infinite House of Books”: infinitehouseofbooks.com

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[rwhague]

How to NOT Waste $3k as a New Writer--Self-Editing Basics

One of the most humbling adventures a writer can face is journeying back in time to their previous works. I started writing stories at the young age of twelve – fan fiction mainly about my favorite shows. I completed my first novel at 16. This is the one I’m reviewing now–13 years later. 

Thank goodness, I have learned so much more about writing since then. Unfortunately, I did not learn these things before I lost 3k by vanity publishing a book before it was ready. 

There’s a whole story that goes with the actual vanity press adventure. You can link to it HERE. But here is step one–putting your best foot forward with a manuscript worth reading. 

What I’m going to show you in this article is the prologue of my first novel. I completed it at age 16, reviewed and tried to publish it at age 22. Using the concepts discussed below, hopefully you will be able to give your own manuscripts (MS’s) a good spit shine before sending it out to prospective pub houses and agents.

Prologue

He ran. Only one thought filled his mind. “Escape.” A dog howled in the distance. They had found his trail. Another howl, closer this time. How were they gaining ground so fast? 

 He stole a glance over his shoulder and tripped over a root. His hands floundered against the slick leaves as he tumbled toward the cliff.  He started rolling uncontrollably down the slippery slope. The wet leaves gave him no traction and he fell hopelessly toward the ravine. His hands reached out to grab something-- anything. He found a root and held it with all of his might, but as he began to pull himself up, it snapped. He plummeted toward the river, too terrified to scream. 

A dog sniffed the place where he had fallen. Its master pulled an arrow out of his quiver and notched it, aiming at whatever might surface. He waited silently until he was satisfied that the boy would not come up, then turned and walked away. The dog followed without hesitation. 

Okay, now let’s break this down a bit with some good old fashion critique tips. 

He ran. 

Sentence One is very vague. There’s not much of a picture shown here.. Running where? Track? Through the mall? The forest? Also, weak point of view (POV)–camera angle? You have very little time to hook your reader into your story. I’d recommend something more original and intriguing than two words that could be found in Dick and Jane. 

Don’t be afraid to add descriptive language. Keep in mind what reading is: hallucinating vividly. Give your audience something to hallucinate! 

A better POV would be to show his heart pounding (cliche) or his side aching. Tears? Sweat? Branches tearing at his pants? Is he wearing pants? 

Only one thought filled his mind. “Escape.” 

Cliche

 A dog howled in the distance. They had found his trail. Another howl, closer this time. How were they gaining ground so fast?

IMO – Not bad POV. Some people don’t like questions being asked. Personally, I think they’re fine. 

 He stole a glance over his shoulder and tripped over a root. His hands floundered against the slick leaves as he tumbled toward the cliff. He started rolling uncontrollably down the slippery slope. The wet leaves gave him no traction and he fell hopelessly toward the ravine. His hands reached out to grab something-- anything. He found a root and held it with all of his might, but as he began to pull himself up, it snapped. He plummeted toward the river, too terrified to scream. 

He stole, he started rolling, The wet leaves, His hands reached, He found, He plummeted. These are all similar sentence structures. In certain situations, this can be fine, but after a while, the feel of the piece becomes redundant. One plus–great active verbs. 

I underlined “started” here–try to avoid started unless you have to. Which sounds stronger? He started rolling uncontrollably down the slippery slop or He rolled uncontrollably…    Nothing interrupted the ‘start’--he full on tumbled, so write it like that. 

A dog sniffed the place where he had fallen. Its master pulled an arrow out of his quiver and notched it, aiming at whatever might surface. He waited silently until he was satisfied that the boy would not come up, then turned and walked away. The dog followed without hesitation. 

One good thing here–the use of shorter sentences within an action scene. The pacing never slows down. That being said, very cliche opening–someone running through the woods being chased by an unknown being. Very ominous, very overused. 

So, how can this be improved? 

I have not changed the beginning. If I were looking to re-market this book, I would have to do something less cliche than a chase scene, but I have re-written it using some of the concepts mentioned above. 

As a note– some reason, I thought it would be clever to leave the character unnamed in this scene for mystery, but in the very next chapter, it’s pretty clear who it was tumbling. And it’s not much of a pay off. By not mentioning his name, however, I feel that it makes it harder for the reader to connect with the character, to see him as a real person. So, I’ve added his name and a bit more context. 

How much blood had they taken? Bryan clutched the bandage about the bend of his arm with his pale fingers. Behind him, the cabin stood no more than one hundred yards away, but his run from it had left him breathless. It was more than the altitude that caused his heart to race, more than the fear of those not far behind him–but they did not help either. 

At the thought of the Watchers, Bryan forced himself onward. Branches and thorns clung to his pants and shirt, tearing the already fragile material to ribbons. He shoved himself from tree to tree, using their strength to keep himself upright. Something rose over the sound of crunching leaves and tearing fabric. At first, he thought it was the blood rushing through his ears, but it grew ever louder. 

Bryan burst through the underbrush and out of the treeline–only to nearly tumble down the cliff. At the basin of the ravine roared a river, churning, tumbling over rocks. His vision blurred even more. 

A dog howled behind him. They were coming. 

Bryan raced along the edge of the cliffside, grabbing from branch to branch to keep himself going. Suddenly, the ground beneath his foot gave way, and his foot slipped into nothingness. His hands scrambled for something, anything, to stop his descent. By some miracle, his fingers found a branch and he grabbed onto it with all of his might. 

But hold on was all he could do. He had no strength to pull himself up, and his feet found no purchase. He dangled over the raging river. 

Feet appeared on the edge of the cliff–black boots made of deerskin. Shoes of silence. A hooded figure knelt in the grass and reached out for Bryan with gloved hands, but before they could touch him–  

Bryan let go. 

Which is better? I’ll let you decide ;)

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[girldraki]

honestly though i cannot stop thinking about authorblog kondrakis trait of being extremely enthusiastic about having boobs and not introspecting about that in the slightest. my boobs are so distracting (i’m a cishet male btw) (distracted by my boobs in an extremely cishet male way)

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[yvesdot]

How did you get an ARC of Nona?

A couple of things. The first thing is that I work at a bookstore... but we only had two "free-for-all" ARCs that were getting passed around, and had I waited for those, I'd have had to wait a long time due to seniority. (Some better-known lucky ducks got personal ARCs mailed to them!)

So the real way I got it is that I emailed. I said-- well here's what I said because I think it was very funny.

The acts (reasons) were some reviews I'd done on various platforms in the past (including for the Locked Tomb series), the Gideon the Ninth masterdoc (I included a preview) which I'm sharing through my authorblog, and my booksellership. I was directed to the person who was in charge of bookseller ARCs, and they let me know that the shop had hit its quota of physicals, but I could get a NetGalley digital copy, which I gladly accepted! I'm now waiting on a coworker's wife to finish up with the physical because they have sweetly promised it to me to own.

My honest recommendation is, if you've done a substantial amount of Something in the fandom, go ahead and email with your credentials next time. I only emailed because another Tumblr user had previously emailed based on their TikTok numbers and a lovely essay and got a physical ARC out of it. As long as you're polite and genuine, I don't see how it could hurt to ask.

With that said: there's been a lot of hanky-panky with this round of ARCs (and releases) that doesn't seem to have occurred with the last two. The fandom is getting larger, and more and more spoilers and full DRCs (digital ARCs) were available on Twitter and wherever else. I would not be surprised if TOR is forced to take a stricter stance on their ARCs in the future.

#My address isn't blurred out because it's my professional email and people are welcome to email it BTW. It's in my book! #txt #the locked tomb #asks #Also thanks for sending an ask in ^__^ Hello Locked Tomb people... offers a biscuit.

[transienturl]

this is one of those PRs that's like "look obviously if I could I would just patch upstream instead, but here we are I guess"

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[coffeebeanwriting]

Hi! I'm wondering how you go from writing in 1st person to 3rd person?

Thank you for the question! O3O.

How to Switch from Writing in First Person to Third Person POV

First, consider if you will be writing in Third-Person Limited or Third-Person Omniscient. In short, omniscient is an "all-seeing eye" that knows all the thoughts, feelings and events of every character. Limited only knows the mind/heart of one one character at a time and can only see things through their eyes.

Writing in Third-Person Omniscient allows the reader to watch the story from the outside looking in. They get to join the journey from a perspective that is different than that of the characters. The reader can often times learn things the characters don't know yet.

When making the switch from first person to third person, here are some things to consider: • You'll now be using "he/she/them/they/etc" which can create some emotional distance... however, you can bring that personal pull back in through the dialogue and actions of the characters. • Third person is good for world building and explaining information in a seemingly neutral way to the readers. With first person, the information is processed by the main character and can be warped by their beliefs. They can lie, bend the truth or misinterpret information. With Third Person, you have an opportunity to reveal information without the personalities of the characters interfering, in a factual, "as-is" way. • Third person omniscient can bounce from one side of the world, to the other side and tell the events of multiple characters. • Third person is great for detailed imagery that the characters might not be able to see, know or understand yet. With first person, you can only see what the main character sees and understand the world as they know it. With Third Person, you can see that world before they do and learn it at the pace that the narrator reveals it to you.

Here is an example on how first person can be more personal/intimate, and how third person can reveal information to the reader that the character isn't aware of yet:

I ran to the bus stop as fast as I could and arrived just as it began to pull away. It was like the world hated me or something, and that feeling burned hotter as the bus driver looked me dead in the eye through his review mirror. I gasped for air, drinking in as much of it as I could. He couldn't stop for just a second to let me on? How was it fair that I had to walk half a mile to the bus stop that everyone else lived right next to? Mom already left for her second job... how would I get to school now?

The bus driver saw the same young boy who was always late to the stop running towards his bus. As he reached for the door lever his long, 24 gauge shotgun shifted to the side beneath his legs. The kids were so sleepy every morning, earbuds in and eyes half shut that they never cared to glance twice at the short, balding man that drove them to school. The doors shut with a hard shake and the driver pulled away. He gave a single glance back at the airless, young boy who was wore his defeat plastered on his face. It was the single smile that the boy gave him every morning that caused the driver to pull off without him.

All in all, when writing in third person you'll want to pull out of that first person point of view and become the "god/all-seeing eye" of your story. You don't have to stay limited to one perspective, place or time. You can reveal information to your readers before your characters know about them, and you can build up beautiful imagery and worldbuilding as you are not limited to through the eyes of the protagonist anymore. Before swapping over to third person completely, I'm going to say something that some might consider treason. Your story can contain both first person and third person, together. The only flop to this is that you have to execute it well to work. Understand the rules to break them. You can really jar your reader if the first thirteen chapters are told in first person and then you randomly slap in a third person POV without any warning. You have to find a way to weave the different perspectives into your story seamlessly. Here are some sources for mixing the two perspectives: How To Mix First and Third Person POV 

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