Author and blogger Ron Knight wrote a blog post trying to predict future successful authors based on how they act as a child. This bothers me: because I don’t fit his profile, and my whole life I’ve dreamed of being an author. Now, I’m not too good at remembering the difference between what I wasContinue reading “Can You Predict Who Is Going To Be A Good Writer?”
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Authors Need Editors: Doctor Who as Author, Companions as Editors
Today I’m going to stress the importance of authors utilising editors by using references to the modern-day Doctor Who series. I will be talking about the David Tennant version of the Doctor (the tenth doctor), though, because Christopher Eccleston (the ninth version) only had one season and quite frankly it wasn’t as well written asContinue reading “Authors Need Editors: Doctor Who as Author, Companions as Editors”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Seven
Day Twenty-Seven: A book you would write if you had all the resources. Dadewalker by Lissa Bilyk. What more resources do I need other than time, effort, imagination, and a way to store what I’ve written? I first started what would eventually turn into Book 1 of a five-part series in 2002, when I wasContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Seven”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Six
Day Twenty-Six: A book you wish would be written Deathwalker by Lissa Bilyk. Indulge me. Deathwalker is Book 5 of the series I’m working on. Currently Book 1 and 2 are in editing stages, Book 3 is being written, and Books 4 and 5 are being planned and outlined. I wish Deathwalker were written becauseContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Six”
30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Four
Day Twenty-Four: A book you later found out the author lied about Forbidden Love/Honour Lost by Norma Khouri Forbidden Love was first published in 2003 and placed in the autobiography section of the bookshops. In the book (which I have not read), Khouri (a pen name) claimed that she grew up in Jordan, and thatContinue reading “30 Day Book Challenge: Day Twenty-Four”
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