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Archive for November, 2011


Five Ways to Take the Ickiness Out of Marketing Our Books

MY TWIN DAUGHTERS JOINED A SYNCHRONISED SWIM TEAM THIS FALL. As part of the process of trying to reduce the fees, the team has several fundraisers throughout the year. After the first practice, my girls brought home a sheet of pies to sell (similar to the Girl Scout cookie sheet). At first, the girls were [...]

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About Jody Hedlund

Jody Hedlund is an award-winning historical romance novelist and author of the best-selling book, The Preacher's Bride. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from Taylor University and a Master’s from the University of Wisconsin, both in Social Work. Currently she makes her home in Michigan with her husband and five busy children. Her second book, The Doctor’s Lady, released in September 2011.

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Book Review: My Uncle Napolean (Iraj Pezeshkzad)

MY UNCLE NAPOLEAN BY THE IRANIAN WRITER, IRAJ PEZESHKZAD, turns on the machinations of the patriarch, Uncle Napoleon, to uphold the honour and ‘centuries-old unity’ of his large extended family. He is insecure and, to overcome his own failures in life, fantasises about being the French Emperor. He presides over the family with false claims [...]

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What is Genre? (Part 1: Science Fiction)

PAUL CORNELL – A NOVELIST, COMICS AND TV WRITER, NOTABLY FOR DOCTOR WHO AND ACTION COMICS – was the guest speaker at the Bad Writing Symposium, held at King’s College, London, last month. He spoke about the concept of genre, its history and how we define it. It was a great talk: humorous, energetic and engaging. [...]

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About Sophie Playle

Sophie Playle studied English Literature with Creative Writing at UEA, and has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the creator and editor of Inkspill Magazine (www.inkspillmagazine.com), and has had over thirty short stories, poems and articles published, and is currently working on her first novel. Read her thoughts on writing, publishing and creativity at www.sophieplayle.com

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World’s Shortest Stories

US AUTHOR ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAS FAMOUSLY ECONOMICAL IN HIS STYLE. He was once challenged, supposedly for the price of his bar bill, to write a complete story in only six words. Hemingway rose to the challenge brilliantly: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. The science fiction writer, Frederic Brown, is also credited with writing one [...]

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About David Williams

David Williams is, in order, a family man, a northerner, and a writer. His first commission was thirty-five years ago from BBC Schools Radio. During this time, he has been writing as a part-time freelancer, mainly plays for the BBC, and for education publishers. David now writes full time, and has produced a collection of short stories, 'We Never Had It So Good', and a novel, the thriller '11:59', which reached the semi-final of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2010 and was subsequently published by Wild Wolf.

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