No longer are branches erect,
as the weight of snow and wind lay on their backs.
Cool winds have made their entrance,
Autumn leaves scatter in a flurry,
as winter’s breath makes its presence felt.
Turkey eaten, goblins soon to pass,
another year nears to a close,
and soon comes Christmas.
8 REASONS THESE 8 SUCCESSES DID NOT FAIL | THE BLOG OF AUTHOR COLIN FALCONER.
A bit of inspiration! I reblogged this article from author Colin Falconer. A valid list of inspirers to remind us to go after what we seek! Enjoy!
Read Tuesday Progress and Plans | chrismcmullen.
Attention all authors! A great concept invented for marketing and promoting books. Tuesday December 10, 2013, officially created for Readers Tuesday. This is a day for all authors to put their book on promotion gearing toward the holiday season. Click on the link above to learn how the concept works!
Conflicted Hearts | Maxima. Interview,
I have reblogged today’s interview with Stefan Maxima on my upcoming book, Conflicted Hearts – A daughter’s quest for solace from emotional guilt.
I’d like to thank Stefan for all his time and effort put into the interview and thanks for sharing my book on your page! 🙂
I just love this post on Writing Tips from 9 of the best writers. Great advice for those of us when we are stuck in a moment, wondering if we should chop out words and so much more!
Advice from Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, et al.
I’ve been hearing and reading a lot about the Kobo and WH Smith issue with taking books off the shelves because of erotica or pornographic subject. It seems the big issue is that when books get downloaded through the distributors such as Kobo and Amazon and the likes, there doesn’t seem to be a filter system.
Clearly I am thinking the whole situation is a bit exaggerated. First, I think it would be near impossible and impractical for distributors to be able to read every book that gets downloaded as the manpower alone to keep up with the number of books being downloaded would be ludicrous on its own, never mind the length of time it would take until the book would go through such process itself before it could become published.
Now I’m not saying there is an immediate resolution but I was under the impression there were guidelines for the process to be adhered to and if such unacceptable written material were to get through the system, I would have assumed the best watch dogs would be the reviewers? I mean, who best to patrol better than the trolls just waiting to spot something that doesn’t seem just?
Political correctness is rampant and I thought we could rely on such watchdogs to do the babysitting? Outside of that, I can’t imagine what these distributors and retailers can do to police the issue. It frightens me to think that perhaps they may eventually be able to use some newfangled type of software program that detects certain words, words that could be misconstrued with a seemingly innocent book which may have a ‘bad word’ or two in it, thus banning the complete book.
I suppose those are things that concern me when I hear such chatter on these types of matters, because usually the resolutions become too extreme and begin to affect all writers in the fallout. These are just my thoughts. What are your thoughts on the subject?
DGKaye©2013
Well I am truly honoured as once again, I have been nominated by a friend and blogger difficult degrees with the Liebster Blogger Award. It is really quite humbling to know that people enjoy coming here and like to read my words and thoughts.
Thank you Amy! As is protocol for these awards, Amy has left me with 10 questions to answer and I will post 10 new questions for the bloggers I nominate to pay it forward, Now for my ten questions to my nominees:
1. What singer/band did you first fall in love with? I loved the band, ‘Chicago’ ( okay, am I giving away my age here?)
2. Is there a writer that influences you? I think I am influenced by many writers but what really kicked me in to gear to write my book was reading all of Susan Kennedy’s (S.A.R.K) books, so full of inspiration to follow your dreams.
3. What are your five favorite books? The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough, Fear of Flying by Erica Jong, On Writing by Stephen King, Exodus by Leon Uris, The Diary of Anne Frank
4. What’s the last movie that made you cry? My memory will not serve me as sadly it has been quite some time since I have watched one, but my all-time favourite which seems to always require a box of Kleenex is, The Way We Were
5. What’s the dumbest cat name you can think of? Sylvester
6. Do you have a favorite quote or poem and if so, what is it? My tag line……Live Laugh Love…And don’t forget to breathe!
7. Do you read a ton of books at a time or one at a time? Always two at a time, sometimes three.
8. Does the violin/cello ever give you chills? Those instruments evoke sadness in me for some reason. I much prefer horns.
9. Are you more honest on your blog than you are in ….real life? I am the same everywhere, only in real life I tend to be quite opinionated and I find myself being a lot more careful what I say in cyber space,
10. Have you ever studied the shit out of an illness you have? That’s a big LOL! That is my passion. If you read my book you will find how many things I’ve survived. Here are my ten questions and listed below that are my nominees:
1. Who Inspires your writing?
2. What are you reading now?
3. What is your favourite pastime?
4. What is your favourite line from a movie?
5. If you could be anybody else for one day, who would that be?
6. What kind of music do you like to listen to when you write?
7. Where is your favourite place to travel.
8. What is your favourite season and why?
9. What do you regret never having done?
10. Name your favourite song title.
And the nominees are: The Write Place Cynthia Triplett Clarabelle The Mockingbird in Me Overcoming Life’s Obstacles
DGKaye©2013
25 Editing Tips for Tightening Your Copy: Now a Printable Checklist.
A handy list of tips for do’s and don’ts to keep in mind when editing your work, from the writelife.com
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