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Wanna write? Gotta read. | lying for a living
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Lying for a living. Make it a good story. Scene from a writer’s day. Blast from the Past: When Writers Meet Readers →. July 27, 2015. A brief sermon on reading and writing, in Twitter form. Reminder to writers: Want to know how to structure your work, develop story and character, tune your prose? Pick up a great book and READ. Mdash; Meg Gardiner (@MegGardiner1) July 22, 2015. Mdash; Meg Gardiner (@MegGardiner1) July 22, 2015. Mdash; Meg Gardiner (@MegGardiner1) July 22, 2015. Thus endeth the lesson.
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Scene from a writer’s day | lying for a living
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Lying for a living. Make it a good story. Goodreads discussion of Phantom Instinct. Gotta read. →. Scene from a writer’s day. July 20, 2015. Me, to my son’s English girlfriend:. If I write a story with a British character, will you read it to make sure she sounds authentic? What’s the story about? What do English zombies sound like? Son, in falsetto voice:. Or, “Please, sir, may I have–”. 8220;–some braaaiiins? This is my life. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Gotta read. →. You are comme...
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Pop culture references: How many do you know? | lying for a living
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Lying for a living. Make it a good story. This Saturday: Chico, Texas Writes. Blast from the past: Thriller writing tips →. Pop culture references: How many do you know? August 4, 2015. My novels contain occasional pop culture references. Such as:. 8220;Guess I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.” (Tommy Chang in. 8220;For a second he looked like Niedermeyer in. Waiting for her to assume the position and to beg, ‘Thank you sir may I have another? 8221; (Sarah Keller in. The Shadow Tracer,. Withou...
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Taking Pity by David Mark | Killing Time
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Confessions of a crime fiction reader. Taking Pity by David Mark. July 28, 2015. July 28, 2015. They have taken DS Aector McAvoy’s family. They have taken DCI Colin Ray’s foundation. They have taken DS Trish Pharaoh’s fight. Now the ruthless criminal network that has tightened its stranglehold on Hull intends to take everything that remains from those who dare to stand in its way. David Mark’s terrific DS McAvoy series has hardly been at the light end of crime fiction, but. Follow directly on from the pr...
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First-Page Critique #4: Pity the Living | The Writing Itch
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About Writing and Editing. First-Page Critique #4: Pity the Living. April 21, 2015. Here’s a new first-page critique, of the British thriller. The page is below; author Meg Gardiner’s. Comments follow, with mine at the end. My suggestions relate to sharpening the prose, and pacing revelations. The author is interlacing description amid the action. That’s a good impulse, but in places it slows the flow of the story and results in long, convoluted sentences. Some details might not matter to the...Opening p...
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World Book Night 2013 is almost here! | Books and Writers
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About Books and Writers. Wentworth Miller to adapt Richard Parker’s novel Scare Me for Relativity Media. Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig →. April 12, 2013 · 8:06 pm. World Book Night 2013 is almost here! Just today I received an email to advise me that very soon I’ll be able to go and collect my choice of book to give this coming World Book Night – Little Face by Sophie Hannah. World Book Night events deliver on 23rd April 2013. The second major event will be held at London’s Southbank Centre where World Book...
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Audio Books and P G Wodehouse | LJ's space
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Things, you know, stuff…. Going to the Pictures. Belief is not a Choice →. Audio Books and P G Wodehouse. May 7, 2011. So I searched the web for “Free audio books” and, along with the usual pirate material, found that there are many classic works which, having been published more than 50 years ago, are available very cheaply or even free. The first site I came across when searching was Books Should Be Free. This entry was tagged Audiobook. Going to the Pictures. Belief is not a Choice →. I can’t an...
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The Lie: The most incredible month ever… | C.L. Taylor
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Dark, gripping psychological thrillers. The Accident – Reviews. The Lie – Reviews. The Missing – reviews. Bookmunch – CL Taylor. Monocular Man – CL Taylor. Resurrecting Norman – CL Taylor. The Healer’s Wife – CL Taylor. What Shall We Do With the Bodies? 8211; CL Taylor. CL Taylor Book Club. The Lie: Book trailer…Steven Spielberg I’m not…. The Lie: And it just gets better… →. The Lie: The most incredible month ever…. April 30, 2015. Then there was the incredible news yesterday that, after a part week of s...
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The Temp, The Actress and The Writer: So You Want To Get Published . . . from agent to publisher
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008. So You Want To Get Published . . . from agent to publisher. The second entry in my series "So You Want To Get Published". For those just joining us, please also check out Part 1 - Getting An Agent. Just so's ya know. We last left off with getting an agent! Yay, we finally got an agent! We celebrated in however manner we chose to celebrate, we called everyone we knew, posted on every writer forum we belonged to, and bought a new pair of shoes. Anyway . . . That sucks. That'...
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To read |
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The books on my ‘to read’ list –. Will Write for Shoes. This Year You Will Write Your Novel. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. By Renni Browne and Dave King. Gone with the Wind. The Brightest Star in the Sky. Bad Luck and Trouble. By Jane Green 2 (maybe around Christmas time though). By Cecelia Ahern (again, probably a Christmas one). Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued. That’s all for now. I will add to it as I find more books I want to read). 12 thoughts on “ To read. July 16, 2009 at 11:08 pm.
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