Authors, Writers, Publishers, and Book Readers

June 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Book Sadness

OK I think I've mentioned that I've been waiting for a book for over a year already or close to! Well The book is out and the main supermarkets in my town DO NOT HAVE IT!!!! I cried a little in the inside.!! I seriously wanted to chunk a twilight book at the workers and scream, "Why the hell do you have this crap and not the awesomeness of Kelly Armstrong's The Reckoning!!????!"

.....Yea a little anger issue right there, but I decided… Continue

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Added by Viviana Arteaga on June 20, 2010 at 11:39am — No Comments

problems here..help!

hey guys...hai,ive been working on a book for the past one year..i take my time to write it cause its my real book i want to have published..the first one??yah...to really sell all across borders.I dont think there any editors or publishers in my country zambia..in africa..i dont know what step to take really guys cause its giving me a real draw back and my motivational spirit might decline..i still cant give up writing cause its a gift i have..atlist thats what i believe??

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Added by shanziwe mugwagwa on June 16, 2010 at 10:44am — 4 Comments

Hey

Hi all I haven't been on for a loooong time!! I apologize lots of stuff kinda came at me. Still trying to adjust my screwed up sleeping system! Damn 24/7 hr places!!! Haha! But I'm gonna try to write more and get back to this site and be more active! But here's a little beginning I did.

There is not much to say, just that I am tired. Of just not my job or of little things in life but the whole damn thing! I am exhausted of waking up and finding nothing exciting about me or of the… Continue

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Added by Viviana Arteaga on June 16, 2010 at 9:57am — 2 Comments

Why is it so hard?

I've had my latest story on hold for nearly a month now, and the question running through my head is: Why is it so hard to write something?

I guess one reason would be because you have to keep the readers interests somewhere in mind, even if its in the very back where you only look at it once in a while. Sure you wanna write about what you want though, but think about it. There's probably at least fifteen out of 100 writers who added something they didn't want to simply because it would… Continue

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Added by Lora M.N. Riznyk on June 15, 2010 at 11:38pm — 1 Comment

Going Editorial!

Podunk, VA

Madmarco, reporting.

As the dust cleared, it was obvious to me as an imbedded journalist on the scene that something had gone horribly wrong. Two local policemen had tasered an obviously distraught female who was simply trying to get to the sight of her friend's car accident.

This reporter noted that the police on scene were extrememly agitated and had in fact unholstered their service weapons. From my vantage point, I noticed that all pertinent evidence had been… Continue

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Added by Mark A. Santomieri on June 12, 2010 at 3:23am — 3 Comments

Is it too late?

Okay, so let me start with an example: A Christmas Carol. Does that book capture the setting and lifestyle simply because it was based in the time it was written? If Charles Dickens had lived in the twenty-first century, and had written the famous book, would it have been as successful? I mean, if you think about it, some of the best books based in the Victorian era were written during that time. The same goes for other famous literary works. But if you… Continue

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Added by Lora M.N. Riznyk on June 4, 2010 at 8:21am — 2 Comments

Restoring the Power of Clichés

How a cliché becomes a cliché

When a particular cliché was first used (before it became a cliché), it created an impact. It used words in an interesting and novel way. The person who heard or read the expression might have thought, “Gosh, that’s a really creative way to express that idea.” Then, when other people began to use that expression, they were not clever; they were copycats. Having no interesting ideas of their own, they used someone else’s idea. When many people do…

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Added by David Bowman on June 3, 2010 at 1:53am — 1 Comment