12 tips for revising your own manuscript

During the process of writing your novel or nonfiction book, you’ll probably spend a lot of time revising the manuscript. Catching every error in one reading is unlikely, but you can reduce th…

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Dragonfly floating
Gently on gusts of my whims
Freeform #fascinate

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How to Determine Your Ebook’s Price

Among the big decisions you’ll make when publishing your ebook (and your paperback, for that matter) is what price to charge. If priced too high, you’ll decrease your sales to zero. If priced too l…

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A child with matches
is #fascinated
and seduced by the flame

Clueless are they
about bad consequence
if power is misapplied

Say hello
my soon to be scorched citizens
to flame thrower diplomacy
unleashed
by our Juvenile King
who fiddles from his bunker
a flammable
regime change symphony

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3 Secrets of Planning Your Writing Time

For writers, often the problem with their planning process is that it’s not being done in the most effective manner. The result? Some writers are unproductive while others give up on planning …

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The fields were not
as empty as he thought
but his soul was a barren plain
laid to waste
after the #tempest self created
blew through his firewall unabated
and leveled all feeble moral restraints

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Five Great Quotations about What is a Writer

“The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.” – John Lanchester“Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing …

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tempest in a teapot
haiku actuaries
counting syllables again

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Writing Prompt: Start with Last Line

Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Read the last line of the b…

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Shell game politics
#Frustrate debate then appeal
Pear shaped blooper reel

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