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For What It's Worth by Karey White Twenty-four year-old, Abby Benson has dreams of owning her own wedding cake shop. An inheritance from her aunt gives her the ability to make those dreams come...
He was about to drive the mules back over to the smithy when a voice asked him, "What was that?" He fairly jumped out of his skin as he turned and saw Sarah standing there in the moonlight. The...
First Time: The Legend of Garison Fitch "What if history didn't happen that way ... the first time?" Garison Fitch was one of the most revered scientists in the Soviet Americas until he left fame...
For the past three Nanowrimo events I've worked on a Dystopian but was unhappy with its progress until this year. This year I revamped the story almost completely using outlining techniques from K....
It’s a new school year and students are getting to know their teachers – but one special teacher is receiving attention for her fancy footwork. Mary Gannon, a 24-year-old math tutor, was born...
How often do you complain about daily chores like delivering the kids to or from school, making the afterschool activity run, commuting long distances to work, paying the rent or mortgage? How...
BEIJING — A teenager killed eight people with a knife and wounded five more in northeast China after falling out with his girlfriend, state media said Thursday. The teen killed two of her family...
en Interview Questions for The Next Big Thing: What is the working title of your book? Which one? For NaNoWriMo next month, I’ll be finishing my YA Dystopian Romance currently titled Avoid the...
Second posting on this topic. Last week I started a discussion about the amount of evil I’m seeing expressed by our children. Here is another case that’s hard to stomach much less understand. What...
My children, now mostly adults, refuse to see it and have argued with me about it over the past ten years saying, “It’s just that we have more ways of knowing what is happening around the world.”...
10 Things to Know About Coffee Drinking Writers are notorious for drinking coffee as a means to staying energized and productive. But I’ve noticed several issues lately any time I drank coffee at...
Does ALA (American Library Association) ban books? No. The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in...
Current Contest: YA Short StoryA short story for teens, 13-14, in any subgenre, including speculative fiction, issue-based, contemporary, historical, adventure, humor, etc. The story should be no...
Harper Voyager Offers Two-week Submission Window for New Authors ************************************** For the first time in over a decade, Harper Voyager is offering writers the chance to submit...
WRITING FESTIVAL DEADLINES September 15th - Submit your Play, Short Story, Novel (1st chapter), Poem or Essay - FULL FEEDBACK on all entries! http://www.wildsound.ca/screenplaycontestdeadlines.html...
Here's another amazing post from one of my favorite bloggers, Kathy Temean. Good character development is believable and rounds out a well-written character. Bad character development leads to the...
Is Your Book Going Free On Amazon? Save Time & Submit It To These Top Free Sites. The business of providing free Kindle books is a BIG one nowadays. As millions and millions of eReader devices are...
Wow! I didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book and to be honest I've started quite a few recently that I didn't finish...this was NOT one of those books. In fact, when I reached...
A couple of years ago I found a marketing company called Hubspot. Even though I don't officially use their services I attended a webinar and learned a lot about website marketing. Ever since then I...
Night Owl Reviews is running another awesome Scavenger hunt. Full Moon Halloween Scavenger Hunt runs from Sept 1st through Oct 31th. Click on the banner then visit the blogs, find the information...
Abu Nuwas sits in the bazaar on his threadbare rug; a cup and sign proclaim him a teller of tales. For one small coin, he bids passers by to listen. A poor girl, Najda, sells spices from a tray....
I took the family to an animated movie recently. I was excited by the previews months ago as I love anything Celtic and with all of the flaming red hair and accents I just knew this movie would be...
As a 14-year-old, I produced and starred in the documentary "How I Became an Elephant," and I have continued speaking out for elephants ever since. As Born Free USA's youth elephant ambassador I...
The characters doing the swearing tended to be of higher social status, better looking and have more money than their non-swearing counterparts.So what does that say to the preteens who are forming...
No writer is immune to getting stuck once in awhile. Whether it’s a plot problem, characterization issue, or actual writer’s block, there will be times while writing—or revising— when you want to...
MuseItUp Publishing is hosting a Christmas in July Hunt from July 9 - 23, 2012. DETAILS: All you have to do is visit the participating authors websites/blogs (AUTHOR LINKS POSTED BELOW EACH COVER)...
Awhile back I watched a great documentary about Dragons on the History Channel. It was different because it explored the scientific and historical findings that lead through civilizations. From...
Well, the wedding is over and I survived--sort of. Its funny how lethargic and directionless I feel. Its been difficult forcing myself to do basic household chores. I feel as though a huge hole has...
Young Chance N. Counter thought her life was nothing more than a series of meaningless, random events. But when she finds some crinkly yellow pages from an old book, with the same drawing of a...
Howdy readers! You made it through the month of Mays Summer Teen Reading Party. On this posting you will have the opportunity to read Chapter 3 from Odessa, Book One Seraphym Wars Series....
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