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AUTHOR MARKETING ONLINE

AUTHOR MARKETING ONLINE By Ronald S. Barak Copyright © 2011. All Rights Reserved http://ronaldsbarak.com rbarak@rsb-law.com Introduction It’s no secret that every author today has to market. Even...

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Roni Loren’s Sex Scene advice

http://fictiongroupie.blogspot.com/2010/09/love-scenes-101-dont-be-corny-or-porn-y.html So what exactly constitutes a love scene? Are they only important for those of us writing romance? Of course...

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8 writer secrets

http://www.aliventures.com/8-writing-secrets/ A few years ago, I’d look at published writers and think that they were somehow different from me. After all, their books were gripping and fluent –...

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amping the sexual tension

http://fictiongroupie.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-amp-up-sexual-tension-in-your.html Today's topic...sexual tension. From YA all the way to the steamiest of romances, this is a vital ingredient if...

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Creativity and play

Does playfulness spur creativity? Ethologist Sir Patrick Bateson of the University of Cambridge wants to know why playfulness is so connected to creativity in the realms of science, music, and...

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Story Prompt Monday: Where are you from?

http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html Where I'm From I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, it tasted like...

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Our 3rd Teen Story Slam was AMAZING

A year ago, a few writers and I tried something daring. We asked local teens to come out and read something they’d written to a live audience. It could be a poem, a confession, a chapter from a...

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