Mark Twain knows how to say it. So many synonyms and easy searches on a word document. Is there a reason to use the same word more than once in a paragraph. It’s a pet peeve of mine, and yes, one I’m guilty of if I don’t edit often and carefully. There is nothing more boring than reading identical words. And even tags can be […]
Christine Presents: Friday’s Feature Title, Everlasting Love
Please welcome Rosemary Indra author of Everlasting Love. Everlasting Love Rosemary Indra indrascloset@msn.com Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 2 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com When Miranda Cummins borrows a friend’s cabin to finish writing her long overdue book, she’s surprised to find the one-room retreat already occupied by Kevin Mathews. Though she feels a spontaneous attraction for Kevin, Miranda has recently escaped a controlling husband […]
Christine Presents: “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ― Mark Twain
Oh my, for those of us who love the word ‘very’ as well as all adjectives this is fantastic advice. LOL I laugh at the very thought. Hmm… that should read “I laugh at the damn thought… actually that sounds a whole lot more dramatic and I wouldn’t want to edit it out. So… who out there are adverb lovers? I believe adverbs are the […]
Christine Presents: Blood Destiny Series
Please welcome Helen Harper author of Blood Destiny Series. Helen will award a $25 Amazon GC to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour. BLOOD DESTINY SERIES by Helen Harper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BLURBS: Bloodfire Mackenzie Smith has always known that she was different. Growing up as the only human in a pack of rural shapeshifters will do that to you, but then couple it with some […]
Christine Presents: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison
Alas, the book that is calling to me is Sweet Misbehavin’ Carr McKenna’s story. Good gosh, but Sweet Sexy Sadie the story of Brody McKenna is due to be published in a little over a month. But I digress. I love the highlands and everything Scottish. So, when my writing buddies decided they wanted to write an anthology, use a time machine to hurtle people […]
Christine Presents: Quotes From Writers About Writing
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ― Ernest Hemingway Love this quote. So do we always bleed when we pour our hearts and our souls into a story? I know that when I am so into a project, I sometimes become one with my characters. I cry when they cry and I laugh with them. I feel […]
Christine Presents: Star Crossed
Star Crossed Christine Young achristay@aol.com Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 2 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com Ireland in 1817, when tensions are high between Protestants and Catholics and faey people guide the fate of villagers. A lovely Catholic lass stumbles upon the weakly ritual fisticuffing between Irish lads. She falls into the lap of a handsome young Protestant. Family ties, grudges, and two conniving faeries […]
Christine Presents: The Bobble Head Babes
The Continuing Saga… Monday madness: It was a race to write my three pages of Highland Sunrise. Christel and Ryder discover that the man who has obsessed over Christel McClellan has just escaped Ryder’s dungeon and has followed them to London. Tuesday trivia: After running 5.4 miles and walking 4.2 all I could do was collapse on the couch. Yet my three year old granddaughter […]
Addicted to Writing Presents: No More Free Books.
HAPPY DAY AFTER! Are your words exploding onto your word doc? I hope so. July is hot and after the beautiful fireworks all over this great country I hope everyone’s writing is following suit. Highland Miracle, part of a May Day Anthology by Rogues Angels, will be released this month as a single. The anthology is filled with fun and laughter, fairies and elves, time […]
Christine Presents: Highland Miracle
Highland Miracle part of a May Day Anthology will be released as a single in a couple of days. This was a fun anthology to be a part of. Three great friends and writers wrote novellas that were linked as a time machine brought characters backward then forward in time. Genene thanks for the beautiful covers on all of the novellas. Highland Miracle is a […]
