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Thursday Quote: Ivana Trump and Mark Twain

Posted on: July 5, 2012 Last updated on: July 5, 2012 Written by: jessika

“Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything. Ivana Trump, upon finishing her first novel. Funny how that stands almost direct opposition to the following: “Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” Mark Twain

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Thursday Quote: Samuel Butler

Posted on: June 28, 2012 Last updated on: June 28, 2012 Written by: jessika

“When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.” Samuel Butler

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Thursday Quote: William Faulkner

Posted on: June 21, 2012 Last updated on: June 21, 2012 Written by: jessika

“It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put…

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Thursday Quote: William Saroyan

Posted on: June 14, 2012 Last updated on: June 14, 2012 Written by: jessika

“The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive,…

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Thursday Quote: Tracy Kidder

Posted on: June 7, 2012 Last updated on: June 7, 2012 Written by: jessika

 “You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.” Tracy Kidder

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Thursday Quote: Tad Williams

Posted on: May 31, 2012 Last updated on: May 31, 2012 Written by: jessika

“…I discovered that if I trusted my subconscious, or imagination, whatever you want to call it, and if I made the characters as real and honest as I could, then no matter how complex the pattern being woven, my subconscious…

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Thursday Quote: Brenda Ueland

Posted on: May 17, 2012 Last updated on: May 17, 2012 Written by: jessika

“I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten, –happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.” Brenda Ueland

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Thursday Quote: Melissa Scott

Posted on: May 3, 2012 Last updated on: May 3, 2012 Written by: jessika

“Writing isn’t generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us write because we can make a modest living, or even supplement our day jobs, doing…

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Thursday Quote: Ernest Hemingway (assisted by Joseph Hansen)

Posted on: April 5, 2012 Last updated on: April 5, 2012 Written by: jessika

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the…

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Thursday Quote: Isaac Asimov

Posted on: March 22, 2012 Last updated on: March 22, 2012 Written by: jessika

“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood.  I’d type a little faster.” Isaac Asimov

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Author Activity Booklet

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Facebook and Instagram are essential platforms as an author. The former for connecting and discussing with your readers, and the latter for sharing excerpts of your work or pictures of books you’re reading. You may, by now, be familiar with…
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Though this blog has lain long dormant, during this time of indefinite quarantine we wanted a way to reach out and connect with our community and give a little inspiration to home-bound writers. We hope all of you feel happy…
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Just kidding! But, in the wake of the rising popularity of adult coloring books, there has been a surge in color pencil production. Faber-Castell, maker of high-end colored pencil, cites needing to add extra shifts to keep up with demand. Read the whole…
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Looking at letters.

Although our experienced design staff is more than happy to chose typefaces that will be a great fit for your project, it’s always nice for authors to take a peek at some tried and true fonts. Let your book designer…
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