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The Value of Literature…
Literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it. James Baldwin
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Writing Prompt Contest Winner: Maria L. Berg
Premise: A family moves into an old Victorian house in a sleepy town where everybody knows everybody. The house has been vacant for the last five years, and nobody knows why the previous family left so suddenly. Prompt: Write a 500-word story, but write it from the perspective of the house, not the family. She…
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Luna St. Claire, Author of The Sleeping Serpent
When and why did you begin writing? I had a story in me that had been trying to escape for several years. I wasn’t ready to allow it to emerge until January 2013. I wrote unwaveringly for three years until publishing The Sleeping Serpent in October of 2015. When did you first consider yourself a…
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Indie Authors Find Creative Freedom, Short Stories Don’t Pay…
The Rise of Self-Publishing Lends Authors Creative Freedom (The Lamron) This is not to say that the process doesn’t have its drawbacks. Despite the concept’s increasing popularity and the rise of Internet and digital printing, many within the literary world hold self-published books at a distance. 10 People (Besides the Author) Who Bring a Book…
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James Hartley, Author of The Invisible Hand
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I chose to write this book for young adults because I thought it might be a way for younger readers to get into Shakespeare´s world, especially kids at high school who might have to study Macbeth or one of Shakespeare´s plays. I was…
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Emojiville: Good vs Evil, by Alana Edmonds
In the town of Emojiville, four friends unite with their families to fight off evil. Buy your copy here! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alana Edmonds is an eight-year-old, first-time author from Dallas, Texas. She loves to read cool books and comics and write awesome stories. She’s also a dancer and cheerleader.
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Like A Box of Chocolates by Justin Bienvenue
A compilation of poems within several different genres, such as Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Love, Crime, Action, and many more. The collection contains 40 poems both rhyming and prose and each delivering something different, special and unique. Buy your copy and follow the author, Justin Bienvenue, on Twitter and Facebook! Amazon Book Link | Twitter | Facebook ABOUT THE…
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Write the Book You Want to Read…
If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison
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Cory Clement, Author of Farewell Keystone
When and why did you begin writing? As cheesy as it sounds, I tend to go with the reply that the writing chose me, not the other way around. It started out as a fun, time-passing outlet and grew into my purest form of therapy, explaining, conversing. It’s the only way I know how to…
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Latinx Heroines, Spanish Graphic Novels, and Nigerian Millennials…
5 Things I Learned About Publishing an #OwnVoices Book with a Latinx Herione (Bustle) As a Latinx author and journalist who has been privileged enough to be born in the United States, get an education, and grow up in a safe suburban neighborhood, I feel as though it is my responsibility to put Latinx characters in…
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