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Celebrating 30,000 Views

Must be a happy moment. I’m nearly at 30k views and after nearly two years off due to life. I’m back and building my following, putting out posts which I hope you enjoy, including those I share. The SCAM Publishers post written by Victoria Strauss from Writers Beware seems to be one of the best…
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Authors with Kiwi Characters…

KIWI SLANG – HOW WE TALK IN NEW ZEALAND SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 When I meet foreigners abroad I often get asked about the languages of New Zealand. Aside from the painfully cringeworthy “what language do you speak in New Zealand?” and compliments on how well I speak English (!), people often want to know if…
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Summoning Your Muse with Ruth Harris

THIS BLOG POST IS FROM ANNE R ALLEN YOU CAN FIND THE LINK BELOW FOR MORE GREAT POSTS.   Writing and The Hidden Power Of The Subconscious: Summoning Your Muse http://annerallen.com/2018/03/summoning-your-muse/   A visit from your muse: the gift you give yourself. by Ruth Harris “What The Subconscious is to every other man, in its…
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F.A.I.L

How many times do we fail in life? How many times do we sulk or cry over it as if we’d spilt the milk on the floor. I have had plenty of fails. I remember two exams I failed at school/college. One was my error the other belongs to the college – twice, because they…
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31 Great Writing Conferences

31 Great Writing Conferences in April 2018   Maxpixel – CC0 license There are some great conferences this month. If your manuscript is complete, you can pitch it to agents in New York, Las Vegas and Minneapolis. There are also retreats and workshops for writers who just need to get away for awhile to get…
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Challenge Time – Flash Fiction

Your Challenge is to write a 500 word short story to the image below. Let’s see what you can come up with. Please email entries to plaistedpublishinghouse.@gmail.com The best will be published in the magazine next month. Submissions close 10th April 2018

The Need to Write

WRITING – Yep I do this sometimes.  Mainly when I am bored to tears or my fingers just take off and flow over the keyboard.  Why write?  Well there are several reasons. Here are mine: To teach someone about something they have little knowledge about, if I know more about the subject To research for…
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Sponsorship Program NOW OPEN Are you a Fantasy Author? Do you have a book Unpublished, a one-off or the start to a series.  Then this could be what you need.   Below are the details for submissions – it is FREE to enter. The doors are now open for submissions for our yearly Sponsorship Program. …
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Business Reflections of 2016

Reflections of the past twelve months. What have we done. The highs and lows. The requests and even the chat.   I have met some amazing people over the last twelve months. Many who have helped to improve my love of learning, friendship, sisterhood and much more. With business growing I find it is now…
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