Writers' resources

Some useful links I found that would otherwise be forgotten in a distraction filled world.

NetGalley

https://www.kirkusreviews.com

https://www.bookbub.com/home/overview.php

Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News | Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries and…

www.publishersweekly.com

Draft2Digital

Google Play Books Partner Center

Self Publishing | Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

Writing Forums

A creative writing community forum for authors, poets and writers. Showcase your work, seek critique and beta readers. Learn from experienced authors and poets…

www.writingforums.com

Good advice!

A handy thesaurus when writing 'under the counter' stories, cough...

The Sexy Thesaurus 3: Description Words to Use in Your Romance Novel

The third Sexy Thesaurus! Descriptive words to use while sexting, writing your romance novel, or day-dreaming.

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I just KNEW something like this must exist. So many writers who think it would be fun to include some semi-porn couldn’t ALL come up with the same descriptions!

Sex sells.

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To whom?

Millions of readers and even more viewers.

If you need a graphic designer, I can't recommend Alejandro Magro highly enough.

He absolutely bowled me over when he designed the cover for my book with in 48 hours, having received only a minimum of information about the story.

If you want to get in touch with him, here are his details and design projects.

Alejandro Magro

www.behance.net

I haven't done this for a very long time.

Pen Or Keyboard — Which Is Mightier?

Nikki Sheehan recounts how she became a convert to writing by hand and explores some scientific discoveries that might explain our writing preferences.

www.rlf.org.uk

...and I prefer to write in the mornings.

Morning writing -- escape from procrastination | Called to Write

Writing coach Jenna Avery on the subject of writing first thing in the morning -- common objections and strategies to keep in mind.

calledtowrite.com

I publish with Draft2Digital which is an aggregator for selling books and eBooks (ePub) to other retailers such as Barnes and Noble, Apple, Smashwords etc.

A very useful free program for previewing ePubs, Mobi and other eBook formats is Kindle Previewer which shows you exactly how your book will appear digitally on tablets, phones etc.

Some handy tips here.

Storytelling - Why Writers Should Know How To Tell A Tale

The World needs more stories – so in today’s post, we honour World Storytelling Day (20 March) by explaining all about storytelling.

www.writerswrite.co.za

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A good analysis of effective storytelling, one of your well-developed talents, Splinter !

Why, thank you, madam!

Here are some very handy tips for suspenseful storytelling. Foreshadowing is very effective if used correctly.

How to make your writing suspenseful

We often associate suspenseful writing with spooky, thrilling and chilling genres, particularly crime fiction, psychological thrillers, horror and supernatural…

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