Writing
November 14, 2009
- The story of my writing starts with a ubiquitous Mom Tool: a little brown paper lunch bag, the kind my sons took their sandwiches and Oreo cookies to school in whenever they'd left their plastic Power Rangers lunch boxes behind the day before. I've been raising children all the years I've been writing, as the Wednesday Sisters in my novel do. But the lunchbag that started my writing career wasn't ...
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November 13, 2009
- Is a story salacious because of what it is or how it has been portrayed? Is it about the man or other people's perspective? Indian actor Om Puri's wife has written his biography. He publicly lambasted her for revealing his sexual encounter with his 55-year-old maid Santi when he was 14; then followed a long affair with a woman for 14 years.(He is now an internationally-recognised actor with ...
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November 13, 2009
- Today is the last day to enter a competition to win a copy of the fabulous Short Circuit, the guide to the art of short story writing just out from Salt. Head on over to Salt's blog and get your entry in - it's a nice easy quiz for literary types! Here's Salt's information about the book: Short Circuit is the first textbook written by prize-winning writers for students and more experienced ...
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November 13, 2009
- Today is the last day to enter a competition to win a copy of the fabulous Short Circuit, the guide to the art of short story writing just out from Salt. Head on over to Salt's blog and get your entry in - it's a nice easy quiz for literary types! Here's Salt's information about the book: Short Circuit is the first textbook written by prize-winning writers for students and more experienced ...
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November 13, 2009
- By now, you know how I feel about writing advice. If you don’t, here’s the gist: what works for others may not work for you. What works for you may not work for others. In many ways this mirrors the kind of thinking you will need to get through the business side of this journey, as well.But I want to make this clear. Your writer’s middle finger is for when you’re writing. You have to save ...
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November 13, 2009
- You can read the first two chapters of my mystery novel Lucid on Book Rix for Free! http://www.bookrix.com/showbooks.html?lang=en&showbooktitle=katherine-angela-yeboah-lucid-sample-chapters&pid= Sloane Solomon is a beautiful, young college student who begins experimenting with a very intense type of dreaming known as ‘lucid dreaming’. At first, she really enjoys these dreams, ...
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November 13, 2009
- My blog lists book related websites, social networking websites, and other sites where you can spread the word about your books without spending a dime! http://onlinebookpromotion.blogspot.com/ You can also find more information in my eHow article about free online book promotion. http://www.ehow.com/how_5550113_promote-book-online.html
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November 12, 2009
- Katherine's Writing and Book Promotion Tips on BookRix: http://blog.bookrix.com/2009/07/23/thursday-tips-by-katherine-angela-yeboah/ Katherine's Featured Author Blog on BookRix: http://blog.bookrix.com/2009/07/14/featured-author-katherine-angela-yeboah/ You can also read the first two chapters of my mystery novel Lucid on Book Rix for ...
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November 12, 2009
- I wrote today's Twitter (1/2 pt. = commits to journey. Things seem to get a bit better. They're about to get way worse = Crisis 3/4 pt.) based on something I heard Andre Agassi say in an interview about his memoir. I missed the part about why he despises tennis from the start but at around the Middle of his journey to wholeness, he quits drugs and alcohol and commits to tennis for the very first ...
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November 12, 2009
- I was reading a post asking folks to explain when writing became a passion and how they learned the craft. No surprise... most people started creating works of literature the first time they picked up a pen.Not me... I'm dyslexic. Every word I write is testament to my love of not writing, but learning. Growing up, writing was torture. Mom was a spelling and grammar snob, and her implement of ...
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