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  • I recently started a new blog, The Good Hook, where I'll be posting about writing openings that engage the reader. Once I get readers, I plan on hosting a weekly hook critique where writers can submit their first sentences or first paragraphs for critiques by readers. So please stop on over!
  • Elizabeth, this is something I struggle with a lot, because I do a lot of writing for Mennonite Church venues, and I am a devout Christian, but I also have this drivin...
  • Rebecca, thanks! I never thought of that! I absolutely love the idea, thank you very very much! Rebecca Coffey said:Amy Jo,What you've read is very beautiful and rich...
  • Dear Virginia,  congrats on finishing your novel!  It sounds terrific. I'll bet you can do a lot to tighten up this query.  You were right to take out that first parag...
  • I just "published" (can I really say that?) my first ebook with Kindle (a YA novel called Word Blind) and found the process fairly simple. My biggest complaint is that...
  • Hi, Colleen, I have to say that the author of the article you read has a valid point.  Yes, everyone is short on time, but the truth is that people need to feel connec...
  • Very good opening three paragraphs.  My only two suggestions are to edit the But if Rheya paragraph down to its essentials.  You are getting into too much detail here....
  • Get a craniosacral appointment asap (you can locate a therapist on www.upledger.com). It helped me survive multiple types of pain, from back and head issues that presc...
  • I update my blog once a day and no I don't get paid for it since it's something of my own creation and really just about what comes to my mind and what I find interest...
  • hi , hi i started after 40 because i didn't know that i could write. never thought of it. few years back, may be 7. i started reading QURAAN  with a teacher and resear...