Welcome Sarah Maury Swan to Creekside Cafe
New Bern Farmers Market Authors’ Event, Sunday, November 20th, 2022. Continue reading Welcome Sarah Maury Swan to Creekside Cafe
What Attracts You?
What do you look for in a book cover?
Have you ever bought a book because of its cover? Continue reading What Attracts You?
The Making of a Novel
The kernel of an idea came about thanks to my husband, actually his grandfather. In our home that burned David had a whip that once belonged to his grandfather who’d been a performer in a wild west show. Continue reading The Making of a Novel
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Unmasking Our Truth
“if you feel uncomfortable when you read my poetry, you should because I felt uncomfortable when I wrote it.” Continue reading Unmasking Our Truth
Reading as a Writer
Does knowing how the stories are made ruin the experience or does it give you more insight? Continue reading Reading as a Writer
Change
How resistant to change are you? Are you adventurous or do you like the status quo? What do you do to combat boredom and shake things up? Continue reading Change
Five Ways to Escalate – Savage Reads
Ratcheting up the tension will make your novel a page turner. Photo by Ruslan Alekso on Pexels.com We’ve talked about the importance of tension before and I offered examples from my work. I think tension is vital to a great story, regardless of genre. The book I’m reading, Story Trumps Structure by Steven James, highlights… — Read on savagereadsca.wordpress.com/2022/01/23/five-ways-to-escalate/ Continue reading Five Ways to Escalate – Savage Reads
AI Artificial Intelligence and Audiobooks
I recently listened to a Draft2Digital interview with Google Play Product Manager, Ryan Dingler about their auto narration through AI (artificial intelligence). If you want to learn more about it, check out this YouTube link https://youtu.be/2BuxxC-cppM I found Google Play easy to set up and use. I still want to have the books professionally narrated by an actor but until I can afford that, this … Continue reading AI Artificial Intelligence and Audiobooks
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