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Are you choosing the right word?

Published on August 17, 2015August 17, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell2 Comments

A picture paints a thousand words, but the right words can paint an amazing picture.

In this article, Mr. Kickman explains how important it is to choose the right words to set a scene.

Sometimes I’m too succinct, too quick and too sparse leaving out too many details.

Maybe it’s from writing too many Flash stories. I’m not sure, but I do know how much I enjoy a story when the words pull me into their world.

Read the article at SouthWest Writers and let me know what you think.

WHAT THE RIGHT COMPARISON CAN DO FOR YOUR STORY

by Kirt Hickman

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Do you want to know the publishing process?

Published on August 14, 2015August 12, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell5 Comments

Then here are 18 steps to make it happen.

Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror author, Michael Cairns lists 18 steps from draft to finish.

Check out his website and see if you’ve forgotten a one.

Is your process is different or about the same?

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It’s the Little Victories

Published on August 13, 2015August 14, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell7 Comments

Yep, it’s those little victories that keep me writing.

I didn’t make the top three, BUT one of my stories was SHORT LISTED!

Congratulations to my fellow writers!

Next time!

Click on the logo to read all of the entries, and maybe you’ll submit and win in the next contest!

First: Six Songs by Catherine Edmunds

Second: Attrition by Emily Devane

Third: Losing the Luck by Catherine Finch

Click on the titles to read the three winning stories

Highly Commended: The Back of Me by Jamie D Stacey

Short Listed Entries — in alphabetical order

A Brief Affair by PJ Stephenson

A Life Lived in Colour by Vanessa Savage

A Woman of Three Halves by Rebecca Kemp

After the Gruffs by Taria Karillion

An Uncommon Occurrence by Amanda OCallaghan

Attrition by Emily Devane

Burying the Past by Sally Rosser-Davies

First Haircut by Liz Jennings

Gretal by Carly Pluckrose-Gates

Her First Steps by Jamie D Stacey

Hold the Front Page by Alyson Hilbourne

Ivy by Dora Bona

King of the Castle by Vanessa Savage

Losing the Luck by Catherine Finch

Lost by Kate Harmond Allan

Not a problem by Nigel Tomlinson

Precious Memories by Jean Cogdell

Secrets by Sylvia Fairley

Signs by Karen Jones

Six Songs by Catherine Edmunds

Special Needs by Sue Uden

Tears in the Sky by Jamie D Stacey

The Back of Me by Jamie D Stacey

The Selkie’s Kiss by Erin Leach

Viennese Whirls and Pineapple Creams by Safia Moore

Writers – Mistakes to Avoid

Published on August 13, 2015August 12, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell2 Comments

Are you close?

Are you ready?

Ryan Lanz gives some very common sense reminders before you hit that send button.

I’m just about ready to start the process on my children’s book. (If I can resist tweeking it for the another zillion times.)

Now if I can just find that perfect Agent!

Or Do I self-publish?

Decisions, decisions.

What do you think? Any suggestions?

Thanks for the tips Ryan!

What Not To Do When Sending Off Your Manuscript.

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