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Tag Archives: Books
The Joy of Reading
The wonderful gift of sight! Use it to read more. For starters: try one of these: ‘Tissue of Lies’ – A psychological thriller. myBook.to/TOL ‘Your Last Breath’ – A chilling thriller. myBook.to/YourLastBreath You won’t be disappointed!
Posted in Books, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged all genres, Books, gift of sight, Kindle, paperback, promoting other authors, read more, Reading, Thriller
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Do Competitions Necessarily Show the Cream of the Book Crop?
Success as an author seems to depend on how much money you can spend on promoting yourself. EVEN ENTRY TO BOOK COMPETITIONS REQUIRES A FEE. In the first book competition I’ve ever entered, I was given a date for my … Continue reading
Three Brilliant Ways for Authors to Co-Promote
After a discussion in a Facebook author group in late November, I decided to start a co-promotion group called the Tweeting Co-Promotion Group. Not very original, but it says what we do. We’ve been operating just 2 months and … Continue reading
Lets Lirn Inglish, 6
Let’s Learn English, Lesson 6 Speech Marks or Inverted Commas The online Oxford Dictionaries website gives the following In direct speech, various punctuation conventions are used to separate the quoted words from the rest of the text: this … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloggers, Books, English Grammar, Help with Writing, Inverted Commas, Punctuation, Speech Marks. Direct Speech, Writers
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Clarification Needed Regarding the Listing Comma
The Listing Comma, Please Help As some of you already know, I’m seeking out the official British English grammar guidelines on the internet and posting them as lessons. The emphasis is on British English grammar here as taught in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Uncategorized
Tagged Authors, Bloggers, Books, British English Grammar, Grammar Problem, Grammar Question, Help Needed, Readers, Reviewers, Writers, writing
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Lets Lirn Inglish, 5
Let’s Learn English Grammar, Lesson 5 Please be aware I’m not a teacher, I’m learning about grammar using these posts and hope some of you will learn along with me as I seek out the British English grammar on the … Continue reading
Lets Lirn Inglish, 3
Let’s Learn English, 3 Apostrophes The online ‘Oxford Dictionaries’ give two main instances where the apostrophe is needed: “Using apostrophes to show possession Using apostrophes to show omission” Richard Dobbs of another online website entitled ‘Grammar and Style in British English’ … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Uncategorized
Tagged #Promoting Artists, #Promoting Authors, #Promoting Poets, Authors, Bloggers, Books, British English, Learning English Grammar, Writers
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Last Day For Free ‘Tissue Of Lies’ E-Book
Download your free kindle e-book today 13th April. Offer closes tonight. You can download a free app from Playstore for your tablet. Download now from my Home page or from my previous post.
Posted in #Love
Tagged Abandoned Baby, Birth Parents, Books, Crime, Free e-book, Kindle, Poisoned, Psychological thriller, Readers, Reviews, Stolen Child
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Unfair to Authors
Unfair to Authors.
Posted in Psychological Thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged Amazon, Authors, Best Seller Ranking, Books, Fans, Readers, Reviewers, Reviews, Writers
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Unfair to Authors
Although Amazon.com shows no reviews for my book ‘Tissue of Lies’, there are some excellent reviews on Amazon.co.uk. I don’t know why the two branches of the same company cannot display the same information about a book. Even the Best … Continue reading
Posted in #Love
Tagged Amazon, Authors, Best Sellers Ranking, Book information, Books, Fans, Readers, Reviewers
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For people who buy books.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone who read a book would leave a review? I do mean both positive and negative reviews. Even if it was only a requirement for free book promotions, the good and bad books would soon … Continue reading
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