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The following was originally posted here . Why I Write What I Write by Danielle DeVor I guess you could say, I was the kid who always wanted the monsters to win. I can remember watching The Monster Squad for the first time back in the 1980’s and crying when Frankenstein’s Monster had to go away. So, with that love behind me, writing about all things fantasy and horror was a natural progression.

There aren’t many things that make us feel these days. Truly feel. With the news full of shootings, bombings, and floods, reality is truly terrifying. But, how do we deal with it all? That’s why the horror genre is so important. While supernatural beasties aren’t something we have to worry about, putting yourself mentally in a situation where you must fight for your life trains your brain to learn to adapt to situations that others aren’t prepared for.

The following is a syndicated post . Do you find yourself using the word “good” to describe just about anything? Good weather, good movies, good music, good life, good this, good that… Surely, it’s convenient and time-efficient to use one word over and over again, but does it really express the exact meaning you’d like to convey? We bet it doesn’t. That’s why we’ve put together this handy infographic containing 200 different words for “good” to help you make your speech and writing more powerful and impactful. Don’t wrack your brain looking for other words for “good”—just choose the one you like from our infographic!

The following syndicated post was  originally posted here and is  used on this site with permission. This novel took me 15 years to write. Well, not exactly, but… Even though Dead Man’s Hand was my first published novel, it’s not the first book I wrote. Kiss & Tell is my “baby”.  It’s the first book I ever even attempted to write. I started writing the novel in the winter of 2000, while playing hockey down in Oklahoma. A lot of circumstances surround this novel, and it’s the reason I started writing in the first place. This novel, and all of my writing, happened by “chance”. I was playing professional hockey in Oklahoma, and was struck in the eye with a stick in a preseason game. That injury ended my season before it began.

By tweeting this syndicated post , you can earn promotional tweets from me as part of the Amazon Tweet Exchange. Details here . The Yellow Bus Boys By: Ron Shaw Genre: Humor/Coming of Age

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By tweeting this syndicated post , you can earn promotional tweets from me as part of the Amazon Tweet Exchange. Details here . Cover links to Amazon.com Starling Love in Los Angeles by Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae Genre: M/M Romance Be careful what you wish for.... Can Alex find his own happily ever after with the man of his dreams when the whole world is watching?

By tweeting this syndicated post , you can earn promotional tweets from me as part of the Amazon Tweet Exchange. Details here . Cover links to Amazon.com Trespass  TJ Peacock & Lisa Rayburn Mysteries Book 2 By Marla Madison  Genre: suspense/mystery TJ discovers a link between a home explosion, a murder, and a series of invasions.  Read more here... The following was originally posted on Marla Madison's blog, which you can read here . Today my blog is the first ten pages of my newly released suspense novel, Trespass, next in the Private Investigator TJ Peacock & therapist Lisa Rayburn series, available now on Amazon.com. Here is a brief synopsis. I hope you’ll find the story intriguing. A deadly house explosion nearby lures investigator TJ Peacock to the site of the fire where she meets Gemma, a woman tortured by the death of a friend who died in the explosion. Gemma, struggling with the ghosts of her past, is conv...

By tweeting this syndicated post , you can earn promotional tweets from me as part of the Amazon Tweet Exchange. Details here . Cover links to Amazon.com N o writer or author in my small sample has escaped the clutches of their best frienemy. You sit in front of a blank document rather it be Word,  Open Office  or Scrivener  and stare at the screen. You want to write. You need to write. Nothing is coming. Not even the repulsive drivel you’ll later delete or edit away. Not a single word enters your brain. Every attempt wafts like smoke through the empty chasm of your mind, arid like the Mohave and complete with tumbleweeds.Ah,  writer’s block ! The harbinger of death for writers, poets and authors. And those stupid weeds don’t give you a damned bit of help, either. The longer you stymie in the Block, the more locked down your brain becomes. You have to write. But you can’t write. But you need to write! But nothing comes out! No ideas. WHAT DO I DO!? ...

By tweeting this syndicated post , you can earn promotional tweets from me as part of the Amazon Tweet Exchange. Details here . Cover links to Amazon.com As a single parent in London making a living as a child minder, a normal day went something like this:”Holy nightmare, Batman!” “Let’s go, Robin!” Wroom! Whack! POW! Bam!! -at the end of which I’m sure you can imagine I felt sorely in need of some adult ‘head-space’.

By tweeting this post, you can earn promotional tweets from me as part of the Amazon Tweet Exchange. Details here . The following was written by Travis Luedke and was originally posted on his blog HERE . He has given me permission to syndicate it. Be sure to check out his books, such as the following... Cover links to Amazon.com

By tweeting this syndicated post , you can earn promotional tweets from me as part of the Amazon Tweet Exchange. Details here . There's something about dystopia isn't there? Something that is so interesting to experience when you realize how different the world you're reading about is from your own. As I've posted about before, so much of dystopian fiction is incredibly, sadly negative. Yet even in dystopian stories with a strongly negative quality I often find myself enjoying being wrapped up in the character's world. What is it that makes dystopia so captivating? I think I have some ideas as to why. One thing about dystopia that is enjoyable is the shock value of it, the jolt of surprise when you see how much differently things could be done in the future. Often it's things being done in a way you might not like, but it can set your mind swimming. For example, in the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's great short story, The Minority Report...

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