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Aleysha's Lifestyle Cafe ― As I’ve shared before, I’m on a virtual book tour for my new and fourth book, Inspired to Move Forward. And I’m so excited about it! The tour started on yesterday and I’ve already done three blogtalk radio show interviews....
Tags: Business, Events, Faith, General, Literary, Author
AleyshaProctor ― 4 weeks 4 days ago
Depression Cookies ― P presented many possible literary devices: protagonist, pathos, parody, paradox, persona, point of view, personification. Pressure! ∙ Writing is a complicated, and exhilarating, process. Few devices showcase that like a good plot twist....
Tags: Blogging From A To Z Challenge, Literary Devices, Fight Club
Tia Bach ― 4 weeks 4 days ago
Living, Learning, and Loving Life ― The theme of this week is - Show us Your Book Hoard! Take a picture and show up what you have! Join our group HERE to find out next week’s theme! Go HERE to link up with this week’s meme. This is ONE bookcase of books. The white stripe...
Tags: Literary Addicts Weekly Meme
Amanda ― 4 weeks 5 days ago
The Story People ― Then they were together so that as the hand on the watch moved, unseen now, they knew that nothing could ever happen to the one that did not happen to the other, that no other thing could happen more than this; that this was all and always this...
Tags: Word Order, Repetition, Emphasis, English Literature, Literary, Word Repeat
Rupsa ― 4 weeks 5 days ago
Depression Cookies ― Wow, we've made it to the big O. Wait, that didn't come out exactly as I had planned. *winks* ∙ Last year, I wrote about Onomatopoeia. Such a rhythmic sound. I always imagine it as a Julie Andrew's song. But, in the interest of covering new...
Tags: Oxymoron, Blogging From A To Z Challenge, Southern Women, Literary Devices
Tia Bach ― 4 weeks 5 days ago
Depression Cookies ― Have you ever noticed that most of the N adjectives are negative? I didn't until I searched N adjectives for some help today. (Nutty, noxious, noisy, naughty, nasty, nasal. Eek!) ∙ Then I happened upon noteworthy. ∙ When writing a...
Tags: Blogging From A To Z Challenge, Literary Devices, Voice
Tia Bach ― 4 weeks 6 days ago
A Bookworm's World ― The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is Kristopher Jansma's debut novel. ∙ I always take the time to read the dedication pages before I begin to read a book. I was intrigued by this entry....."If you believe that you are the author of this ...
Tags: Viking Books, Literary Fiction
Luanne ― 4 weeks 6 days ago
Depression Cookies ― M is making me maniacal. So many great literary devices to choose from: metaphor, motif, myth, melodrama, monologue, mood. Not to mention an important m word that many authors credit with their final works... muse. ∙ Last year, one of my ...
Tags: Blogging From A To Z Challenge, Malapropism, Literary Devices
Tia Bach ― 5 weeks ago
The Book Outline ― Amma never cries for Kumar. This is because she thinks he is still alive. At the end of each day, when the sun is falling quickly over water, the bats starting to stream over the violet-dusk sky, she stands at the door waiting for him. She never ...
Tags: Literary Fiction
The Book Outline ― 5 weeks 1 day ago
Jonathan Likes Books ― Thanks to NetGalley for sending me an e-ARC of this novel for review! ∙ The most difficult thing about a concept novel is that it has two levels of functionality--there's the concept-level function where whatever gimmick the author uses ...
Tags: Literary, Fantasy/sci-fi, Contemporary, Favorites, Adult
Jonathan ― 5 weeks 2 days ago
Depression Cookies ― This post is brought to you by the letter L. ∙ If you grew up loving Sesame Street or have a kid who watches it quite often, you know where that introduction comes from. Also, it shows you how a recurring device sticks with you. ∙...
Tags: Blogging From A To Z Challenge, John Steinbeck, Literary Devices
Tia Bach ― 5 weeks 2 days ago
TasuedGlitz Blog ― Seven years after it established the staging the International Creative Writing Workshop Series to encourage aspiring writers for seven years, Fidelity Bank has inaugurated the digital version of the project. It says the success of the ...
Tags: Education, Contest, Creative Writing Blog, Fidelity Bank, Literary Writing
Tasued Glitz ― 5 weeks 2 days ago
Yahoo! announced that it has acquired Tumblr for $1.1billion today. According to Tumblr's ...
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