Sometimes, putting words on paper—seems easy enough, right—becomes a tortuous exercise in rhythm, not unlike lyrics to a song. You know what you want to say’ you know how you want it to feel, yet the words just do not emerge in […]
Let’s face it; nothing is original. Stories have been passed along in one form or another for centuries. Early stories were passed down orally, from one generation to another. At some point new ideas were regurgitated old ideas, in the same way […]
A Writing Tip: Have you ever had a dream, so real, that it lingered upon awakening? I have. Often. Bizarre, seemingly unrelated imagery, words, that seem to make sense in the dream world, although, upon awakening, leaves an emotional aftertaste, without much […]
Well, I certainly got your attention, didn’t I? You see, we are wired that way, both skeptics and believers, all wishing for the one absolute truth, the best of everything, whether it be a book, a life changing program, or whatever.We are inundated, […]
The July edition of Books ‘N Pieces is available and packed with material. Read as a PDF Read as an ePub Read as an Issuu flip-page magazine In this issue, an interview with bestselling author JC Ryan (The Tenth Cycle), Twitter marketing […]
READ THE JUNE 2017 ISSUE: PDF: http://bit.ly/BNPJune2017ePub: http://bit.ly/BNPJune2017ePubFlip page: https://issuu.com/altpublish/docs/june2017bnp With each issue BNP gets stronger. Our readership as grown–which reminds me, if you have not signed up for a FREE subscription, please do so HERE, or bit.ly/Subscribe2BNP It is my hope that as […]
May 2017 Books ‘N Pieces Digital Magazine Enjoy this issue of Books ‘N Pieces featuring romance authors Devika Fernando, Arabelle Sheraton, YA author Fiona Ingram, with a short story by Henry Ohaegbulam (First place winner in our contest – different story), and […]
Determining the truth when you write a novel seems to be an important aspect of the process. The question remains, what is the truth and why does it matter? I present this question because in the creation of a written product, the […]
Amateur writers have a tendency to use more words than needed to convey their story. For example, you might read: It was a bright blue morning, and the splinters of sunlight pierced the solitary cloud that floated above the old, Victorian house. […]
I’ve been in Hong Kong, a week in March, visiting family – part of the delay with the BNP first issue. Hong Kong is a fascinating place to write about. It is an amazing mix of simple through eclectic, modern through filfthy […]