You might be one of those people who has written one or two books but no matter how hard you try you cannot find a good publisher or agent to represent you. Xlibris Book Publishers have come to the help of such people who want to have their books published. This Print on Demand (POD) company was cre[......]

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What is poetry?
Poetry is an art form in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its user and audience to differ from ordin[......]

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One of the lines commonly heard at writing seminars, critique groups and workshops is “Sometimes you have to kill your babies.” Often that is met by a collective, “What? I could never do that.” Babies refers not to cuddly little munchkins, but the parts of your manuscript that you love. The words th[......]

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Perpetual Prose would like to welcome Andrewj on board as our new poetry blogger.
There’s actually an odd correlation between these ideas: poetry is either inadequate, even immoral, in the face of human suffering, or it’s unprofitable, hence useless. Either way, poets are advised to hang our heads o[......]

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There is nothing more boring to read than a scene with no oomph. Can you feel the surroundings, does your heartbeat skip right along with that of the  victim or the woman in love? Or have you created a set of paper dolls in a cardboard house?

If you can’t feel the scene, it’s a sure bet that your [......]

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Roger, what did it take for you to get your break as an author?

I was just bloody-minded!  I started writing on November 4th 1987, and between then and July 17th 1993 I wrote something every day except for three days when I was going through a divorce.  I completed twenty two novels in that time, [......]

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Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, outside forces are at work draining your creative spirit. After all, how can you write a romance scene when the toilet is overflowing and the water is lapping at your ankles? Or the air conditioning is broken and the temperature outside passed one hundred hours[......]

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Eva, what have been the greatest influences on your writing in your life?
What really has influenced my writing has been my life experiences. I have travelled the globe, including a safari in East Africa, dengue fever in Central America and numerous other adventures. Ernest Hemingway is a prime exam[......]

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Whether you’re a reader posting a review on a site like Amazon, or an author reviewing someone else’s work, here are a few tips that will make it a lot easier to write an informative review.
Many of the book reviews written these days are for online blogs, websites or bookstores like Amazon, Barnes [......]

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