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      Counterblow Clemency     Author: Naomi Shibles Release Date: December 2023 Description:   Counterblow Clemency is a young adult science fiction story from Naomi Shibles.   Promo City is blazing with advertising pollution, but all sixteen-year-old Bjorn Bear cares about is having fun, until the city’s deadliest assassins attack him. With his...

      Blurring The Lines (Again)     Author: Brad Center Release Date: December 2023 Description:   Blurring the Lines is a collection of stories that twist and re-shape reality - a reality that is not quite ours but exists in the land of "What If". Here you'll find a mix of speculative fiction...

      Passions Uncovered: Los Jefes Del Mundo     Author: Carmalisa Ford Release Date: December 2023 Description:   Passions Uncovered: Los Jefes Del Mundo is a romance mystery from author Carmalisa Ford.   This book continues the story of The Love He's Always Wanted first. Vince has a serious obsession with Bianca's best...

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      Hastings Street: Boulevard of Blues     Author: Theo Czuk Release Date: December 2023 Description:   The ’20s are roaring. Jazz is igniting the speakeasies. Prohibition is spawning gangs and the industrial revolution is aflame with union wars! America is caught between the forces of progression and digression. And the neighborhood of The...

      Ironblood     Author: Mord McGhee Release Date: November 2023 Description:   IRONBLOOD is a historical saga exploring the raw and complicated story of America’s industrial legacy, which gives voice to humanity’s worst fears yet displays our greatest hopes. A story told through the eyes of characters from various cultures and countries...

      Beneath the Hazel Crown     Author: Anna Kirkup Release Date: November 2023 Description:   ‘She wouldn’t let her friends turn into murderers. Wouldn’t let them do what she had done.’   The comfort of returning to her human home is only temporary for 17 year old Elara Anderson. With barely enough...

a) Don’t use dead language - Toni Morrison     b) Use concrete imagery when you write about large, abstract themes - Wislawa Szymborska     c) Work stories out in your head when you can’t write - Alice Munro     d) Read and draw on wide influences but don’t cram your work with...

  Characters are the heartbeat of almost every story. They generally have two different purposes in a narrative: to be human enough for your readers or audience to identify with them and to contribute to the meaning or message intended by the author. Coming up with characters is as simple as looking to our subject...

  1. Chose a time and location   People often feel like writing at different times of the day. It's an observable fact that many are not in the enviable position of choosing their preferred writing hours. Some good advice is to organise your day around the hours that you prefer to write in. Whether...