I also like Midsummer Dance better... it seems to flow nicely and has a nice ring. :-)
My absolute favorite go-to writing book is "Writing the Breakout Novel" by Donald Maass. It covers lots of different aspects of writing, and gives...
Graceling by Kristin Cashore... One of the most original fantasy novels I have ever read, excellently written. I feel so unoriginal even just...
Ditto both of the above. When this happens to me, I have to take a step back and just breathe. I usually don't feel up to rewriting the piece...
I love to read and write fantasy, so some of my literary heroes include: Brian Jacques (RIP :'( ), the Redwall series never fails to amaze and...
I agree with all the above posters... synonyms weren't meant to be memorized, it was just a word invented to be a shorter version than using the...
I would say use a semi-colon, ; So it would read Darn it! Twice abandoned; first by Dr. Truneh and now by Maria
I have probably 5 different types of notepads that I constantly use for various things... sometimes the meanderings of my mind, sometimes random...
... quite obviously. :-D So, I write, and have self-published a couple books. I love to do all sorts of writing, songs, poetry, novels,...
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