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Tips On Self-Publishing

Tips On Self-Publishing I recently decided to self-publish a compilation of my work. It is something that I've wanted to do for a long time, but have always put off for several reasons; the imagined cost, basic lethargy in editing the damn thing, and laziness when it came to mail-outs to publishers. If this sounds like you so far, you might be able to benefit from a few things I learned along the way. Below I will discuss almost everything you will need to know before jumping into a self-publishing project, some pitfalls to avoid, and approximately what to expect to come out of your pocket. (I'm talking about money, pervert.) Once I dec

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Tips For the Novice

Tips For The Novice It's an all-too common occurrence on my periodic forays into the world of internet poetry - writing weakened by a lack of fundamental knowledge concerning the essence of poetry writing. There are no rules set in stone about creative writing. The writer that strikes new trails can make a lasting impact on the world of poetry, but the chances of a writer stumbling upon golden words without a solid knowledge base are slim to none. The following tips for novice writers are intended to help shore up those fundamentals, to help the young writer breathe the essence of life into their poems, and to better share that essence with

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Tips For Editing Poetry

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RotG/GoC Fanfiction Writing Tips- Fandom Cap.

Almost everyone knows to capitalize characters’ names, places, and the first word in a sentence, but what about other words specific to the RotG and GoC fandoms, like Guardians and Snow Globes? In these fandoms, there are many words that should be capitalized that you might not be aware of; these words don’t seem like proper nouns, after all. But here is a list: Guardian(s) Fearling(s) Nightmare(s) (the horses, not the dreams) Tooth Box(es) Yeti(s) Elf/Elves Dreamsand Black Sand Warrior Egg(s) (the moving egg statues in Bunny’s Warren) Tooth Palace Moon Man in the Moon Globe (as in the Globe of Belief, the one in North’s workshop with the lights on it) Snow Globe(s) (the ones that create portals) Mother Nature’s Empire Pooka Sister(s) of Flight Golden Age Nightmare King As a general rule, if it’s a species, group, place, or special object/substance specific to the RotG and GoC fandoms, it’s capitalized. That means if you make up something in one of those

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RotG/GoC Fanfiction Writing Tips- Romance

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Inhuman Resources: Chapter 1

Cloud Computing "You ready?" "Yeah, Dobe," I replied. "Start it up." The portable generator chugged hollowly for a moment before finally rumbling into life, a brief green flicker from the computer bank announcing its success. A curl of exhaust issued forth, and to my nose seemed to fill the whole office block with its petroleum stench. Even this, however, was nothing compared to the sensation that accompanied it; subtle, but far more potent. The computer had not been switched on for some time, and a number of scheduled tasks had accumulated. In my mind's eye, I perceived them, though the screen lay cracked and broken on the floor: toppled

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Oniria Bestiary Entity Testing - pt 1

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Published: Feb 9, 2012

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Everything I've learned about writing, more or less. So I don't have to reiterate the same advice in every comment and can just point here instead. Pretentious? Shit yeah. I worked my ass off to learn all this stuff.

If enough of you have decent points to add and would accede to the CC license I might append another section or insert your advice (credited of course) into the next edition.

Write, motherfuckers.

Edit: goddamn but dA's PDF viewer is ugly. If you download it the table of contents will link to the chapters and links in the text will work properly.

Addendum: thanks GDs for not featuring this. That'll sound sarcastic to anyone else but they know I mean it.

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