Photo by Brookage (Creative Commons) What are we sharing online? Too much. “Oversharing” used to refer to celebrities posting on their social media way too much detail about their personal relationships, their dates with other celebrities or newest bulimia techniques. Or about ordinary people blogging stuff that’s just too personal.But something else is happening: in […]
With this post, I’m reviving a Written Words tradition: posting brief samples of my upcoming work on Sundays. I’m aiming to publish One Shade of Red, my spoof of Fifty Shades of Grey, in about a month (hopefully less). And to give you a taste, here’s a bit of Chapter 1: Falling Down, where the […]
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Two good friends, fellow bloggers and writers have nominated me for the Liebster Award for Blogging: Christine Nolfi, founder of the BestSelling Reads group; and Bruce Blake, fantasy author and fellow member of Independent Authors International. As a Liebster Winner (Liebsterite? Liebsterine?), I now have to: • tell you 11 random facts about myself • […]
What is writing style? How important is it to the reader, to the writer and to the writer’s success in reaching an audience? This week, I asked Martha Bourke, author of the Jaguar Sun series of “young adult” novels and fellow member of BestSelling Reads about the importance and impact of her writing style. How would […]
A new book by Scott Morgan, my brother from another mother and father … and country … who somehow got all the good looks … How To Be A Whiny Beeyotch: 71 Writing Excuses Meet the Back of My Hand Okay, I gotta whine: I didn’t get around to blogging about this before February 8, […]
Fifty Shades of the worst book I ever read by Evan Zenobia Evan Zenobia is editor of the Eclipse News blog and a close friend. He has graciously given Written Words permission to reprint this independent review of the bestselling Fifty Shades of Grey. A meaningless setting. A cast of thoroughly unbelievable, unrelatable, one-dimensional characters. […]