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Photo credit: nimAdestiny, Flickr, Creative Commons HAPPY NEW YEAR! My best wishes to all for a healthy, safe, peaceful, productive and prosperous 2014. Scott Bury The Written Word
December 2013
Book launch: Tube Riders 2 — Exile
Book 2 in Chris Ward’s original and excellent Tube Riders trilogy has just launched.Earlier this year, I gave five stars to Ward’s stand-alone novel, Head of Words. It’s a deep and dark psychological story that shows Ward’s talent and professionalism as a writer.Now, I’m telling everyone I can to pay attention to this original writer’s […]
Merry Christmas to all
I wish all a peaceful, healthy and happy Christmas season. Scott Bury The Written Word Drawing by HIKINGARTIST.COM via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons attribution.http://www.flickr.com/photos/hikingartist/
What makes a good read? Two best-sellers join the debate
Photo by Documentally / Christian Payne, found on Flickr, licensed through Creative Commons. Writers are always struggling with advice from disparate sources on how to improve their writing. That’s why I turned to some best-selling authors and asked them what made certain books their favourites. What makes a good read? Weighing in this week are DelSheree […]
Good reading: Two best-selling authors tell what they like to read
Creative Commons What makes a book a good read? Three more independent authors give me their perspective: Mohana Rajakumar is author of So You Want to Sell a Million Copies?, Love Comes Later and a number of other books. Her latest is An Unlikely Goddess. Jesi Lea Ryan is author of Arcadia’s Gift, Arcadia’s Curse […]
What do great writers like to read?
What makes a good read? Is it characterization, plot, style? A unique idea, or the rules of your favourite genre? I’ve asked some of the best independent authors I know what they like to read — what makes a good read for them. Today, here are the first three to answer: RS Guthrie, author of the […]
Book launch: Binder
David Vinjamuri, fellow member of Best-Selling Reads and a columnist with Forbes magazine, has released his second novel, Binder. What’s it about? In the mountains of West Virginia, hooded men ambush and beat a group of environmental protestors. An Army colonel’s daughter goes missing, and ex-operator Michael Herne travels to West Virginia to find her. […]