Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Hi, everyone, we’ve got another busy and fun-filled week coming up at The Novel Approach. The lineup is stellar, the guest posts pretty phenomenal, and the giveaways are not to be missed. Here’s what we’ve got in store for you in the week ahead! Monday – Sue Brown is our guest today as we continue... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, we’ve got another busy and fun-filled week coming up at The Novel Approach. The lineup is stellar, the guest posts pretty phenomenal, and the giveaways are not to be missed. Here’s what we’ve got in store for you in the week ahead! Monday – Sue Brown is our guest today as we continue... Continue Reading →
Ok, so here on our last installment I want to go over the part that is the most important part of any story to me personally: the theme. What, at the end of the day, is your message, and how well did your story get that message across? I know you’re thinking, message? What message... Continue Reading →
“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” – William Shakespeare Title: Dear God Author: John Goode Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 20 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A Lost Chapter from End of the Innocence Confronted by prejudice and looking for a way to fight those using religion against his friend, Kyle... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, and thanks for stopping in to see what we have in store for you in the week ahead. We've got more guest articles, more exclusive interviews, more excerpts and giveaways galore, not to mention another week of reviews ahead, so we hope you'll come around and take part in all the fun! Here's... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, and thanks for stopping in to see what we have in store for you in the week ahead. We've got more guest articles, more exclusive interviews, more excerpts and giveaways galore, not to mention another week of reviews ahead, so we hope you'll come around and take part in all the fun! Here's... Continue Reading →
I have come bearing bad news if you are a writer or want to be one. I know this will come as a shock to most people, but I am afraid there is just no getting around it. So, here I go. There are no more… new? Untold? stories in the world. There! I said... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, Everyone, I hope it was a great week for all of you. And if not, well, it’s almost over, so there’s that. Speaking of great weeks, we’ve got another one of those coming up at The Novel Approach—more reviews, more guests, and more giveaways are on tap, so read on to see what’s... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, Everyone, I hope it was a great week for all of you. And if not, well, it’s almost over, so there’s that. Speaking of great weeks, we’ve got another one of those coming up at The Novel Approach—more reviews, more guests, and more giveaways are on tap, so read on to see what’s... Continue Reading →
Okay. So write me a novel. No, don't look at me like that. Go think of completely new characters, complete with back stories, an entire setting, and a fully developed plotline. Stat. I still don't know what Stat is, but I like saying it. Write me a novel! Stat! No? Not sure where to start?... Continue Reading →
You said what now? So an acquaintance of mine said on Twitter that he was working on a screenplay and posted a picture of his laptop with it open. Being the nosy inquisitive person I am, I enlarged the picture to read what he had written. Now, I know nothing about the story or the... Continue Reading →
You said what now? So an acquaintance of mine said on Twitter that he was working on a screenplay and posted a picture of his laptop with it open. Being the nosy inquisitive person I am, I enlarged the picture to read what he had written. Now, I know nothing about the story or the... Continue Reading →
Boy, have we got a week full of great stuff ahead, even with us taking the day off on Wednesday to spend with our loved ones. We’ve got guests and giveaways galore on tap; plus, as we head into the New Year, we’ve got our lists of Top Reads of 2013 compiled and ready to... Continue Reading →
Boy, have we got a week full of great stuff ahead, even with us taking the day off on Wednesday to spend with our loved ones. We’ve got guests and giveaways galore on tap; plus, as we head into the New Year, we’ve got our lists of Top Reads of 2013 compiled and ready to... Continue Reading →
Where are we now? Okay, so we've gone over turning an idea into a story. We have looked at how important words can be to describe a scene. Let's hit on a point some writers don't think about a lot: the setting. Where and when we are can color a story as much as the... Continue Reading →
Where are we now? Okay, so we've gone over turning an idea into a story. We have looked at how important words can be to describe a scene. Let's hit on a point some writers don't think about a lot: the setting. Where and when we are can color a story as much as the... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, and welcome to another look at what we've got on tap for you in the coming week. We'll have more reviews, including stories in the Dreamspinner Advent Calendar anthology Heartwarming, as well as some other Christmas themed stories. We've also got interviews, guest articles, a Backlist Book Bump, and plenty of giveaways in... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, and welcome to another look at what we've got on tap for you in the coming week. We'll have more reviews, including stories in the Dreamspinner Advent Calendar anthology Heartwarming, as well as some other Christmas themed stories. We've also got interviews, guest articles, a Backlist Book Bump, and plenty of giveaways in... Continue Reading →
It was a dark and stormy night... So let's get down to the brass tacks, the things that make a good writer a great writer—invoking emotion using the printed word, for example. Using images, it is so much easier since your brain can take visual information and then fill a story in for it, creating... Continue Reading →
It was a dark and stormy night... So let's get down to the brass tacks, the things that make a good writer a great writer—invoking emotion using the printed word, for example. Using images, it is so much easier since your brain can take visual information and then fill a story in for it, creating... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend (or had a fantastic one, for those of you in time zones where it's already Monday). We've got a slightly shortened but busy week ahead, so here's what we have on tap for you here at The Novel Approach. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Monday – RJ Scott... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend (or had a fantastic one, for those of you in time zones where it's already Monday). We've got a slightly shortened but busy week ahead, so here's what we have on tap for you here at The Novel Approach. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Monday – RJ Scott... Continue Reading →
"I had this idea once." How many times have you told someone you were a writer and, within nanoseconds, heard those four innocent little words balloon into what promises to be a story which, even if it stopped at three words, is WAY too long? We all have ideas. All of us. Imagination is the... Continue Reading →
Once upon a time... There was a small, troubled child who grew up to be a larger, more troubled teenager. He had entered that phase of life when the male body decides that life on its own isn't nearly as much fun as it can be dosed with hormones and sexual confusion. In the end... Continue Reading →
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