Beta Readers are invaluable to writers. They put their trust in them to read and critique their work. So what have I learnt since becoming a beta reader? 1) Stick to guidelines and deadlines Writers should give you guidance on what they want from you. Ask first if they would like you to offer help …
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Twitter has a wonderful writing community. I think the best part is the hashtag prompts. Take #vssnature, which I host, as an example. The aim is to write a tweet-sized very short story (vss) on the prompt word. I limited this prompt to nature words, but there are other daily and weekly hashtag prompts to …
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Ah, June! The sun has made a comeback. What better than to read a murder mystery set in the baking hot Egyptian desert while sunbathing on the beach! Amelia Peabody is a guilty pleasure read. But come on, every book comes with a dose of Egyptology and a feminist Indiana Jones mixed with murder, mystery, …