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Modern Ink Society
FEATURING GUEST Amalie Howard A Day in the Life of an Aquarathi living in Waterfell Welcome to the twelfth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it’s produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.” — Ken Robinson Introducing the lovely Amalie Howard A Day in the Life of an Aquarathi living in Waterfell “Like the home of many deep-sea creatures, the Aquarathi world is simply not accessible to us, and while the Aquarathi can transform into human form, this isn’t their natural state. Like humans, they are a very intelligent species, …
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FEATURING GUEST Alexandra Monir A Day in the Life of Writing Welcome to the eleventh session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.’” — J.K. Rowling Introducing the lovely Alexandra Monir A Day in the Life of Writing Suspicion “I can hardly believe that Suspicion is actually out in the world! It seems like just yesterday I was spending months hunkered over my desk writing the manuscript.Even …
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FEATURING GUEST Jessica Khoury Life as an Author: The Best and Worst List Welcome to the tenth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’” — Charles Dickens Introducing the talented Jessica Khoury Life as an Author: The Best and Worst List “Being an author is full of ups and downs—some days are harder than others. So is it worth it in the end? Here’s a list of some of my best and worst experiences as an author. WORST People read your book! It’s terrifying. Which is why when …
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FEATURING GUEST Veronica Rossi Working Through Writer’s Block Welcome to the ninth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat.’ And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.’” — Maya Angelou Introducing Veronica Rossi! “First of all, thank you Colleen for inviting me to the blog …
A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent
Out there lies talent, it just has to be found! “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” – Émile Zola Hi Everyone, I’d talked with Alex a few months ago about writing a blog post for my website and he not only agreed but wrote an outstanding and informative piece. I hope you enjoy! (Can you see the Tiger’s Curse books on his shelf?) Colleen Introducing. . . Alex Glass A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent “Most literary agents—most people who work in book publishing, for that matter—got …
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FEATURING GUEST CJ Redwine A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Being Published Welcome to the eighth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! Introducing CJ Redwine! A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO BEING PUBLISHED. “I failed. You heard me. I failed. Multiple times. I failed so often on the road to publication that I started cringing when people asked me lovely things like “What have you sold?” or “When is your book coming out?” or “Do you really think you can make a living writing stories?” Side note: If you know an aspiring writer, stop asking …
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FEATURING GUEST BETH REVIS Finding Inspiration Through Travel Welcome to the seventh session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – JRR Tolkien “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust Introducing Beth Revis! Finding Inspiration Through Travel “One of the most common questions an author gets is, “where do you …
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FEATURING GUEST APRILYNNE PIKE I’ll Never Forget the Time When Welcome to the sixth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! Do you know who you are .. and who you are meant to become? Does it seem like you are not living the life you dreamed of when you were a child? Or are you unsure which pathway in life to take? visaliaweddingstyle provides you more guide. If so, perhaps it is time to discover the life you were destined for by taking a journey of self discovery. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is …
The Radish Club
What is? Introducing The Radish Club, by Colleen Houck. (Article originally published in 2010) Today I wanted to talk about radishes. Some of the critics of my books think Kelsey is suffering from a low self-esteem problem. First of all, I believe 98% of girls suffer from self-esteem issues at one time or another in their lives. I think its a normal problem. But that’s not what I want to talk about. I worked on a salad bar for several years during my young adult years. I made seafood salad, chopped cases of fruit, made spinach, bacon, and red …
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FEATURING GUEST TERA LYNN CHILDS The Courage to Try New Things Welcome to the fifth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! During our lifetime we have a choice put before us again and again. Do we climb the new mountain in front of us, or sit and watch waiting and wishing for the courage to try. Sometimes it just takes a few words or encouragement to change the direction of our lives like it did for Tera Lynn Childs. Those words burn into our souls giving us the strength to do what our heart wishes. ~Vincent Van Gogh Introducing, …
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