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A Book Is Worth a Thousand PicturesBy Angela Knight

A picture is worth a thousand words Those words may be a cliché, but they also have an element of truth. I can talk about the vivid scarlet of a rose, but the description isn’t as powerful as a photo of a tender crimson bud blazing against a verdant green background of leaves drenched in …

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Making Your Book Fly by Angela Knight

Film can do incredible things. It can make you believe you’re seeing dragons fly, or a Jedi Knight battling Darth Vader. But as impressive as that is, novelists can do something even the best filmmakers can’t. They can make you feel the beat of the dragon’s wings, or the heat of the light saber humming …

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Opinions. Everybody’s Got One – the Pro Rookie By Liz Crowe

By way of not taking my own advice, I’ve been following a few folks on Twitter who, let’s just say, are super into offering advice for authors. Their advice is many times useful. Other times it seems to be they are channeling their pet peeves vis a’ vis “books” and “characters” and turning that into …

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YouTube: The Romance Writer’s Secret Weapon by Angela Knight

I’d like to share a sampling of my favorite YouTube links I’ve found useful for everything from writing fight scenes to creating e-book covers. YouTube may just be the best weapon the Internet has ever given romance novelists. Even books aren’t as useful for researching physical skills as videos – and I adore books. The …