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Francine Howarth's Blog – June 2012 Archive (3)

Taking up gauntlets with writer challenges that have no reward other than fun of participation!

Writing flash-fiction by my reckoning, is the best means for any writer to learn the art of honing one's work and making every word count! Even when a snippet is extracted from a novel for purposes of becoming an excerpt, impact is key. That excerpt is supposed to help sell your novel. It has to convey essence of the book's content. "But that's easy" you might say, "I'll select a thrilling or sexy bit." OK, one or the other or both might capture a reader's attention, and just for that…

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Added by Francine Howarth on June 29, 2012 at 10:39 — No Comments

Are readers really ignorant of history? Weird tags cropping up at Amazon.

Can you believe it, people have started tagging this novel as medieval when it states it is a 17th century setting. I couldn't believe readers are that ignorant of history. So I'm wondering if I need to replace the cover. Out of the two, the colourful one depicting fashions of the era, which is best? …

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Added by Francine Howarth on June 15, 2012 at 13:30 — 1 Comment

Just received this from my US Publisher.

It's due release next month: July.

Blurb:

In the past Tania has masqueraded as Nina at parties, and likewise Nina has pretended to be Tania. As far as Tania is concerned one more act of deception isn’t going to hurt anybody. Despite Nina’s reluctance, she’s won over by Tania’s pleading ways and…

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Added by Francine Howarth on June 15, 2012 at 9:00 — 3 Comments