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Indicted by the Goodreads Police

January 23, 2021January 22, 2021 franklparker

the irony of all this is that Amazon are constantly pestering me to post reviews of the books I purchase there! In that instance they don’t seem to care that the author might have reviewed one of my books in the past. Continue reading Indicted by the Goodreads Police

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The “Rules” Good Writers Break

January 4, 2018 franklparker

many “secret writing rules” involve useful tips, but if you follow them rigidly, you’ll end up with wooden, formulaic prose that nobody is going to want to read. – Anne R. Allen Continue reading The “Rules” Good Writers Break

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