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Scott Mullins

  • On the Art of the Long Sentence

    Guest post by Randal Eldon Greene The Long Sentence’s Bad Rap As schoolchildren, we are taught that long sentences are bad, ugly. We are given the notion early on that multiple ideas expressed in writing without a formalized break (usually the period; sometimes an exclamation point or question mark) is a poorly constructed sentence. The…

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  • 8 Reasons Authors Need to Join Wattpad

    As an author, I’m sure that you heard about Amazon. You’ve probably also heard of Goodreads. You may or may not have heard of Wattpad, the social reading site and publishing site that started in 2006 and became a worldwide phenomenon with more than a few success stories (including Margaret Atwood). Wattpad is another platform…

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  • Fiction Book Recommendations [104 Genres]

    Finding your next “great read” is never easy. Sometimes you want to read something in your genre. Other times you want to read something that’s completely different. Sometimes you have no clue what you want to read. No matter what “reading” mood you’re in, we’ve got you covered with an in-depth book recommendation list. Now…

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  • Best Historical Fiction Books

    There’s nothing better than a good, historical fiction book and breathing life back into the forgotten moments of history. What is historical fiction? Historical fiction was introduced to the literary world in the early 19th century by the Scottish playwright and poet, Sir Walter Scott. It presents history in a nuanced way allowing readers to…

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  • 8 Thrilling Historical Novels from Leon Uris

    Binge read these gripping historical fiction novels from the author of Exodus. In 1958, the novel Exodus by Leon Uris (pronounced your-iss) became an international best-selling phenomenon. The book, which tells of the founding of the state of Israel, went on to become a blockbuster 1960 film starring none other than Paul Newman. Exodus and…

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  • The Best Steampunk Books You Have to Read

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    This list looks at the most exciting, adventurous, and mysterious books in the Steampunk genre.  In these stories, you can follow heroes as they take on corruption, murder, and betrayal while striving to save themselves, their worlds, and often search for love in the process.  Each of these books will take you on an exciting…

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  • 28 Websites to Help You Find Your Next Great Read

    Finding a good book these days can seem a little like you’re the Monty Python team searching for the Holy Grail, especially if you’re looking  for something exciting and new. The beast that is Amazon has an ever-expanding bookshelf of new titles coming out every day. So we’ve put a handy list of 28 of…

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  • Author Interview with Glen Erik Hamilton about his book Hard Cold Winter

    My name’s Glen.  I’m a native of Seattle who now lives in Southern California – from all the rain to all the sun, though I often miss the green landscape.   Like most writers, I juggle my day job and (terrific, supportive) family time with the novelist career.  I write mystery thrillers about a man named…

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  • Author Interview with Timothy Hallinan

    Timothy Hallinan, for those who don’t know you, introduce yourself, your writing and your books Well, I started writing under my own name in the 1990s after turning out six or seven novels under different names on a work-for-hire basis. In 1990 I wrote a mystery called The Four Last Things under my own name,…

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  • Author Interview with Matthew FitzSimmons about his book Poisonfeather

    My name is Matthew FitzSimmons. I live and write in Washington DC, where I taught high school English for a decade before writing The Short Drop. The Short Drop debuted on Kindle first in November and in paperback on December 1st. It’s the first Gibson Vaughn novel and centers on a cold case involving a…

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