Sacrifice

Is it selfish to want good for someone else?

Is it utter selfishness to believe someone deserves better than you?

Sacrifice is selfishness in itself.

By humbling yourself,

You're trying to make yourself feel good.

Sometimes it works.

Best list of Hip Hop Choreography

Find the best list of Hip Hop Choreography Below:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhM9XQvF1ThuAa6DiuXBq88Z4QMybgnJl

Ted-talk on Descriptions

How to write great descriptions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4

Best Sex and the City Line

This line was the greatest line in the series Sex and the City

The truth is at any given moment someone, somewhere could be making a face about you but it's the reviews that you give yourself that matter.

Best audio narrators

I came across a site with some of the best audio narrators I ever heard.  Check it out by clicking on their names under their pictures on the site below:

http://www.audible.com/int/Featured_Narrators

Great site for writers of all genres

http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/information-center/

Improv Comedy prompt

Improv Comedy did a prompt on the phrase "Sand gets in your (blank)

It went something like this: Sand gets in your hair, your hair gets in your face, your face gets in other people's faces, their faces get mad.  Mad makes people want to shout, shouting starts a protest, protesting starts violence, violence gets you kicked out of candy stores.  Getting kicked out of candy stores makes you have headaches.  Headaches can't be relieved by Midol.  Midol is for Crampy Ladies.  Crampy ladies look bloated.  Bloated makes your face look puffy.  Puffy is the worst name for a rapper.  Rapper's nicknames should be names like Wilma and Fred.  Wilma and Fred are my next door neighbors.  My neighbors don't own the Bedrock.  The Bedrock is a hard place.  Getting in a hard place causes people to write prompts called:

Sand gets in your (blank).

How to use Dialogue Tags Effectively

"A Man called Ove", by Fredrick Backman- the writer does a great job of showing active voice and immediacy in his writing.  Fredrick also uses effective dialogue tags that help move the writing so that writers don't have unnatural pauses.

Here are some examples:

 

 

Acknowledging her presence.  "I only want to ask you a few questions..." she tried. 

 "Ask them somewhere else.  I don't want them here." Ove answered, scattering snow about him in a way that made it difficult to tell whether he was shoveling or digging.

This is a great example of how to use ellipses and how to have a character respond while their proceeding to be doing something like shoveling.

 

"Yes, yes.  But I didn't do it on purpose for God's sake," he muttered and wriggled out of her grip.  Parvaneh shook her head.

Using a unique word like "muttered" is better than the dialogue tag, "said," which often over used.

 

 

"Hello?" said the garage door.  "There's no one here!" Ove hissed back.  "But I can hear you!"said the garage door.  

Great idea of giving inanimate objects a voice.  In this novel because Ove, the Main character is a widower and can be seen putzing around his house by himself, the author Fredrick often has his character give inanimate or animals inner thoughts or voice for the character to interact with.

 

A doctor came in and spoke to Ove in an indifferent, clinical voice about the need to "prepare himself for the likelihood of her not waking up again."  

This is a great way of characterizing the doctor and showing and not telling something about the character.

Buy used E-books

I heard that Amazon was getting a patent to sell used e-books but I wanted to figure out if there is another site that sells used e-books.  When I came across this site:

http://used-ebooks.blogspot.com/

Some popular books are sold as low as $1.00

Publish audio books for free

Go to http://www.podiobooks.com/ to publish your audio book.

How to write a book blurb description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf4fKJAlGFU 

Where to find you perfect book cover

Some great sites  are listed below for great book covers and Illustrations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://fiverr.com/jw12792/create-a-unique-ebook-cover
http://www.goonwrite.com
http://www.vividcovers.com
http://fantasiafrogdesigns.wordpress.com/premade-bookcovers
http://www.romancenovelcovers.com
http://ebookindiecovers.com **this one has sales/clearance at $12**
http://goonwrite.com
http://indiebookcovers.blogspot.com
http://mycoverart.com/premade-designs
http://www.bookcoversale.com

Listen to Emergency Dispatch

I'm doing some research on emergency dispatchers and I came across this site that allows you to listen to live police, Fire, Ems, Aviation and Rail Audio Feeds throughout the United States at the site below:

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/