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Roz’s 2024 Year in Books
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The quiet beginning – one trick to keep the reader’s attention
Starting a story is always a challenge. You have to do a lot at once, but not too much. Don’t overwhelm the reader, don’t confuse, don’t info-dump, don’t send misleading signals, don’t lose the reader’s interest. Sometimes you can start in medias res. Get to the action fast. Open with a murder, or a… Continue reading The quiet beginning – one trick to keep the reader’s attention
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"This is my first foray into science fiction and I’m so glad I made the leap. I listened to the audio version of Lifeform Three and from the opening sentence was immersed in a near-future world, where bods or humanoid robots maintain the last vestiges"
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""Lifeform Three" by Roz Morris is an interesting and imaginative story of a world where all realities are different than expected. I really appreciated the originality of setting up such a world, and the great way it was revealed to the reader. Thank"
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“Just as all writers were beginners once, so were all novels. They all went through rough stages, even the ones by our most hallowed masters.”
― Nail Your Novel - Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence
― Nail Your Novel - Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence
“If you're going to mash two ideas, they need to fit some way. And preferable cause as much tension as harmony.”
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“If you should stick only to what you know, we should worry about the thousands of authors who write about murder. If”
― Nail Your Novel - Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence
― Nail Your Novel - Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence
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“If you're going to mash two ideas, they need to fit some way. And preferable cause as much tension as harmony.”
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“At dusk a broken wheel appeared, Held by a hand I could not see, And I knew that someone I feared, Had discovered an empty room in me" ~ 1951”
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“I had been working hard at my book; it was one of those rare days of authorship when everything seemed to go right; the words flowed unbidden from my pen, and the time had passed unheeded, so that it was a shock to realise that I had been writing for some six hours.”
― Ring of Bright Water
― Ring of Bright Water
“For these beings, fall is ever the normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No: the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks from their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth....Such are the autumn people.”
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“By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle.”
― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
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Very nice to become your Goodreads friend, Roz.
Tara wrote: "A whole house full of books, set sections per room full of book shelves, I'd love to see your house and dream of something similar for myself."You also need to allow plenty of room for new arrivals! This books problem can get out of hand...
A whole house full of books, set sections per room full of book shelves, I'd love to see your house and dream of something similar for myself.
Easy to miss Goodreads messages. It's not the easiest platform. Hope the sun is shining there in Cagliari - it is in London.Roz
Roz wrote: "Hi Rita/Carla! You'r in Italy - I'm envious. Wherabouts?Roz"
Oops, I missed this! :)
I'm from Cagliari, Sardinia.
More envious? :D
Carla
Hi Rita/Carla! You'r in Italy - I'm envious. Wherabouts?Roz
Hi Roz!Thanks for becoming friends :)
Hugs from Italy,
Carla
Hi, thank you for becoming our good reads friend :) if you ever feel in the sci fi/ fantasy mood- check out our new book (antares and the zodiac, our website is www.antares-zodiac.com, ebook is now out :)
kind regards
Laura
Antares and the Zodiac
I adore You and yr Verb¡ You're Yes.Kisses and Blessed Be¡
Hi Roz- Thank you for your friendship.Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view a sample page and many other snippets about the book.
Expected release date late Jan/Feb.
Best wishes, William
Thanks, Alan! I'm not very good at using Goodreads but Im hoping to get better at it this year.