Hello World of Writing and Reading,

All those gamers out there are now confused. We thought WOW meant World of Warcraft! Well, I am happy to say WOW would never have come into being without the WRITING behind it, within it, and used to promote it! I am of the opinion that few things have moved humanity more than the written word, and almost nothing has endured longer over time. The relaunch of my blog gives me the opportunity to celebrate this with others.

When I decided to move my hosting from a popular but poor company to a more popular and better company, I realized I had the opportunity to redo my blog and website. Gone are the many interviews and reviews. I had to reevaluate my values, so to speak, and I decided reviewing stories and books as an author myself was a conflict of interest. So, I am switching to guest posts and reviews posted by reviewers and NOT authors.

If you are a reader, we have a special spot for you called the Reader’s Corner. Here a dialogue may be established concerning popular books, indie and traditionally published. New releases or ancient fiction and anything in between may be hashed out and dissected.

Writers are welcome to offer guest posts, but advertising is not allowed except by my personal approval. So, if you write a guest post, make it about good content and not about your work(s). The same is true of a reader guest post. I understand your friend just wrote an incredible work of historical fiction, or your mom knows more about kumquats and key limes than anyone. Advertising their work in the guise of a guest post just will not fly.

What do we want to know about? Any literature you like and find entertaining, stirring, striking, thrilling, or scary. Like funny? Like romance? Like adventure, sci fi, fantasy? We are wide open and want people to share.

Some important things to note:

This is a family friendly website. As such, absolutely no erotica, no alternative romance (LGBT), no gore, and no murder fests, sometimes known as slashers, will be accepted for posts, reviews, or commentary.
Opinion is fine, but do not let it overwhelm facts. Research all claims.
Guest posts should avoid personal attacks. You may read these in the book reviews on many websites if they appeal to you.
Guest posts should be engaging and fun to read! Your heart should be in it. If it’s not, you may be writing simply for the sake of exposure and promotion. Don’t do it. If your heart is not in your guest post, readers will never believe it is in your regular writing!
A single link to your book, blog, web page, or author site is acceptable at the end of the article/post you submit.
Trends are fun to read about. Predicting the future is also fun. We welcome this kind of speculation and dialogue. As always, speculation should not ignore established fact. Research all claims.
Think Win-Win. Your post could make or break someone’s day. Commentary and reviews should be honest, even if they might hurt for a while. Writing improves with learning.
We are especially interested in posts about social network etiquette.

We look forward to your posts, comments, ideas and notions. Happy blogging! At present my main site is up and mostly complete: Http://www.davidcleinman.com

Best,  Dave Cleinman

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