To all the writers out there–please remember to have confidence in yourself and your writing!
Be proud of being a writer, and continue to write–everyday!
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October Promote Your Book Party!
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It is now early Autumn, and it is time once again for a book promotion party!
I want to offer an opportunity for all writers who follow this blog to share information on their books. It can be very difficult to generate publicity for our writing, so I thought this little effort might help. All books may be mentioned, and there is no restriction on genre. This encompasses fiction, poetry, plays, and non-fiction. If I have neglected to mention a genre, please consider it to be included.
To participate, simply give your name, your book, information about it, and where to purchase it in the comments section. Then please be willing to reblog and/or tweet this post. The more people that see it, the more publicity we can generate for everyone’s books. I will continue to do these parties every few weeks.
Thank you for participating!
Promote your books!
Spread the word!
Keep on writing!
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Gallows Hill can be found here in ebook.
Gallows Hill in paperback can be found here.
An interview about Gallows Hill can be found here.
Please follow the following links to find my novel:
Thank you!
The book trailer:
Maledicus:Investigative Paranormal Society Book I
My radio interview:
A Second List of Banned and Challenged Books
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This is my second list of banned and challenged books. As the leader of the ULS, the Underground Library Society, I will continue to offer theses notices.
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Keep defending books and reading!
The Underground Library Society
Keep Writing!
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To all writers:
Please trust in yourselves, have faith in your voices, and tell the stories you want to tell.
Have confidence in your abilities, and keep going.
Remember that you can do this, that you can create your work, and that you are a writer.
Remember, success comes with the discipline to continue the work.
Pick up a pen, or sit at the keyboard, and write!
A New Invitation To Join The U.L.S., The Underground Library Society!
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I am again asking for those who would like to join the U.L.S.,the Underground Library Society, to join and write a guest post.
In an earlier First Year Class at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, The U.L.S. — The Underground Library Society — was created. It is in the spirit of the Book People from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. In that novel, all books have been banned, and a few people “become” books by memorizing them, in the hope that, one day, books will be permitted to exist again.
I am again teaching the subject of banned books and censorship, and my students will take part in this organization, and I hope that many of you do also. My students will create posters about the book they choose, put them up at various places on campus, do a blog post on the project, memorize one paragraph form their chosen books, and then give a short presentation about the work at the end of the semester.
In that spirit, I am putting out the call once more for like-minded people to join The U.L.S. All that is needed is to choose a book you would memorize if the need ever arose. You do not actually have to memorize the book now. You do not need to create a poster, although if you do, I ask only that you use the logo of the U.L.S. on this page. If you wish to join, simply write a guest post in which you say what book you would “become” and why.
I hope many of you choose to join.
If you do wish to do a post, please email me at frenchc1955@yahoo.com and write a guest post as a Word doc. Thank you.
Charles F. French
I am looking forward to hearing from new members!
With What Do You Write?
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I have written posts in the past asking questions such as — where do you write and when do you write? I thought it was time to ask another such writing question.
With what do you write? What is your favorite instrument? Is it a computer, a pen, or even a phone?
When I create a first draft, I use a pen and legal pad, because I find it allows my mind and imagination to engage in ways that does not happen at the keyboard. I am not saying this is the best way, only that it is my way. I realize that I may be old-fashioned, indeed, a dinosaur with this approach.
When I revise, however, I use the computer. Revision is a different writing task from drafting, and I need to then take my legal pads and transfer that information in draft 2 to a Word doc.
So, I am curious: with what do you write?
Writers: Trust Yourself and Keep Writing!
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Hello to all of the writers who read this blog.
I have a simple message for you.
Trust in your abilities.
Have faith in your stories.
Keep dreaming.
Keep working.
Keep writing.
Never give up on your dreams.
Never give up on your writing.
You can do it.
