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Ninety-Nine Cents The book industry has some very good writers as well as authors.  Yes, there is a difference between the two.  I’ll break it down for you. A writer is someone who has written a story or an article, whether for publication or not.  An author is someone who has put their name to a story or an article.  A writer can be a freelance writer, a ghost writer, and even an author.  An author is the one who gets all the credit for the writing of a story or an article. The question of the day is, “Why would an author sell their published works for $0.99 cents?  Is there work not of value?  Why belittle the writer and the author?  Would you allow your employer to pay you $0.99 an hour for an eight hour day of work or even $0.15 cents a day?  No, you would not…that would be an insult to your knowledge and your intelligence.  Then why would you allow you to pay yourself so little?” Now let’s touch on FREE for a momen...

1.       Please tell our members a little bit about yourself and how your writing journey began. My journey began when I was 10.   I always had an overactive imagination and wanted to give it an outlet.   Ironically, my first piece of writing was a random poem I wrote and showed my teacher.   Next you know, she’s publishing it in a magazine.   That woke me up.   I explored my writing soon after that and began writing short stories about what’s to be the main character in my espionage thriller series.   Eventually, this evolved into other genres. 2.      What is it that draws you the genre you write? For my romances, I love the idea of romance but I also love how not all romances are the same.   You can have conflicts and know that some can be solved while others can’t.   For my mystery/suspense, I love to create elaborate crimes or set up the most impossible murders and watch them get unrave...

                                                                                            1.        What are your Thoughts on the Power of Words?    2.        Thoughts on the Power of Words? Questions 1 and 2 seem to be asking the same thing. The power of words, whether spoken or written, is incredible. When spoken, words can evoke emotions ranging all the way from exhilarating happiness to enraging anger. Unfortunately, once a word is spoken, it can never ...