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Five Helpful Tips to Engage and Inspire Your Audience

Five Helpful Tips to Engage and Inspire Your Audience

When it comes to maximizing the benefits of your social media presence, building and maintaining your platform are just the first steps. Ultimately, your goal should be to use social networking to engage your audience. Sometimes it may feel like it’s all about the numbers of friends and followers, but people who are actively engaged can help enhance our work and will help to lay a loyal…

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Friend

You are proud,

A jester of plots and

Tricks.

In my teared hours,

You charge in with

A laugh.

When we work together,

We work as one.

Life without you,

Will not happen for me.

Life without you,

I am not at home.

- Liminal Ink

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Poetry: Subway by Eric Keizer

Poetry: Subway by Eric Keizer

Subway

©June 2017 Eric Keizer

Electric worm,

Inwardly I smile, but only

Deep inside, otherwise,

They wonder if you’re crazy/dangerous.

Next stop, North Ave.

Gingerly I step inside,

Doors slam and suddenly,

Acrid, stale, “air conditioning”

Weakly cycles,

But damn,

It’s hot.

There’s sour sweat, sour beer, lingering vomit

Cologne and perfume

Disinfectant.

Next stop, Randolph St.

And sides of beef,

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Easter Wishes As each writer here on Our Write Side has their own set of values and beliefs, so do our readers. No matter how you celebrate the day, enjoy it. We'll see you tomorrow.

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God, I was reading an article on "strong" female character cliches to avoid and realized that they described Hayley's entire personality ourwriteside(.)com/strong-female-character-cliches-avoid

LOL, aaaand this is my shocked face.

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I just supported Shark Bait by Nancy E. Miller on @ThunderclapIt // @OurWriteSide

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Coldly Calculating: Double Whammy

Coldly Calculating: Double Whammy

Welcome to Coldly Calculating: Writing by the Numbers.

I will be your host each week as we probe the darker corners of your imagination. This series is meant to help feed your mystery/horror muse, so try to give us chills! The prompt is open to interpretation, but try to include the phrase somewhere in your piece.

This Week’s Prompt

    The term whammy was once considered a curse and the first…

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The Darkroom: Tunnel vision

The Darkroom: Tunnel vision

Welcome to the Darkroom where we open our photo album to you to help spark your creativity. Each week we offer a new photo, but the story is yours to write.

The Rules, because there are always rules:

The photo is here to spark your imagination. Use it as the landscape for your story, to remind you of a moment in your past, or the punch line to a joke. Use the photo as inspiration in any way you…

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Book Review: The Dire King by William Ritter

Title: The Dire King Genre: Fantasy Author: William Ritter Rating: 4.6

The fate of the world is in the hands of detective of the supernatural R. F. Jackaby and his intrepid assistant, Abigail Rook. An evil king is turning ancient tensions into modern strife, using a blend of magic and technology to push Earth and the Otherworld into a mortal competition. Jackaby and Abigail are caught in the…

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Book Review: The West Woods by Suzi Vadori

Title: The West Woods Genre: YA/Fantasy Author: Suzy Vadori Rating: 3.7

Courtney Wallis wants nothing more than to escape St. Augustus boarding school. After uncovering a well-kept secret about the school’s founder, Isaac Young, Courtney turns to the school’s magic to convince her dad to let her leave. Things take a turn when she meets Cole, who lives in the nearby town of Evergreen. He gives her…

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Locked out

Welcome to the Darkroom where we open our photo album to you to help spark your creativity. Each week we offer a new photo, but the story is yours to write.

The Rules, because there are always rules:

The photo is here to spark your imagination. Use it as the landscape for your story, to remind you of a moment in your past, or the punch line to a joke. Use the photo as inspiration in any way you…

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On Poetry: A Lesson on Imagery

On Poetry: A Lesson on Imagery

So poetry is a subject near and dear to me. I studied under Diane Wakoski at university and learned so much from my time there. Today I wanted to talk a little about what I view as the heart of poetry, imagery. I know there are forms like narrative poetry and slam poetry, which are different in their makeup, but they still contain imagery. Imagery is crucial to your poem. It also includes more…

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What Is NaNoWriMo?

Sometimes, writing happens. Sometimes you can sit alone and just… you know, write. No pressure, no worries. But only an idiot would say it was always that easy for everyone. We all have jobs, family, hobbies, habits… life, any number of reasons (excuses) why the writing never gets done. NanoWrimo is a concept designed to smash through all your excuses, for a short period of time.

WHAT IS NANOWRIMO?

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How to Harness the Power of the Crowd: 5 Must-Read Tips for Writers Considering Crowdfunding

How to Harness the Power of the Crowd: 5 Must-Read Tips for Writers Considering Crowdfunding

Deciding to publish your own work is big step, but the cost of putting out a book by oneself can be enough to derail even the most stalwart of self-pub dreamers. Thankfully, somewhere between paying it all out of pocket and finding one of the Big 5 to foot the bill, there are some options for raising funds for indie writers.

The concept of crowdfunding is simple: Get a bunch of people together to…

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Out of Context: Existential Crisis

Out of Context: Existential Crisis

You know how it happens, you’re minding your own business, eavesdropping on the table next to yours in the coffee shop, when suddenly you hear…something. You missed what they said before but the last sentence has your mind whirling with possibilities.

Or maybe you’re in line at the grocery store, sorting your coupons when…wait…she didn’t say what I think she did, did she?

It happens to all of us…

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The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver

The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver

Title: The Bone Collector Genre: Psychological Thriller Author: Jeffery Deaver Rating: 4.5

Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics — until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. But now a diabolical killer is challenging Rhyme to a terrifying and ingenious duel of wits. With police detective Amelia Sachs by his side, Rhyme must…