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Page turners

by Britni Pepper27 May 2019Leave a comment

What makes a story good? I see this question asked by many people, of many people. An author is perhaps the worst person to ask for an answer. If they are any good, they aren't working to a formula. They…

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art, life, reading, writing character, Gabriel Allon, greatness, Harry Potter, Plot, West Wing

OK never

by Britni Pepper25 April 201918 April 2019Leave a comment

A Twitter friend of mine - a very talented writer by the name of Jacinta Horgan - put me on to a book called The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven. This Young Adult novel is as powerful and…

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life, philosophy, reading, review gender, high school, Laura Steven, MeToo, sex, YA

My words!

by Britni Pepper20 April 20195 Comments

For research, I have been reading rather a lot of erotica. For research purposes. I don't do it to enjoy myself.Here's my take on a good erotic short:1. Reasonably credible plot and characters. The characters have to have reasons to…

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erotica, reading, writing pacing

For all love

by Britni Pepper13 April 201913 April 2019Leave a comment

There are writers, and there is Patrick O'Brian. In the wake of C S Forester and his popular Hornblower series of Napoleonic naval fiction, there were several who explored this area. Battles against the French, the weather, the times, and…

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reading Aubreyad, Jane Austen, Patrick O'Brian

Crash test smarties

by Britni Pepper7 April 2019Leave a comment

Yesterday I spoke about finding and hopefully fixing a major problem in my writing strategy, I think I've got it covered, but that just came out of the blue at me.I don't know yet what I'm doing wrong. Only yesterday…

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publishing, reading, writing beta reader, error, test, typo

A library in my pocket

by Britni Pepper14 March 201914 March 2019Leave a comment

I am allowed ten books at any one time on my Kindle Unlimited shelf. Perhaps my appetites were bigger than my eyes, because I found that I reached that limit very quickly, and if I saw another book that looked…

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reading Kindle, reviews, Toberead

Goodreads, good writes

by Britni Pepper12 March 201914 March 2019Leave a comment

Yesterday I talked about reading Katrina England's book "Writing and Publishing Erotica" and how I'd written down some of the things she advised for new authors. I'd already joined Goodreads, which is a site I heartily recommend to anyone interested…

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reading, writing author

Reading allowed

by Britni Pepper10 March 201914 March 20193 Comments

I'm now well into expanding Coding by Candlelight beyond The Hot Bits - though rest assured are some very steamy scenes to be added - and I wanted to see how it would read aloud. That's a handy trick to…

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reading, writing bear, NaturalReader, text-to-speech

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This is a blog about Kindle publishing – among other things. Kindle is an Amazon product, and Spice and Sauce is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. If I review or mention a book or product, it means I have read the book, or used the product, or the mention is something I provide for the information of my readers. For example, I will link to a book when I review it, and also to that author’s Amazon page (if they have one). This doesn’t mean I have read any of the author’s other books, but my readers can see what other titles are available.”

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