tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13105494152394521232024-02-20T03:03:07.478+02:00My Writer's CornerMy name is Deea. And while still trying to figure out what's harder, to be the writer or his agent, I give you "My writer's Corner", the place where the journey of publishing a book begins...Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-10085551761184076812012-09-08T10:16:00.001+03:002012-09-08T10:18:19.099+03:00The Cat Factor: The Next Step<a href="http://thecatfactor.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-next-step.html?spref=bl">The Cat Factor: The Next Step</a>: <span style="color: black;">Great day yesterday! ...Except for the fact that my Chrome didn't let me use the Facebook chat, post or comment... But that problem's fix...</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So! We made some great contacts today: very talented local young men and women who are offering their services in regards to our need for a book cover. We'll be receiving their sketches and get back to you, and them - of course! - sometime next week. I wish I could hire all of them because they are original, gifted and deserve to shine and be rewarded, but sadly we have a limited low budget...<br /> <br /> I hope nobody will hold a grudge; by the time the next book will be ready for print, we should be well prepared to purchase their services at a decent price and not ask for freebies. I also hope that we made friends today and not just business associates, and I intend to promote you guys in the future. All of you! <br /> <br /> Deea and I have been thinking about a couple of side projects and meeting these wonderful artists gave me an idea. We'll reveal them soon enough, but until then, let's pick a cover!<br /> <br /> On a personal level, I want to thank them for their prompt response and professional attitude, and hope that I can meet them all for a drink and a chat when I get back. Special thanks to our friends, Malice Bathory and Scufitza Rosie, for advertising for us and getting us in touch with these wonderful folks!</span></span></div>
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that’s what I do. Or at least I am gathering a list of publishing houses that
seem open to my kind of approach and Andrei’s writing style. And publish Fantasy,
which a dear friend of mine called “the hardest genre to sell in the world”.
Thanks, J, I will shake your hand after I send you a copy signed by the author!
Seriously now, J thinks I am a rockstar in agent-ing. We’ll see about that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I actually found a few
interesting guys. Independent and not among the dinosaurs that make you wait
between 6 and 9 month for an answer, if ever. Four to six weeks seems like a
vacation. Publishing Perspectives is a great place to dwell. You can find
almost anything there. Pred Ed too and of course, Facebook. My very best playground.
Oh, and LinkedIn. My other favorite happy place. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Research is a bitch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be there 100 houses, each and every one has
different rules: you’re an author, query us! Riiiiight! So here it goes: some
want TNR, 12, 1.5 lines, a query no longer than a page. Others ask for half
page at 2 lines. Other font, other page format. It’s either doc. or rtf. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the manuscript. It’s either the entire
manuscript, or the first three chapters, or the first 50 pages. Ok, NUMBERED, I
got it! Header containing info about the author. Or not. It’s either with or
without author biography. It’s either with or without detailed marketing
strategy from the author. Tell us the approximate number of words in the book.
Give the exact number of words. And so on. I don’t actually mind doing this. It
has a perverted sense of fun in it. Wonder if Hemingway had to go through all
this, though…</span></div>
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opinion of several published writers about the query. The answers don’t match.
At all. My query is good. Of course it is, I wrote it. “But then… I think you
should add more of… “ Or…”You know… it needs more feeling”.
Great, load the query with feelings! But don’t load the synopsis with anything.
No. That is forbidden. The synopsis is a cold statement of facts. </span></div>
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already? What’s with all these guidelines that make an author dizzy? I mean, and
this is a legit question: say an author struggled for a year or two or five to
finish a novel. After all his / her pain and work and sweat and soul breaking,
he / she actually have to go through this mind blowing process? And market the
book alone? And stumble upon vanity press? And publishers who ask money just because
he / she wrote a book? When do the writers write anymore?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh holy ghosts of Shakespeare and
Dostoievsky! Nowadays they’ll never get published! Queryshark would just ravish
them!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I’m following my hunches. I’ll
have one or two reviews more before actually sending the cover letters and
queries and bits of the manuscript to the selected houses. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not taking any chances. This book will get
published. Traditionally. In good taste. With royalties. With a contract. Old
fashioned!</span></div>
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this week’s Creative Exercise. *Huge grin on my face. Check the </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAngelloveSociety" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Win the
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/scott.kuhn.188" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scott</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> gave us the best cliff-hanger in the competition. Here it is:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember I told you we were waiting
for the book review? Well, this morning we got it! And on a personal note, I
didn’t think I would actually cry of happiness after reading it, but I did. It
tells us Andrei is a brilliant writer, the book is awesome and my confidence in
him and his talent were worth everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The review was done by Morgan
Hufstader who is Managing Editor for </span><a href="http://allwritepublishing.com/index.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Allwrite Publishing</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> </strong>(Atlanta, Georgia) and according to her, “one of the
major strengths of this novel is the writer’s ability to create full, detailed
worlds. The world that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crux</i> lives in
is vast and well imagined, populated by characters that fit into the hellish
landscape with ease.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and try to imagine my heartbeats, my blood rushing through my veins and my
constant need to yell “we did it!” as Morgan was going through every last
detail of the book. So I invite you to walk with me through the review and
feel, hear and enjoy my states of mind and my emotions while reading Morgan’s
text.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The first note is concerning the
mechanics of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crux</i>. As the author knows
from the writing analysis, the spelling and grammar is very solid. It’s clear
the writer has a good grasp of writing mechanics”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Indeed he does and he’s not even a
native English speaker! More points for us! Yay!</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morgan also recommends Andrei to work
a little on punctuation, but in her own words, “the edits are easy to make, and
a quick sweep through the novel should clear them up.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">World-Building</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“One of the major strengths of this
novel is the writer’s ability to create full, detailed worlds”.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I said that already. Then I
started to frown in my chair.</span></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“As the novel goes on, the author
seems to get comfortable in the world and plants the reader’s feet solidly down
on foreign ground. However, the hard part of building an entirely new world is
the initial step of introducing it to the readers. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crux</i> so</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lves this problem in the way that most
writers do: Kara, a mortal human and stranger to this world, literally falls
into this new, foreign space. This is a great technique that is used by many
talented authors to bring the readers “up to speed” with this new world”. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em>And I remember Andrei telling me a
while ago that if I make him read the first line again, he’ll burst into tears!</em></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morgan continues with a phrase that
made my heart jump. I can still feel it pumping like an engine.</span></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“With that said, the author’s
descriptions of the world (and in general) are fantastic. The story displays a
clear ability to capture images with very spot-on and vivid details. For
example, this quote is beautiful: “The firefly souls descended upon his
lifeless mass, covering him in mourning as the mechanical creature found final
death. Not only is the writing brilliantly drawn, but the image of the “firefly
souls” keeps the readers entrenched in the supernatural feel of the world”.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I burst into tears. Seriously.</span></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">First
Act</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’ve created a separate section for
the “first act” of the novel (pertaining to the three-act structure) because it
seems to be the major weak-link in an otherwise really strong story. (...) The strength of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crux</i> is its fun characters, banter, and
humor. I would suggest rewriting the first twenty or so pages entirely.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Only 20 pages… only 20 pages… Man,
that’s awesome! There are writers out there who had to re-write the entire
novel three times before it got published and we have only 20 first pages to
re-work? Damn, he’s good!</em></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Characters</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“While Kara might need a little
improvement in solidifying her character (as noted above), the angels and
demons in this novel are spot on. Palisera, for example, is an excellent
character and exactly what she needs to be. (…) Maar, likewise, is a great
character. He, like Kara, is defiant, but we get the impression he has a good
reason to be so. Plus, he defies others within the rules of his own world, and
he respects certain authorities (specifically, Palisera). (…) As for the other
characters, Dominic is a great one. He’s got a nice down to earth attitude that
balance out the high-and-lofty personalities of the demons in the novel. Thomas
and Alexis are also great and, like Dominic, maintain that balance with a
variety of different character types”.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>What about Akaba?!, my soul screamed
in panic. Nothing about him? He’s my all time favorite! Well, I didn’t have to
suffer much, because what came next, made me happy and shiny again.</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“One thing this novel is really good
at is creating obstacles for its characters. Nothing ever comes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">easy</i> for any of the characters, and just
when the readers think the characters are in “the clear,” something else comes
up to get in their way. This constant, consistent action makes for excellent
tension and keeps the reader’s interest.(...) The tension keeps the
reader on edge and the author makes a brilliant use of it.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em>I knew it! I just knew it! Dancing inside. Almost
spilled the coffee over the laptop.</em></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dialogue</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">“If this were a campy action movie,
the dialogue would be perfect. And there are moments when the
banter—specifically, between Maar and Kara—is humorous and amusing.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note to writer: to reshape a little
the relationship between them. Fair enough! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">“With that said, as the story picks up
the pace, the dialogue becomes much more natural. While all the characters
retain a very sarcastic back-and-forth with one another, their relationships
develop in ways that allow that sort of banter.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You should hear Drew and Thomas talk
to each other. Masterpiece!<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em></em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><em>I don’t know if anybody thought I was serious
when I said I’m gonna see this book turned into a movie, but I was.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This novel has two issues that can be
solved with a more organized structure.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>*Sigh... We need chapters. Nothing to comment.
Morgan is right. And we need to better guide the reader through the story.
Noted and will do! I thought about Andrei at this point and how he’s gonna take
the news. He’ll be fine. For him, putting chapters and sub-titles in the story
would be something to have fun with over his coffee and cigarette break.</em> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">Target
Audience<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“When marketing this book, the author
should gear their efforts towards readers of supernatural action/drama or high-fantasy
novels. Even though the content of the book is more biblical than fantasy, the
way the characters interact with one another and the immense detail to world
building would appeal greatly to a high-fantasy audience.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Remained silent for a few moments. Then it hit me. The greatness of all this.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Wanted to call him at 9 a.m. in the
morning, but his phone is out of service. Wanted to chat him online but he’s
seven hours behind me. Instead, I cried a little and jumped around. HE <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IS </b>A WRITER! I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AM</b> AN AGENT! I was right all along!</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I managed to talk to Andrei later. And
if he feels what I feel, just let me introduce you the happiest day of our
adventure so far!</span></span></div>
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our breath. Crossing our fingers. Maybe praying. But we’re definitely more
confident and more eager to have the book in the open to make other people just
as happy as we are!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">CHECK IN LATER, I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE I CRIED OF HAPPINESS...</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-65767105362629552252012-07-19T23:28:00.001+03:002012-07-19T23:29:53.510+03:00Time to get creative!<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time to get creative folks!<br /> <br /> This week's exercise is:<br /> <br /> WRITE A BREAK-UP NOTE (NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS BUT NO LESS THAN 6), WHICH IS SO FUNNY, THE RECEIVER OF THE NOTE CAN'T GET UPSET WITH YOU!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So? Are you ready?</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-57225528679977903592012-07-12T22:54:00.001+03:002012-07-12T22:54:12.230+03:00Do you even dare?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hello everybody! It's time to have fun and get creative! <br /> <br /> In 2004, French author Michel Thaler wrote a 233-page novel WITHOUT ANY VERB IN IT! Pretty amazing, huh? The book is called "The train from nowhere" and it is Thaler's proof to the <span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">world that (in his own words) "the verb is like a weed in a field of flowers" and we all should get rid of it. So today's exercise is:<br /> <br /> WRITE IN A COMMENT TO THE POST ON </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAngelloveSociety" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MY PAGE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A VERY SHORT PARAGRAPH (3 TO 6 PHRASES), DESCRIBING THE BEGINNING OF A PLANE VOYAGE WITHOUT USING ANY VERB AT ALL! <br /> <br /> The paragraph should be to the point, clear, logic, understandable and funny! A commitee will select the best paragraph according to the number of "wow"s and "LOL"s gathered and the winner will be announced and publicly praised this week-end!<br /> <br /> So put your brain wheels into motion and write away!</span></span></div>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-6315969081358174832012-07-07T23:47:00.005+03:002012-07-08T09:37:30.856+03:00We've got our first Book Analysis!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I REPEAT: WE’VE GOT OUR FIRST
BOOK ANALYSIS!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It all started some days back,
when a company called </span><a href="http://allwritepublishing.com/index.php?pg=home" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Allwrite Advertising & Publishing</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (who’s a Facebook
friend of ours), launched a Following Contest on the above-mentioned social network,
on YouTube and on Twitter, the winner being promised a free book analysis. They’re
from Atlanta, Georgia, and have a pretty impressive portfolio in the publishing
business.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, like the panther I am, I
jumped my accounts within seconds and finished the contest first!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, I let </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Allwrite" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All Writers</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> know I
participated and they congratulated me for being the winner. Sent the book (with
my heart pumping in my chest) to them and we got back the results in no time!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So things look like this</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a
scale from 1 (which is very bad I guess) to 5 (very good) CRUX was rated as
follows:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: solid; border-width: 1pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Commonly confused words<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 5.1pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">4.6<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;">
</span>
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</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Parts of speech<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">4.9<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;">
</span>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Fluency<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">3.5<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;">
</span>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Clear writing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">4.0<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;"></span>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Consistent writing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">4.4<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;">
</span>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Concise writing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">3.5<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;">
</span>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Writing process<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">3.0<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><span style="color: black;"><> </></span><></><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Composition<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">4.1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;">
</span>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Interest and appeal<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 12.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">4.0<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;">
</span></tr>
<span style="color: black;">
</span>
<tr style="height: 14.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><span style="color: black;"></span><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 14.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 133pt;" valign="top" width="177"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Style<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">
</span></td><span style="color: black;"><> </></span><></><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; height: 14.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 88.35pt;" valign="top" width="118"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">4.0<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d say EXCELLENT considering
this is a first novel written by an author who doesn’t have English as native language
(but who owns in nonetheless: D). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next in line, All Writers offered
us a very affordable fee for stepping to the second stage of the process, the
book review. I wrote them telling that we agree and now we’re just waiting for
their feed-back regarding the money transaction (seeing that Andrei is currently
in Tampa Bay, Florida)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I said, I’m so proud of him
and the book, you’d think I was the one who wrote it!</span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope to come back soon with even
more good news!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS. I'd
like to thank a very special friend named Oly Saldinger, </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Raizing.Hell" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the drummer of Raizing Hell Band</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, (Bucharest, Romania), who offered me some moments of his time to calculate the means for every sub-chapter analyze and to give me
back the overall results. He did that because I was too tired and busy to
calculate, but mostly because he’s a great, great pal!</span></span></div>
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</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-22605354741191416262012-07-06T00:42:00.000+03:002012-07-06T00:42:55.432+03:00Not too late, I hope<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember last Thursday's question? The answer is...<br /> <br /> "He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages"<br /> <br /> Nobody guessed that, but everybody had some fun! So, a big round of applause for our guests:<br /> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pierce.ackles" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D. b. Harrop</span></a><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/vladimir.belciug" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vladimir Belciug</span></a><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/andrea.heltai" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrea Heltai</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/oly.saldinger" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oly Saldinger</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and<br /> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/KimmyMcP" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kim McPherson</span></a></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now, for this week's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAngelloveSociety" target="_blank">Angellove Society</a> Exercise, we have another riddle!</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: black;">TODAY WE HAVE A FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHOR. LOVELY CHILDHOOD PICTURE. CAN YOU GUESS WHO HE IS?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To answer, just go the Page and leave us a comment!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Have fun everybody!</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-83158981351979530342012-06-28T19:58:00.001+03:002012-06-28T19:59:52.904+03:00If it's Thursday, it's the EXERCISE!<span style="color: black;">Riddle us this! Go to </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAngelloveSociety" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Angellove Society</span></a> <span style="color: black;">and leave your answer in a comment! Share the riddle with your friends!</span> <br />
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<span style="color: black;">RIDDLE US THIS:</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: black;">There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_hide" style="color: black;">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: black;"> When asked to define "Great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!" <br /> <br /> He got his wish.<br /> <br /> QUESTION (and we expect you Cruxians to give the answer in a comment on the Page): <br /> <br /> WHAT DOES HE WRITE NOW?</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-68954084267124109782012-06-24T18:16:00.005+03:002012-06-24T18:17:41.587+03:00And now, the results!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello darlings!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just wanted to keep you updated with The Angellove Exercise</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The winner is... </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/phaedrarprognatus" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renee</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! Closely followed by our new friend </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/lajonestheauthor" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LA Jones</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, who told us that Harry Potter was rejected "only" 20 times!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, Stephen King's "Carrie" was rejected 30 times before it was published!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd now the bonus:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"If it hadn't been for Stephen King's wife, Tabitha, the iconic image of a young girl in a prom dress covered in pig's blood would not exist. King received 30 rejections for his story of a tormented girl with telekinetic powers, and then he threw it in the trash. Tabitha fished it out. King sent his story around again and, eventually, Carrie was published. The novel became a classic in the horror genre and has enjoyed film and TV adaptations as well. Sometimes all it takes is a little encouragement from someone who believes in you."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't that a lovely moral?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you and good Sunday! Next week we'll raise the stakes a little, so stay tuned!</span></div>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-54252249693846844422012-06-22T10:49:00.000+03:002012-06-22T10:51:53.220+03:00The second Angellove literary exercise<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't forget about the exercise!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello dear Cruxians! You didn't forget about the weekly exercise, did you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check our Facebook page</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAngelloveSociety" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Angellove Society</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The question is</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"How many times did Stephen King's novel Carrie has been rejected by publishers before it was finally accepted and sent to print?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please leave the correct answer in your comments! The first 10 who get it right will receive (as an extra bonus) a short story about how "Carrie" got to see the light of day :)</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-16878275591831105522012-06-16T21:21:00.000+03:002012-06-16T21:22:25.240+03:00The first Angellove Exercise Finale<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With no further introduction, this week’s winners are (in order of appearance)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/andrea.heltai" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrea Heltai</span></a></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrea is a young and dedicated PR specialist, gifted with
wits, creativity and a lot of humor. Great friend and one of my personal
supporters (and a professional whom I love to work with), she has always been
one of my favorite humans in the world. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sickbrush" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cristian "Sickbrush" Chihaia</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, in this case, words become useless when you get to see
Sickbrush’s art work. I didn’t meet him personally yet, but I can tell you that
besides being a great artist, he is a great and essential part of the “Crux” Project.
I won’t disclose anything else until the time is right.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that’s it, ladies and gentlemen, I’ll be waiting for you
to join the Exercises next Thursday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Taking a bow</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yours, Deea</span></div>
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<br /></div>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-51126439884687104042012-06-14T00:43:00.001+03:002012-06-14T10:16:55.757+03:00Work review 1.0<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dearly beloved,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s been a weird week, but it turned out ok eventually.
</span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to LinkedIn, which slowly becomes my new favorite network, I
had the opportunity to connect to great people, make some new friends and get
some good information. Thank you all!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Reading stuff over the net, I particularly enjoyed this guy.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.armedwithpens.com/writers-shatter-your-dreams-and-dont-give-up-the-day-job/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samuel Bonner.</span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this looks like a great resource, recommended to me by
another writer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.writersmarket.com/">www.writersmarket.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very good reviews and they say it’s the Holy Grail for
anybody in the writing business. Too bad I don’t have the budget to actually pay
for my subscription. Just a bump in the road. Until I get in there, can any of
you lovely people tell me if you used this resource or actually got some
benefits from it? I need multiple-source checking. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this week was about sending e-mails, receiving e-mails,
sorting through information, put aside what’s interesting, make a list of
priorities and try to keep up with the reviewing of “Crux”. Nothing
spectacular, just plain routine office work. Well, waking up in the morning
with over 100 e-mails was kind of challenging… That, and the fact that I
proudly offered myself a notebook to write down everything I must not forget to
do, see, check, answer to or at least read.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At some point, following trails and digging the Internet,
like the nice pit-bull that I am, I stumbled upon this: </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fiction500.com/" target="_blank">Fiction500</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then I got sad. They keep a monthly writing contest,
apparently with money prizes included. So I was two seconds away from sending
the link to Andrei, with a very short and clear message: “Start writing!” when
the words ONLY FOR US RESIDENTS <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>stroke
me and made me abandon this route. But I want him to write there! He’d rock
that place! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh well, there will be another contests…</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But to finish in a positive note, the big announcement!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting tomorrow, as a token of appreciation to our
friends, fans and followers, we’ll let the dice roll and introduce you to</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>THE ANGELLOVE EXERCISES!</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For rules and awards, check our Facebook page! We’re waiting
for you there! </span></span></div>
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<br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheAngelloveSociety" target="_blank">The Angellove Society</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s all folks! Sweet dreams and don’t forget, In
Angellove We Trust! </span></div>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-83076219389268609802012-06-07T23:07:00.001+03:002012-06-08T10:19:22.369+03:00I have a confession to make<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
Sorry I didn’t post anything
in quite a while. Too busy chasing unicorns. Andrei is right though. Again. I do expand on so many levels and
I do get myself involved in so many tasks at once, I finally end up lost in the woods. In the past days, I just left behind the stardust trails of my surreal
passing through priorities, ideas and actions. In a less metaphorical sense, I
actually left some details behind for him to deal with. Happened with the
Facebook page. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes! We have THE FACEBOOK PAGE! I
repeat: WE HAVE THE FACEBOOK PAGE!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check it out: </span></div>
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</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAngelloveSociety" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Angellove Society</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
And yes, we would love you guys
to be our friends and fans. Like us, share us, talk to us, introduce us to your
friends! We answer back, we share back, we comment and digress on any subject
related to literature, good writing and great fun! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Page is new born. After only
24 hours of life, it already has 65 likes and counting. Thank you all beautiful
people out there!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and I have to tell you about
a new friend we have </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></div>
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<a href="http://wildcatslair.blogspot.ro/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bill Blume</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
He’s a very talented artist and a
lovely human being. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I started making a confession
here so let’s NOT get distracted again. As I was saying, I started to build the page. Then I suddenly
fled to another dimension following a lead, in the obsessive manner of my dear
Sherlock and I ended up ignoring a simple fact: the looks of the page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Andrei is behind the great cover photo,
the profile picture and the many many other cool stuff you can find on the
page. I’m still ashamed of myself but to be honest, I could have chosen a thousand photos and I still couldn't have done a better job than he did.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">This being said, my dear fans and
followers, I am back. My mind still looks like mixed – up puzzle pieces but
each and every one of them will fall into place eventually.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Taking a bow: Good night to you
all! </span></div>
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</span></div>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-35852386497268057672012-06-03T00:58:00.000+03:002012-06-03T01:59:58.453+03:00By my powers combined...<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No,
I’m not Captain Planet, but I just as well may be. Kidding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I
just did what the French would say a “tour de force” and finished up reviewing /
correcting / making suggestions and sided comments to the book, while still
enjoying reading it. TWICE! Well, not all at once. The first marathon took a
week, and the last one, 14 hours, give or take lunch and a quick run to the
store for provisions. Impressive amounts of coffee and chocolate needed. Easy
job, they said… Entertaining job, they said… <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well,
I’m waiting for Andrei to have the final word on his novel, pun intended.
Meaning he has to mouse-browse every red-word he finds and accept the changes. Or
not. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But
if you ask me, the book is ready to receive its blessed copyright. Then, the
fun part starts! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FYI. If you, by any chance, happen to suddenly wake up in the middle of the night with a voice screaming
in your head “Somebody get me a publisher!”, it’s not you. It will probably be
me. Just in case, check the blog. If it’s written there, you’re safe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But
to be fair, the fun already started, but it skipped me. Tortured by shame, I
must admit that, even if I knew since this morning that Andrei finished the
other web-site page and already posted a back-story for one of the characters in
Crux, I didn’t have time to read it. Nor promote it as I should. Bad, bad
agent!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well,
I’ll make my amends now. Here we go! Let’s see what this genius of mine prepared for all
of us!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://asociety.webs.com/" target="_blank">The Angellove Society</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All
being said and done, I wish you a great week-end. I personally had a great
Saturday! And Sunday looks pretty bad-ass too… <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-73046701689673277072012-06-02T14:28:00.000+03:002012-06-03T01:03:33.534+03:00Beautiful words about beautiful people<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Andrei received today a great review of his writing from </span><a href="http://danadorian.ro/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dana Dorian</span>,</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Romanian composer, music critic and published author, who closely followed his work over the years. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Some
write down memories, others what they imagine. Some put their pain into every
word, while others put in just words. Andrei is part of that preciously rare
brand of writers who imagine memories. He doesn’t speak to his readers with
words, but images. He doesn’t just describe a moment, but lives it passionately
by your side, as you follow his story. He takes you by the hand, but doesn’t
lead you to a quiet spot in the library; instead, you suddenly find yourself
transported inside a live cinema, where the movie projector is powered by his
imagination. In truth, Andrei is more of an avant-garde director who makes use
of words instead of a camera, capturing shapes and colors, details and
feelings, thoughts and shades. Andrei burns intensely, passionately, with
suicidal honesty. That’s probably why I love him."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For our Romanian followers, I'll also post the original text.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Unii scriu amintiri, altii ce-si imagineaza. Unii scriu dureri, altii
doar cuvinte. Andrei face parte din categoria aceea rarisima de scriitori care
isi imagineaza amintiri. Poate suna rau, daca nu ai apucat sa-i citesti
scrierile. El nu scrie cuvinte, ci imagini. El nu descrie o actiune, ci o
traieste, o data cu tine, cititorul. Te ia de mana si, in loc sa te instaleze
comod pentru lectura, te trezesti aruncat in mijlocul unei sali de cinema, unde
imaginatia este aparatul de proiectie. De fapt, Andrei e mai degraba un regizor
avangardist care, in loc de camera, surprinde prin cuvinte imagini si culori,
detalii si stari, ganduri si nuante. Andrei arde mult, puternic si sinucigas de
sincer. Probabil ca de aceea il si iubesc.</span></span>"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's really nothing more to add. We feel honored by Dana's words and now, more than ever, we're confident in our success. Thank you!</span></div>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-27022521478709970842012-06-02T00:17:00.000+03:002012-06-02T00:17:27.862+03:00The Diary of a freelance agent. The Diary stroke back<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Diary,</span></div>
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While I wrote and sent a
book-presentation to a good friend in the USA, Andrei gathered all the
strength he has left to offer the world another on-line project related to
Crux.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you mean “What’s gonna
have in it?” Basically, short teasing stories regarding each character you will
find in the novel, duuuuh!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I know he’s smart. Although…
He says this was somehow my idea, but I’ll give him the credit for the whole
concept since he’s the one who’s actually building the web-page. Can’t wait for
it!</span></div>
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Yes, Diary, of course people can
find more info about this on his blog!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What? The link? Seriously? Ok,
ok, here you go… FYI, his blog updates are quite visible on my page, but have
it your way!</span></div>
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</span><a href="http://thecatfactor.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrei Mazilu</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What happened next? As in today?
Are you kidding me? What do you expect from me, perform miracles? But just
because you asked, my hyperactive friend, today happened that I wrote a
book-presentation also in Romanian that’s eager to see the light of Internet…
Aaaand! I joined other interesting groups on LinkedIn. Brilliant network! I’ll
start making noise there too. </span></div>
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Still correcting the novel. I
think I’m falling a little for one of the characters. Should keep my
objectivity, should keep my objectivity…</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, enough for now. Hope you’re
happy. Oh, don’t crumple your pages looking at me all offended! I shall fulfill
your desire to be covered in news, I promise <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>
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</span>Deea Stereahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317111530973257587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310549415239452123.post-74444625563049449422012-05-31T21:57:00.001+03:002012-05-31T22:07:07.725+03:00How to publish a book with only hunches, balls and good friends<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s been only a week since
Andrei finished his novel. And boy, it was a hell of a week... Actually, it was
so tossed and turned, I don’t even know what to begin with… But let me try...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The book is in my hands.
Literally, since I began re-reading it for final polishing. Needless to say, I
love it now more than I loved it at the beginnings, because the loose ends
finally tie together and the more I get into the characters, the more appealing
they look to me. With an average of 72.000 – something words, the manuscript is
worth the last un-slept 4 nights. The proof-reading is going well and I intend
to finish it ASAP because next in line, waits…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simple procedure, actually, but
it took me 2 days to understand how on Crux (yes, pun intended) will we get it
done, since Andrei is surfing the seas somewhere, while I was blinking dumbly
at the amount of information I had to digest, refine and chose as viable in
such a short time. Luckily, as the song goes, with a little help from my
friends, I got the info I needed and we’ll submit the manuscript for
certification as soon as we have the final version. This means me going back on
hunting for comas and satisfying phrasings. Peachy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well… at that, I’m a pro! (laughing).
No, seriously, I engaged in some bold actions and wrote to some people which I
won’t mention at this point just because I don’t want to jinx it. Otherwise,
on-line accounts on the major networks like Delicious, Twitter, Stumbleupon,
Google+1, Pinterest and so on. Why didn’t you read the word Facebook in fire
letters? Because the page is under construction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, a friend in need is a friend indeed,
so I gathered all my beautiful people and started promoting the blogs. And I
say blogs, because Andrei’s has now an improved look and he’s writing on it
daily.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, give him a check! He promises
good things happening there which I am proud of!</span></div>
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<a href="http://thecatfactor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrei Mazilu</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undergoing the process of
construction is the book’s future site, also. Armed with Andrei’s ideas, I
began the search of web-designers. Found a few, waiting for them to show me
what they’ve got. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, we got a cover. Not the
greatest and it’s a loaner, but a cover nonetheless. I need a graphic designer
and fast! Anybody?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plenty. And then some! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay tuned! Up-dates will follow!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Name: Serban Andrei Mazilu</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Born: February 11th 1983</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">From: Constanta, Romania</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Likes: Books, cats and being a geek.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Andrei began expressing his talent on paper ever since grade school, but it was the high-school years that shaped his style and vision. The high-school paper represents his jump-start and the winning of several regional prizes encouraged him to press on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b>2001-2003</b>: He attended the Romanian-Canadian University of Journalism in Brasov for two years, showing a keen interest in radio. Sadly, he was forced to drop out and follow a more financially wise strategy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b>2003-2004</b>: Andrei took his chances with a new college, attending courses at the Ovidius University, specializing in technical engineering and welding, back in his home town by the Black Sea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">The years <b>2004-2009</b> took him on a different path, as he enrolled at the Maritime Academy, to become a deck officer in the commercial navy. Although forced to focus his mind on subjects like mathematics, physics and all sorts of navigational and engineering disciplines he never lost his love for writing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">During that period, Andrei started several blogs, approaching many and different subjects; literature of course was always one of them, but trained now as a real editor, he also chose to speak his mind about pressing political and social matters, attracting the attention of quite a few local public figures (who still follow his works today) with his stinging articles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">His passion for fantasy stories also drove him to continue creating and even start several projects that were later abandoned mostly due to boredom and / or lack of confidence in them. In <b>2006</b> he started writing a horror-fantasy novel in Romanian, hoping to be the first to approach this style and publish in his home country. Again, due to other factors, he was forced to abandon that idea or, at least, put it on hold. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">In the autumn of <b>2010</b>, while on board a ship called S.P. Auckland, Andrei started writing a short fantasy story. It started as a way to pass the time and soon transformed into a serious project on which he worked on and off for almost two years. With the support of his readers, friends or just acquaintances, who reassured him that the novel's worth the time, Andrei forced himself to finish it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And he did! On <b>May 24th 2012</b>, his first (and definitely not the last) novel was complete. <i><b>Crux</b>, </i>his debut novel, is the first book of a fantasy series called <i><b>The Angellove Society</b> </i>and currently is submitted to the refinement of the last details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Until we can bring you more novel-related news, please visit Andrei's blogs and help us advertise his beautiful story by sharing info about us. Every bit helps!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Visit his current blog for teaser stories, silly comics, recommendations and updates about Crux:</span><br />
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<a href="http://thecatfactor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Cat Factor</a></div>
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<span style="color: black;">If you're Romanian, you might get a kick out of his old blog, containing articles, stories, music & more: </span><br />
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<a href="http://tomcat83.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tomcat83</a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For further information, you can directly contact Andrei at:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:andrei.mazilu@ymail.com" style="color: blue;">andrei.mazilu@ymail.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Facebook: </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#%21/serban.mazilu" target="_blank">Serban Andrei Mazilu</a></span></span></div>
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