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ROBBI BRYANT: Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:38 AM
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live in a time where beauty is big business. We are bombarded with superficial
images, products and services that promote a distorted concept of real feminine
beauty. Western society defines beauty by youth and outer appearance. Consequently,
many women believe that they’re just not “enough;” not thin enough, young
enough or pretty enough. The pursuit to “be attractive”—whether buying make-up,
undergoing cosmetic procedures or talking to a therapist—keeps women uncertain
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R.S. BRYANT: Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:56 AM
 Step out of your box and dance. |
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R.S. Bryant: Posted on Saturday, May 05, 2012 6:42 AM
Robbi's Lists: General Resources
- Book Cover Archive:Scope out the best in cover design. (Especially useful for self-publishing authors making decisions about their own cover packages.
- Bookreporter.com: "Where readers and writers click," this site is for anyone who loves books--which is a great way to stay informed about your genre. The free email newsletter offers up comprehensive coverage of new releases, plus author interviews and book reviews.
- The Chicago Manual Of Style: The Chicago manual Of Style editors answer reader's questions with unexpected humor.
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R. S. Bryant: Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:59 AM
Great Books For Writers
1.Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show and When To Tell. Laurie Alberts
2.Writing Subtext.Linda Seger
3.Save The Cat: The Last Book On Screenwriting You'll Ever Need. Blake Snyder
4.The Best little Grammar Book Ever. Arlene Miller
5.The Word Finder. J.I Rodale
6.The Synonym Finder. J. I. Rodale
7.Roget's International Thesaurus. Barbara Ann Kaplan
8.The Screenwritters Bible. David Trotter
9.Illustrated Reverse Dictionary. Reader's Digest |
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R.S. Bryant: Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:06 AM
Best Websites for Independent Authors Miscellaneous(in no particular order) |
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R.S. Bryant: Posted on Monday, March 26, 2012 11:11 AM
Today is my dad's birthday. He passed several years ago. I loved this guy. And he had the most unbelievable stories. In memory of him, I tell one today.
My dad went to Perkin's Pancake House every morning for breakfast. He was usually the first customer to arrive. This one morning, he arrived a pinch early. The restaurant was dark in the front. This had never happened before.
My dad decided to check the place out and drove around the building to the back. What he saw freaked him out. The light was on in the back and he could see the staff standing with their arms raised in the air. |
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Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2012 7:19 AM
A month or so ago, I was fortunate enough to get hooked up with Jeff Bennington (@tweetthebook.) He has led me through the jungle of marketing coming up with savoy ways to connect with the readers. The experience has been absolutely fantastic and I recommend working with him to increase your visibility in in the writing world and on AMAZON. (I repeat, #1 in suspense.)
He has helped me bring THE BEAUTIFUL Evil to #1 in Kindle suspense. As soon as I finish this blog, I'm going to run around my house a few times shouting "I'm number one in suspense! |
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Robbi Sommers Bryant: Posted on Friday, March 23, 2012 10:49 PM
There was a time, when I felt that having free days would be fatal to my book sales. Then I started looking at how I "do" my life and I understood, exactly, what free days actually represented to me.
I'm the person who always pays the bridge toll for the person behind me. I don't stick around to get a thank you. My pleasure comes from the sheer act of giving.I remember, once, driving across the Golden Gate Bridge and when I got to the toll booth, the money collector told me the person in front of me had paid my toll.
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Robbi Bryant: Posted on Monday, March 12, 2012 6:42 AM
This weekend I took part two of the screenplay series I've been involved in. Let me say that I've got 80 pages into my new novel and my screenplay for my first book, THE BEAUTIFUL EVIL, I'm 15 pages in.
So I get to screen play/ advanced and ended up walking out with a flushed out screenplay story board for the screenplay for the book I'm working on--and somehow, it's become a different story. Completely.
With the encouragement of my teacher, Anne Jordan (Annejourdanwrites@yahoo. |
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RS Bryant: Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:24 AM
I took a screenplay writing course this weekend. My intention is to turn my novel, THE BEAUTIFUL EVIL into a screenplay. This was a 2-day class for beginners. The class fluctuated between study of the craft (noticed I wrote craft instead of art? The instructor made this very clear.) and portions of different films that represented the points she'd made.
 This form, to the left, which I hope you can enlarge, is a great tool for screenwriters. In case it won't enlarge, I'll go over what this form actually does. |
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