Holly
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Raisin' The Alert
- By Holly
- 09/8/2007
- Pets
- 1453 words
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IT'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT GRAPES AND RAISINS ARE TOXIC TO DOGS
?Chumley was a rascally guy He had a mind of his own,? said Seth Silverton, Chumley?s guardian in Rockland, Maine
Give The Dog A Book
- By Holly
- 09/8/2007
- Pets
- 1228 words
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Six-year-old Daria of Bath, Maine, heard about Paws for Reading at the Patten Free Library and wanted to participate?she had seen kids reading to dogs on TV and wondered what that might be like Her mother enrolled her in the reading program and tonight, Daria is excited about reading her first book to a dog named Linus
Does Your Novel Have A Heartbeat?
- By Holly
- 03/27/2008
- Writing & Speaking
- 595 words
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PART I of The 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series
You've read through what you've written---your first few scenes, your first chapter, your completed novel---and you've discovered that your words don't move you They don't make you want to keep reading
How To Find Your Novel's Pulse
- By Holly
- 04/1/2008
- Writing & Speaking
- 994 words
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PART II of The 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series
The best novels you've ever read---the ones that stuck in your mind and kept you going back to re-read them, that made you think, that made you feel, maybe that scared your socks off---were not about what they were about
Sound cryptic
Burying Your Novel's Message
- By Holly
- 04/10/2008
- Writing & Speaking
- 1100 words
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Part III of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series
In the first two articles, we've explored how essential it is to have a theme to give your novel direction, and how to find those themes that will resonate with you
You'd think that once you have a theme, you could just sit down and write your book about that, and you'd bring powerful emotions and passionate storytelling and compelling, page-turning action to your tale---but it just ain't so
Playing Chicken With Your Story
- By Holly
- 04/15/2008
- Writing & Speaking
- 1068 words
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Part IV of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series
And now we come to the hard bit You've got your theme, and you've figured out how to bury it so that it's there for you, and SOMETHING meaningful is there for your reader
Dig Deeper With Your Novel's Subthemes
- By Holly
- 04/23/2008
- Writing & Speaking
- 984 words
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Part V of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series
By now, you have a solid grasp of the importance of having a theme for your story, of keeping it personal and hidden (to avoid writing the dreaded Message Book), and of hanging on to the courage of your convictions in writing it the way you need to, knowing that you cannot ever please everyone, nor should you try
Interweaving Your Novel's Themes And Subthemes
- By Holly
- 04/28/2008
- Writing & Speaking
- 1275 words
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Part VI of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series
When you're writing a book, you want every page to drag the reader to the next one, even if she's late for work, even if it's two o'clock in the morning and he needs to be up at six, even if the plane has landed and your weary traveller really must get bags in hand and get off the plane
Life, Passion... Deadline
- By Holly
- 05/15/2008
- Writing & Speaking
- 987 words
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The Conclusion of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series
You're ready to write the story of your life You've put your heart and soul into it
Review Of Honest Riches By Holly Mann
- By Holly
- 11/9/2008
- Opinions
- 1035 words
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Holly Mann wrote the book Honest Riches which is a comprehensive guide explaining how to set up a website, build content, advertise, search engine optimize (SEO) your website and creating e-books with tips and tricks on internet marketing throughout as to how she personally gets her websites out there within weeks or a few months

