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Guest Blogger: Vicious Circle: A Writer’s Lament by Susan DiPlacido

Vicious Circle By Susan DiPlacido You are a writer. No.  Not yet.  You want to be a writer.  You know you can be a writer.  So here’s your intricate, long-thought, grand plan to accomplish this. Write. So you do.  Put ass in chair, hit the keys, and turn that white page into a blur of intentioned, clever, and compelling words.  Words that string to sentences, sentences to characters, characters creating plot and problems, littered with jokes and allegory and metaphor and any other trick in your arsenal. Write and keep writing and then when you’re tired, write some more. When it’s almost done, when you’re scanning for spelling and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Keka Collection Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Cynthia Dagnal-Myron, author of the memoir/autobiography, The Keka Collection, as she tours the blogosphere April 1 – April 26, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ——————————————————————– ABOUT THE KEKA COLLECTION The Keka Collection is a compilation of blog posts from “Keka’s “Blog, once one of the most popular blogs on Open Salon. AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | —————————————————————- ABOUT CYNTHIA DAGNAL-MYRON Cynthia Dagnal-Myron is an award-winning former reporter for both the Chicago Sun Times and Arizona Daily Star.  She is also the first black woman to become a rock critic for a “major metropolitan daily,” and her articles appeared in Rolling
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Questions in the Silence Virtual Book Publicity Tour January 2012

Join Karen Glick, author of the literary fiction novel, Questions in the Silence (CreateSpace), as she virtually tours the blogosphere January 3 – 27 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Karen Glick Karen Glick lives outside of Philadelphia. She is a clinical psychologist whose other interests include writing, painting, and acting. When not feverishly engaged in these pursuits, she enjoys spending time with her four children, husband, cavalier king charles spaniels and cats. Karen has just published her first novel, Questions in the Silence. You can visit her website at http://www.bellalunavoicecompany.com/. Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook |  Goodreads | Amazon
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Writing Your Way Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Julie Smith, author of the how to writing book, Writing Your Way: The Great American Novel Track (BooksBNimble), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Author Julie Smith is the award-winning author of twenty novels and as many short stories. She’s a former reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the San Francisco Chronicle,  as well as a veteran of her own online writing school, plus an editorial service she founded with two other writers. She’s also taught writing at the  University of New Orleans and in numerous private seminars. During her
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Homecoming – Osguards: Guardians of the Universe Virtual Book Publicity Tour August 2011

Join Malcolm Petteway, author of science fiction novel, Homecoming – Osguards: Guardians of the Universe – Book 1 (Rage Books LLC), as he virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – 26 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Malcolm Petteway Malcolm Dylan Petteway is a senior military analyst, a retired military officer and a twenty-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He flew B-52’s as an Electronic Warfare Officer and has 3,000 flight hours and 300 combat hours. In his distinguished career, Malcolm has used his knowledge in the art of war, military weapons and combat defenses in planning over 400 combat
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