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RTW: Best October Read

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

This Week’s Topic is:  What was the best book you read in October?

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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Reads

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

So this week The Broke and the Bookish has given us free rein to choose our own top ten. These are my top ten most anticipated reads. Some of these books have already been released, others are only due out in … Continue reading →

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Quote and Song of the Week

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

  I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I’ll know how it turned out. – Nora Ephron    

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NaNoWriMo 2012 – Why I’m NOT Doing It

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Thanks to a good Finnish friend of mine, I discovered NaNoWriMo in 2010. I took on the challenge and wrote a measly 32, 000 words in the month, but I didn’t give up and that first attempt at NaNoWriMo resulted … Continue reading →

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Dystopian Blog Hop and Giveaway

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Thank you to I am a Reader, Not a Writer and Shelf Confessions for hosting this fantastic blog hop! Dystopian fiction has seen a recent rise in popularity. Perhaps, in part, thanks to the success of The Hunger Games, dystopian fiction – particularly in the YA … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Kick-Ass Heroines

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

This week’s theme: Top Ten Favorite Kick-Ass Heroines, which is actually hard for me since I tend to gravitate towards male stories and male POV…

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Quote and Song of the Week

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Considering October has been National Bullying Prevention Month I thought I’d have my last quote and song for the month tie into this theme.

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Character Development

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Recently this question came up in my online critique group and it really made me think. How do I develop my characters and how do I recognise the development of my characters when changes are so gradual?

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WiP Blog Hop

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Thank you to Margaret for tagging me in this WiP Blog Hop 🙂 Here are the rules: Give credit to the person/blog that tagged you Post the rules for this hop Answer these ten questions about your current WIP (Work In Progress) … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Edition

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

This week’s topic from The Broke and the Bookish is your top ten books to get you in the mood for Halloween. Not sure I’ve got ten but here we go…

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