Do Judge a Book by its Cover
August 5th, 2011 by

Another 'alphabet' themed article, written by the wonderful Elsie Love to continue the series here on Inspired Quill! ---------- Go on, admit it. As you meander through the aisles of your local book-nook, certain cover art catches your eye. You... more

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Blogging: Springboard to Success?
June 14th, 2011 by

Here's the second installment of Elsie Love's article series here on Inspired Quill! ---------- Confucius says: if you want to become a successful writer, get out there and write. Find magazines that will take your essays. Enter into every short... more

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Start it with A and they will come
May 13th, 2011 by

Please welcome our newest Guest Writer, Elsie Love, with her first installment for Inspired Quill! We're very pleased to be able to publish such thoughtful and helpful works...even though we personally don't advocate self-publishing, this article is... more

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Roomy Remedies – Making a Bookcase
February 25th, 2011 by

Today, I decided upon something a little different for my update. As I’m sure you can all appreciate, sometimes being a book lover means that you run out of room rather quickly. A while ago now, I decided to do something about my lack of space.... more

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Concentration Challenges
November 23rd, 2010 by

Or, 'Where's the Caffeine?' On November 1st, I gave up caffeine, fizzy drinks and takeaways in order to try and detox myself in lieu of going to the gym regularly again. I am therefore less than a week into this new regime…and all I can do is... more

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Review Writing part 4.2 – ARC
February 1st, 2010 by

Each reviewer is going to have to decide for themselves what it is worth to them to handle the ARC and the possible ethical ramifications. I cannot tell you what you should do, because it is not my place to do so. Nor is each situation exactly the... more

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Review Writing Part 4 – ARC
January 29th, 2010 by

The Advanced Review Copy, or ARC as it is called in the trade, is a book that has been released in advanced of the public release for review purposes. Usually they are sent to well known and established reviewers who the publisher feels will give... more

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Review Writing Part 3 – So you didn’t like the book
December 28th, 2009 by

We are faced with the reality that we do not always like what we read or we do not agree with the material presented in bound form. So, what do we do about it? When discussing fiction, there are probably more good books then bad out there, and... more

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Review Writing Part 2 – Do it with style!
November 23rd, 2009 by

We all remember book reports from school. Most of us remember the 6 questions we were taught to use to write these reports – who, what, when, where, how and why. And most of us hurried through these boring and sometimes painful reports just to... more

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Reviewing the Reviews
October 27th, 2009 by

Review; an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation. Ah, book reviews. Those snippets of writing that can recommend someone to pick up a book or to avoid it like the plague. A review by an ‘acclaimed’ critic, (I’m still not exactly... more

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