Anthologies

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. In my last post, I talked about the advantages of writing short stories and how they could be stand-alone works or part of a collection. Today, I want to talk about anthologies. What’s the difference? Dictionary (dot) com defines an anthology as this: A book or other collection …

16 Reasons to read your work aloud

All images Pixabay Most writers have learned the importance of reading their words aloud. It’s advice I heeded early on and am happy to pass along. Writing works on myriad levels. On one level, it’s the mechanical delivery of a story, the typing of words according to rules. It’s fingers on keyboards, reams of paper, …

Bringing Authors and Readers Together #shepherdforauthors #readinglists @storyempire @maeclair @bwb

Hi, SEers! Welcome to a Mae Day in May! Today, I'd like to share a resource I recently discovered that is beneficial for both authors and readers. I have a contact form on my website (no, that’s not the resource, LOL). I get hit with bots now and then, but I’ve connected with some cool …

Stopping Book Piracy

Greetings, SE’ers! Beem Weeks here with you again. Today, I am going to expose those dastardly book pirates! Pirates! They are fine for stories told within the pages of the books we read. But book piracy is another story altogether. Illegal book consumption accounts for 17% of all downloaded ebooks. This is stealing. Those who …

Fictional Characters and Their Political Interests

Hello Story Empire readers, Gwen with you today and together we're going to consider the political interests of our characters. This is Part 2 of last month's post on Religion and Politics. Let's dive into it. Canva photo About a month ago, I watched the movie, A Private War. It is a biopic based on …