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Why don’t Family and Friends read my Books Writers, Do You Have Unsupportive Friends and Family? You’re Not Alone. You've spent months, even years, working on your book. You've invested your time, your money and your emotions into your manuscript . . . You send it away to a publisher, or even hit 'publish' yourself, and sit back with a sigh of relief, and a tingling sense of anticipation: what are your family and friends going to think when they read it? Um, sorry to burst your bubble. Those family and those friends? They almost certainly aren't going to read it . . . Why is it so very difficult for our friends and family to be keen about our work? There are a few reasons. A simple one may be that they just don't like books or reading, or they don't enjoy the genre you're writing. They might only read a thriller or a sci-fi murder mystery, and never YA romance or memoir, or whatever the style of book is that you've poured your heart into. A more complicated reason may be that they are nervous. There's a risk involved whenever someone we know does something out of the box. What if we don't like it? What are we going to say then? There's nothing more embarrassing than picking up your friend's book, finding out that they can't write for beans, and then having to pretend to be nice about it . . . If your friends and family don't read your book–and they almost certainly won't–you can waste a lot of energy getting worried about it, becoming bitter and resentful, and creating barriers that don't need to be there. Simply accepting that the vast majority of your family and acquaintances will never, ever read your book is the smartest and most peaceful way to live your writerly life. You get to focus on your writing rather than picking fights, and when someone does read your work, and tells you they like it, it's like having chocolate cake for breakfast . . . absolutely fantastic. May 28, 2018 Firewheel Press For the full article, please go to the link: https://www.redloungeforwriters.com/blog/friends-and-family-wont-read-my-book?format=amp Unsupportive friends and family can make us (Writers) feel separated from the world. Anne R. Allen 
The Danish Centre for Writers International Residency Program We received the following invitation from Felene Cayetano of the Belize Writers’ Guild and of the Belize National Library Service and Information System. Dear Belizean Writer, Here is an invitation for sole authors of two prose or poetry publications. F. Cayetano belizeanwritersguild@gmail.com Forwarded message: From: Peter Q. Rannes mail@haldhovedgaard.dk Date: Thu, Jan 18, 2024 Subject: Call for Applications - Among the Danes residency 2024 Dear Belizean Writers Guild, The Danish Centre for Writers International Residency Program. The Danish Centre for Writers and Translators at Hald Hovedgaard is very pleased to announce that our international residency program, Among the Danes 2024 runs again this summer from June 17 – August 12, 2024. The Call for applications can be found directly here: https://haldhovedgaard.dk/call-for-applications-to-among-the-danes-residency-2024/ Links to information on Hald Hovedgaard and The Danish Centre for Writers and Translators can be found in English in the “This is in English”-tab on our webpage: www.haldhovedgaard.dk The residency is free for the chosen writers, they will be responsible for own catering, and will – in 2024 – each receive a grant of 1,000 Euro to cover expenses for catering, travel etc. Please take a closer look and feel free to ask for further information. Please notice that a special application form is to be used by the applicants. We will be very happy if you will announce this program through your network of members, to make sure that writers from your country/region/society etc. do not miss the opportunity of meeting up with Danish writers and visiting Denmark in the most beautiful time of the year. The application deadline is as stated, March 11, 2024. Greetings from Denmark and Peter Q. Rannes NB: By March 1 2024 Thomas Rafn will be new director of The Danish Centre for Writers and Translators and he is to be reached by e-mail mail@haldhovedgaard.dk
Poetry and Rhyming What Is Bad Poetry? December 6, 2023 by Ted Hannah Bad poetry is a type of literature which lacks proper structure, good choice of words, meaningful content and correct spelling and grammar. It is considered to be the opposite of good poetry, which is well-crafted, meaningful and conveys certain messages. Bad poetry can be divided into different types: Sentimental poetry: This type of bad poetry is overly-sentimental and has very little literary value. Rhyme-poor poetry: This type of bad poetry has little to no rhyme and often relies on forced and awkward rhymes. Incoherent poetry: This type of bad poetry lacks structure, often meandering haphazardly. For the full article, please go to: https://www.poetrypoets.com/what-is-bad-poetry/ Forced Rhymes - What They Are and How to Avoid them: Kenn Nesbiitt 05-18-2014 Keep an eye out for forced rhymes. Whenever you finish a poem, it's a good idea to read it over several times and ask yourself if any of the rhymes are forced. And be honest with yourself! It's easy to let a forced rhyme remain in your poem because you don't want to go to the trouble of rewriting it. On the other hand, if you make the effort and eliminate all forced rhymes from the poem, you (and your readers) will be glad you did. For the full article, please go to: https://forum.rhymezone.com/articles/963-forced-rhymes-what-they-are-and-how-to-avoid-them Rhyme & common rhyming problems: The reason we suggest amateur poets to avoid rhyming, is that it is very easy to focus on making a word fit ("forcing it") and not your expressive process. Finding words that end with the same sound is difficult but easy once you get used to it. The challenge to rhyming is making it sound ‘natural’ - and this is the part that is truly difficult. Examples of forced rhymes: (1) On Sundays I like to go for a run It's something for me to do but if I needed to have fun I'd sit and watch cows go 'moo' 'something for me to do' - doesn't really say anything to contribute to the story 'needed to have fun' - This is a very unnatural phrase. You don't turn to a friend and say "I need to have fun" "watch cows" - what on earth does this have to do with running? It's nonsensical, and doesn't create any meaningful metaphor. The writer (me, lol) thought that "do" could rhyme with "moo", so forced it even though it doesn't make any sense. (2) Watching ol' man winter roll on in with his designs in the skies by the ones using aluminum dyes when I look up towards the sun it's telling me that I'm in for some fun 'designs in the skies' - this is very vague - what should I be picturing, sky writing? 'aluminum dyes' - huh? Again, this is nonsensical to rhyme with 'sky' "watch cows" - what on earth does this have to do with running? It's nonsensical, and doesn't create any meaningful metaphor. I just thought that "do" could rhyme with "moo", so forced it. Whenever you write a rhyming poem, be sure to read it through out loud afterwards carefully looking for forced rhymes. Forced rhymes are the #1 killer of poems. Save a life, read it twice. Writing a poem means juggling a lot of things - it's hard enough to be a fantastic writer that conveys nuanced emotion in a brilliant way. Doing so while also restricting your word choices in extreme ways is an amazing accomplishment, and one we suggest new poets wait to take on until after they've learned how to write great poems in the first place. For the full article, please go to: https://allpoetry.com/learn/forced_rhyme From the Publishers: What do you think of this one? Rhyme Time. I am from beautiful Belize, I love to eat Happy Cow cheese, I am definitely not a sleaze, Though I smoke the Belizean Breeze.
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