Amazon Marketplaces Display The Words of Emily Logan!

Hello friends, when a book is published, we can search it in Google and after a while find out a lot! This is how I discovered my book is published in Amazon India! When it comes to paperbacks, which is the case for the time being, the entire list of wholesalers and independent distributors may be "partly visible" to the distribution company (Lightning Source UK) even though I have received a complete list of their Channel Partners. The example is similar with working with a Publishing House. You never know, you, as a writer, all the exact bookstores that have decided to list your title, even though the Publishing House may decide e.g. complete domestic distribution. In any case, since I have written it in English, it's true that Amazon Global, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Australia and Amazon India have decided to list it which makes me a very happy person! Below are the market links:
Amazon Global link: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3
Amazon UK link: https://amzn.to/2mOvLS1
Amazon Canada link: https://amzn.to/2mOvVsB
Amazon Australia link: https://amzn.to/2mMCr3a
Amazon India link: https://amzn.to/2mDKDCW

A Dramatic Writing Book

Dear friends, The Words of Emily Logan has been a romantic drama script, a screenplay actually that has just gone into distribution! Screenplays are a more simplified form of literature, simpler than novels actually and exclusively AudioVisual! Screenplays are intended for the big screen, even though I wanted to produce a book out of it, dramatic writing indeed! It takes time for distribution, as it also takes time in many markets for the absorbing of the parameters of the book. The Words of Emily Logan is a self publishing venture in Greece, by me actually, that will also be put at The National Library of Greece from which I got the ISBNs! Especially for Apple Books, purchase is only allowed by Apple devices, even though the link I give you is visible everywhere! Below are the market links:
Here's the link to Amazon: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3
Here's the link to Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/2mwMUPB
Here's the link to Apple Books: https://apple.co/2mr75hO
Here's the link to Rakuten Kobo: http://bit.ly/2lc3nso
Here's the link to Odilo.es: http://bit.ly/2mIdlCh
Here's the link to Bookmate: http://bit.ly/2mLdogm
Here's the link to Chapters Indigo: http://bit.ly/2m4eLXF

Frodo Baggins at The Lord Of The Rings!

Frodo Baggins, son of Drogo Baggins, was a Hobbit of the Shire during the Third Age. He was, and still is, Tolkien's most renowned character for his leading role in the Quest of the Ring, in which he bore the One Ring to Mount Doom, where it was destroyed. He was a Ring-bearer, best friend to his gardener, Samwise Gamgee, and one of the three Hobbits who sailed from Middle-earth to the Uttermost West at the end of the Third Age.

Biography

Childhood

Much of Frodo's youth was spent at Brandy Hall in Buckland, the ancestral home of the Brandybuck family, including his mother (Primula Brandybuck). Frodo was known as something of a rascal, befriending Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck and Peregrin (Pippin) Took and causing trouble wherever they went. They would often steal mushrooms from Farmer Maggot's farm Bamfurlong. 

In TA 2980, when Frodo was only 12 years old, his parents drowned in a boating accident on the Brandywine River. An only child, Frodo stayed in Brandy Hall until his 99-year-old "uncle" Bilbo adopted him in TA 2989. Bilbo took Frodo to live with him in his home at Bag End and made him his heir.

The two grew very close in the following years; Frodo learned much of the Elvish language during his time with Bilbo, as well as much of the lore of Middle-earth. The two shared the same birthday, September 22 by Shire Reckoning (around September 12–14 of our calendar),[1] and a party of special magnificence was held at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring when Frodo came of age of thirty-three and Bilbo hit the peculiar year of 111.

Bilbo gave a memorable Birthday Speech before playing a joke on his fellow hobbits by using the One Ring to disappear, at which Gandalf quickly reacted and used his staff to create a blinding flash where Bilbo had been standing. The hobbits at the Party were left confused and disgruntled, and Bilbo was never again seen in the Shire.

Before departing for his journey to Rivendell, Bilbo had a long conversation with Gandalf, who finally persuaded him to voluntarily surrender the One Ring. Bilbo left it on the fireplace mantel with a note for Frodo, who would now become the next Ring-bearer.

Council of Elrond

After his healing, Frodo was summoned to a great Council that Elrond had organized. Representatives of all the Free Peoples of Middle-earth discussed the history of the Rings of Power and decided that the One Ring must be destroyed. As the ring was shown and tempers flared, argument broke out as to who should carry the Ring on this mission, until Frodo bravely volunteered to take the Ring to Mordor and cast it into the fires of Mount Doom. A member of each of the Free Peoples offered to join Frodo in his quest, thus forming the Fellowship of the Ring.

The Fellowship consisted of Frodo, Samwise, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Gandalf, Boromir of Gondor, Legolas of the Woodland Realm, and Gimli of the Dwarves. Before leaving Rivendell, Bilbo gave Frodo his dwarf-made coat of mithril mail and his elven blade Sting. The mithril coat had been given to Bilbo by Thorin after the events of The Hobbit, and Sting had been taken by Bilbo from the den of a troll. On December 25, the Fellowship of the Ring departed from Rivendell and headed south.

Moria

On January 11, 3019, the Fellowship attempted to cross the Misty Mountains (specifically the Pass of Caradhras), but were unable to due to a snowstorm. They instead traveled through the underground city of Moria at the urging of Gimli.

Moria (also named Khazad-dum), was the most ancient and grand of Dwarven cities, but was deserted when the dwarves uncovered a Balrog, known only as Durin's Bane, beneath the city, and had been defeated by legions of goblins. When they entered the Chamber of Mazarbul, the Fellowship was attacked by Orcs and a cave-troll. Frodo helped to defeat the troll before he was stabbed by an orc captain, his mithril shirt saving him from a deadly blow. The Fellowship ran through Moria to the Bridge of Khazad-dum, where Gandalf fell while confronting Durin's Bane. Once outside Moria, while the Fellowship was grieving, Gimli took Frodo and Sam to look upon the Mirrormere, even in their great hurry.

Lothlórien

Deeply grieved by their loss, the Fellowship journeyed to the Elven kingdom of Lothlórien, where they met the Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn. Galadriel showed Frodo a vision of the future in her Mirror. Frodo offered her the One Ring, but she resisted the temptation to take it, passing the test that was laid before her, and accepting the diminishing of the power of the elves. Before the Fellowship departed from Lothlórien, Galadriel gave each member a gift. To Frodo, she gave a phial with the light of the star Eärendil captured inside; this gift would prove hugely important later on in the quest. They were also provided with elven way-bread, other supplies, and ships for their voyage down the Anduin River.

Mordor and Mount Doom

Frodo and Sam crawled onward through the empty plains of Mordor, as the Orcs had been sent to the Black Gate to stop the Men of the West's army, and, after falling in and out of a company of Orcs, started to climb Mount Doom. They journeyed on for many days with hardly any food or water, and Frodo became progressively weaker as the Ring's power over him grew the closer they came to Orodruin. Frodo was eventually unable to go on, and Sam was forced to carry him a fair distance while his master rested upon his back. It was then that Gollum decided to reappear, and after a brief struggle, Sam cut Gollum in the stomach, and Frodo fled up the mountain.

Inside the Crack of Doom, Frodo finally had the chance to destroy the ring, and rid himself of his burden, but the power of the ring was at its strongest, due to the proximity of the cracks. It was here that Frodo finally yielded to the temptation and power of the ring. Sam yelled for Frodo to destroy the Ring, but Frodo was overcome by its power and claimed the Ring for himself. Gollum attacked Sam, who fell and hit his head on a rock, temporarily knocking him unconscious. When he came to he saw Gollum fighting with an unseen foe (Frodo, having put on the Ring). Then Gollum bit off Frodo's finger, Ring and all, and was reunited with his treasure for a short time, until dancing with joy he toppled off the brink and fell into the depths, destroying himself and the One Ring.

The two hobbits tried to escape as the volcano erupted. Just as it looked as though they were doomed, Gwaihir the Lord of Eagles saw them, and with his Eagle companions Landroval and Meneldor rescued Sam and Frodo and flew them to safety. 

Source: https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings/

The Indigo Marketplace Displays The Words of Emily Logan!

Dear friends, The Indigo marketplace displays my book both as a Kobo ebook as well as paperback. Chapters Indigo falls under the category of Rakuten Kobo. Indigo is a business of books, toys electronics, home decor, fashion, etc, a multistore actually! It took collaboration of both my ebook digital distributor partner, that is PublishDrive as well as Lightning Source UK which is responsible for my paperback. There is complete parameterization of the book, meaning, its characteristics although the paperback version still lacks a cover image in the store.

To tell you the truth, I like their logo...! Stay tuned for many more markets to come. Below is the market link:
Chapters Indigo market link: http://bit.ly/2m4eLXF

Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures!

Tarrant Hightopp, also know as The Mad Hatter or simply The Hatter, is the deuteragonist of the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland and the main protagonist in its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass. He is a hat maker that has been poisoned by mercury, hence his orange hair. He is part of the resistance to bring down the Red Queen's command of Underland and thus end her bloody rule. He is portrayed by Johnny Depp.

Personality

Tarrant's origins involve him with the Hightopp Clan, a family of hatters, which was supposedly destroyed by the Jabberwock, sent by the Red Queen during a visit by the White Queen to their village on the "Horevendush Day". The Hightopps did not indeed perish though, as it turns out they were actually captured and imprisoned by the Red Queen out of revenge. Though the White Queen was safely spirited away, the Vorpal Sword (as well as her crown) was lost in the confusion. Tarrant was thought to be the only member of his clan left- everybody and everything else was supposedly killed or burned to the ground. Tarrant only escaped the destruction because he led the White Queen's panicked horse away from the initial attack. He returns after to find the village burnt to the ground, a shocked look on his face he bends down to pick up his trademark hat. When we next see his face it is clear from the half smile that his sanity has shattered. A scene of Tarrant's past can be seen-the Jabberwock blowing fire down on the clan, when he and Alice are travelling and they pass through the remains of his home, causing him to briefly flash back to the destruction.

The destruction of his clan broke something in Tarrant's mind - causing him to become detached from reality and also develop a slight split personality. When he becomes upset his eyes change from green to a golden yellow and he begins speaking in a noticeable Scottish brogue. Tarrant can become violent in this state unless someone snaps him out of it. Mallymkun the Dormouse snaps him out of it the first time by shouting, "Hatter!!" when he is about to attack the Chesire cat who he blames for the attack on his clan. Alice later snaps him out of one of his episodes when he is imprisoned at the Red Queen's castle making hats. Tarrant himself is vaguely aware of his personality problem telling Alice that he has to get out of the Red Queen's castle saying its getting harder for him to think clearly there. 

Source: Alice in Wonderland Wiki:  https://aliceinwonderland.fandom.com/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_Wiki

My Book is Already in Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Rakuten Kobo, Odilo, Bookmate!

Dear friends, I am in the delightful position to announce my book (The Words of Emily Logan) is already in Amazon as a paperback, stay tuned for the ebook! It's being activated at all English spoken Amazon sites, meaning, UK, Global, Canada, Australia. Apple Books also already distributes my ebook, accessible by all devices, but you can only check the iBook store from an Apple device, iPhone, iPad, Mac. You can also buy the ebook from Rakuten Kobo, activate the subscription model for Bookmate and be authenticated in the user area for purchasing for Odilo, as all websites clearly indicate! I shall truly hope it will be an enjoyable experience when you get it into your hands, or platforms and I am looking forward for many more markets to come. Stay tuned! Below are the market links:
Here's the link to Amazon: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3
Here's the link to Barnes & Noble:  http://bit.ly/2mwMUPB
Here's the link to Apple Books: https://apple.co/2mr75hO
Here's the link to Rakuten Kobo: http://bit.ly/2lc3nso
Here's the link to Odilo.es: http://bit.ly/2mIdlCh
Here's the link to Bookmate:  http://bit.ly/2mLdogm

Classmates at High School Campus

Two high school students will be soon getting to know one another, Emily & Joel! Do you still feel this childlike innocence in high school campuses? An amazing time for all of them, The Words of Emily Logan has now gone into distribution! Stay tuned!

EXT. NY SCHOOL - SOUTHSIDE - DAY

Students speak during a break from class. The place is noisy. Some of them sit on the grass. Others walk and talk.

CLASSMATE, speaks with JOEL, 16, enthusiastically.

CLASSMATE
How's it been, my friend?

JOEL
Very well, how are you?

CLASSMATE
Just fine... Kinda dazzled by homework. We're getting piles of stuff.

JOEL
You'll be fine, I know it!

CLASSMATE
Do you know Emily? She's an amazing girl.

JOEL
Who is she?

CLASSMATE
She's the girl walking on the other side, over there. Very talented; students queue to watch her rehearsals; it will be a pro play! You should get to know her.

JOEL
She looks gorgeous! I wouldn't miss it for the world. ...

The Words of Emily Logan has been available at iTunes for Books, Barnes & Noble and all Amazon sites! Amazon Global, UK, Canada, Australia. 

Here's the link to Amazon: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3  
Here's the link to Barnes & Noble:  http://bit.ly/2mwMUPB
Here's the link to Apple Books: https://apple.co/2mr75hO

Wanted to Get to Know the Woman behind The Amazing Talent!

Art is the creative elixir in Emily's and Joel's lives! What wouldn't they give to make it last forever. But do you truly wanna know its prickly role in moving things forward? Here is an excerpt of my book!

INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY

Joel sits at a table. He gets a magazine from the next table. He starts reading it. The clients are served at the counter. Joel gets up and heads over there. Emily enters.

EMILY
I hope you haven’t been waiting for too long.

JOEL
No, it's fine.

Joel and Emily stand next to the counter for several seconds.

JOEL
I would like coffee and a cheesecake. Double cappuccino.

CLERK, MALE, smiles at Joel and starts pushing the buttons at the cash register.

CLERK
Yes, sir. Absolutely! What about you, miss?

EMILY
Hot chocolate, please.

CLERK
You can walk back to your table, folks, and your orders will be delivered as soon as possible. Thanks!

Joel & Emily walk back and sit.

JOEL
Emily Logan, a rising star! It is my honor to have coffee and talk with you.

EMILY
My, my! To what do I owe this honor?

JOEL
Wanted to get to know the woman behind the amazing talent. How's life with you, my dear?

EMILY
Books, theater and daydreaming! Our play is almost done. We’re making plans for the premiere and student tickets. Can I count on you?

JOEL
Absolutely! I would love to see you play.

EMILY
We work with a team of very talented student actors. It's about a Broadway class of freshmen that got the chance to show their work. The work is strict, but Laurin, our mentor, has everything under control. Do you know her?

JOEL
She's been my coach as well... Not nearly as beautiful as you!

The Words of Emily Logan has been available at iTunes for Books, Barnes & Noble and all Amazon sites! Amazon Global, UK, Canada, Australia. 

Here's the link to Amazon: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3
Here's the link to Barnes & Noble:  http://bit.ly/2mwMUPB
Here's the link to Apple Books: https://apple.co/2mr75hO

"No ambition can justify the breaking of a heart"

INT. JOEL'S PLACE - LATE AFTERNOON

Emily has come to Joel's house. Together with Joel's father, STEPHEN, they're having coffee in the living room. Stephen looks calm and gains attention; meanwhile, Emily seems receptive towards the family.

STEPHEN
How did it go, kid? The audition, I mean.

JOEL
Excellent, dad! I got it!

Stephen looks happy.

EMILY
Joel is an excellent actor, Mr. Ryan. I've seen him play.

STEPHEN (THOUGHTFUL)
Joel, Joel, what can I say about Joel? You were the best student, Joel, when you were a child. Remember, our country is our childhood years. But...

JOEL
Why do you say “but”, dad?

Emily pays attention to every tiny bit of the discussion. While listening, there's admiration on her face relative to being proud of Joel and his family.

EMILY
I suppose he means, Joel, that our soul will always return to childlike innocence!

STEPHEN
Not just that, Emily. When we grow up and start thinking of our lives, things change. And no ambition can justify the breaking of a heart.

EMILY
Would you truly believe that, Joel?

JOEL
Yeah, Emily. What can I say?

STEPHEN
I just mean, kid, that you will have to get used to loving and balancing ambition at the same time; furthermore, to matching words with actions. As I believe that integrity is a man’s utmost dignity.

JOEL
I agree with you, dad. We see the world once, when we are children. Everything else is just a memory.

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Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3

My Book as an eBook & Paperback is already in Barnes & Noble!

"The Words Of Emily Logan" has been a romantic drama written in a movie format. The love story of Emily and Joel is initially set during their teenage years and followed by 16 years of silence to be born again at their adulthood!
Here is the store link: http://bit.ly/2mwMUPB

Breakfast & Dancing Party Plans! By Emily & Joel!

INT. EMILY'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY

Emily's FATHER & MOTHER are in the kitchen having breakfast. A few seconds later, Emily enters.

EMILY
Good morning, dad!

FATHER
Good morning, Emily.

EMILY
Good morning, mom!

MOTHER
Good morning, Emily. Your breakfast is ready! Emily sits at the table, pours coffee in her cup and gets chocolate and croissant from the middle of the table.

EMILY
I hope you’ll have a great day. Today I want to do some studying, but I’m also waiting for a call from Joel, a friend of mine. Tonight I'm going to a dancing party of our school.

FATHER (CUT VOICE)
Joel? Is this news?

EMILY
Relax, dad, he's a classmate from school. The entire high will be there!

FATHER
Sometimes I don't know how to behave with you, Emily. I hope you're not neglecting your lessons.

EMILY
I told you, I'll do my studying first.

The family continues to eat breakfast and, after a while, the phone rings. Emily stands up and gets the wall phone next to the refrigerator. Emily & Joel are both smiling.

EMILY
Hello? Who is this?

JOEL
Good morning, Emily. It's Joel! How are you?

EMILY
Good moooorning! How are youuuu?

JOEL
Are you in for tonight? My entire class is talking about your numbers!

EMILY (PUZZLING LOOK)
Huh? Yeah, of course! What time?

JOEL
Let's meet at the school cafe at 19:30. We'll walk up to the club!

EMILY
Thanks a lot, see ya!

JOEL
See ya!

They hang up. Emily finishes her breakfast and leaves the kitchen.

INT. EMILY'S ROOM - DAY

Emily listens to REM’s song "Losing my religion", lies on her bed holding a book of poetry. While she browses her book, she looks kinda baffled and decides to throw it next to her. She lies on her bed staring at the ceiling.

CUT.

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"It seems that you'll be Working with Emotion, Concentration and Punctuality"

Emily has come to Joel's house and they're having a discussion with his father.

Emily re-sits and drinks one sip of coffee.

EMILY
How's it going at school, Joel? Everything OK?

JOEL
Definitely, as our teachers say, “don't just read, study!”

STEPHEN
Joel's fine! Just remember this, seriously. With my own experience, at my age, I admire people who have the peace of mind and peace of heart to read a good book.

EMILY
You just can't imagine how much I agree with that, Mr. Ryan. Praise a family that keeps you sane, Joel.

STEPHEN
Because in this field you're getting into, you may be inspired by other actors' meteoric rise to stardom; nevertheless, it seems that you'll be working with emotion, concentration and punctuality.

JOEL
So, dad, what do you believe I should focus on, so far?

STEPHEN
You'll just have to work on many things. You're young and none of the things you say or do right now is fixed.

EMILY
I feel you, guys, in my heart! You wouldn’t believe how I'd like to spend time with you, Joel, especially the two of you.

JOEL
This means the world to me, Emily. I love you two, thanks a lot!

The Words of Emily Logan, a romantic drama screenplay is available in iTunes & Amazon!

Apple iTunes link: https://apple.co/2mr75hO
Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3

"Do you Know who she's Dating?" "Joel, the School Star!" "Ladies and Gentlemen, Start your Engines!"

Joel & Emily were the town scandal! An idealist and the daughter of a prominent business family on their first date:

OUTSIDE EMILY'S HOUSE - GARDEN - LATE AFTERNOON

Emily says goodbye to her parents, gets into her car in the garage and heads towards...

NORTHSIDE

She parks outside the campus and heads towards the school cafe. The streets are crowded at the sides with students talking. Two of her CLASSMATES stare at her impressed.

CLASSMATE A
Hey, this is Emily; do you know who she's dating?

CLASSMATE B
How could I? Enlighten me!

CLASSMATE A
Joel, the school star!

Emily walks past them and leaves towards the road.

CLASSMATE B
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!

If you're truly familiar of in depth analysis of characters giving realistic emotional struggles, that is the essence of a romantic drama, find the book in Apple iTunes and Amazon! Here's the Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3

After Listening to Bits of Ritchie Valens' song "Oh Donna"!

INT. COFFEE SHOP (10 MINUTES LATER)

The people at the coffee shop talk and listen to bits of Ritchie
Valens’ song, "Oh Donna". As soon as the music fades out, Joel and Emily start talking.

JOEL
Have you started making any university plans?

EMILY
I am thinking of Drama, English literature, but also of a down-to-earth approach: management. As soon as we start making applications, I'll know. What about you?

JOEL
I am thinking of becoming an actor. You know, drama is my field.

Joel eats his last bite of cheesecake and calls the waitress, in order to pay.

JOEL (CONT'D)
By the way, are you coming to our dancing party?

EMILY
I would love to! Shall we go together?

JOEL
If you could just give me your number...

Joel & Emily exchange numbers. The waitress comes with the bill. She gives it to them and they pay. Right afterwards, the waitress leaves.

JOEL
I'll call you on Saturday morning to plan for the night. I had an amazing time!

EMILY
Thank you, Joel.

JOEL
You're welcome!

They stand up and leave the coffee shop.

The Book is already available in iTunes and Amazon! Get a taste with this Amazon link:  https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3

Joel Flirts The "Golden Girl"!

INT. SCHOOL - HALL - DAY

The school hall is crowded. Emily and Joel talk next to the lockers. Emily holds books. Joel looks enthusiastically at Emily.

EMILY (PUZZLING LOOK)
So, what do you have in mind, Joel?

JOEL
If only we could play together! I would die for some theatrical moments with you...

EMILY
And if I may ask, how did you come to this conclusion?

JOEL (IMPULSIVE)
Right now, I just love the culture of next Emma Watson, Kristen Stewart, Susan and Lucy from Narnia. Could it be you?

Emily looks flattered, she smiles.

EMILY (PUZZLING LOOK)
Still, would it be all about me? In other words, Joel, I would be the golden girl, for whom though...?

Joel extends his hand over the locker and casts a loving and caring glance on Emily. Their faces approach one another.

JOEL
For me!

Are you a fan of romantic drama? The book is already in Amazon .com, UK, Australia, Canada! https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3

In Between School Performances & Excitement!

Interested in school performances? Joel & Emily at The Words of Emily Logan began as artists! Just be a part of good school theater and find out all about my book if you like it!

INT. SCHOOL - REHEARSAL ROOM - DAY
 

The curtain opens and Joel appears on stage with a fellow actress. They smile and start performing an act. They use various ways of expressing themselves. The act is difficult. After a few moments, more actors and actresses appear on stage. Certain people from the crowd including their coach look excited. The act finishes. The crowd applauds. Joel gets off the stage and approaches the coach, LAURIN. He seems to be wondering.
 

JOEL
Hey, hey, how was it?
 

LAURIN
Off you go, kid, congratulations, you got the part!
 

Joel shakes with enthusiasm. The crowd applauds. Emily sits a few seats next to the coach. She stands up and approaches Joel. She looks proud. She kisses him.
 

EMILY (HAPPY)
Congratulations! Who the heck could truly beat this?!
 

JOEL
Thank you, Emily. I've worked hard for this!
 

A few other students approach Laurin's area, as they all smile and talk quietly.

The Words of Emily Logan has just gone into distribution and is already up in Amazon as a paperback! Get the book here:  https://amzn.to/2kC2oS3

Victor's Hugo Passion for Greatness!

By Orhan Pamuk, Other Colors

Some authors we love for the beauty of their texts. This is the purest sort of reader-writer relationship, the closest to perfection. Other writers leave their imprint on us because of their life stories, their passion for writing, or their place in history. For me, Victor Hugo belongs to that second group. In my youth i knew him as a novelist, as the author of Les Miserables. I loved him for the way he conveyed the chemistry of great cities, the high drama of their streets, and for the way he could show the logic by which two entirely unrelated things could happen in a city at the same time (as Parisians are attacking one another's barricades in 1832, we have the sound of billiards coming from two streets away). He influenced Dostoyevsky; when i was young, and wedded to a melodramatic vision of cities as dark and dirty places where the poor and defeated congregate, he influenced me too. When i grew a bit older, Hugo's voice began to annoy me; I found it pompous, affected, ostentatious, and artificial. In his historical novel Ninenty-Three, he spends a great many annoying pages describing a loose cannon rolling back and forth on a ship in a storm. When he took Faulkner to task for being influenced by Hugo, Nabokov offered a cruel example: "L'homme regardait le gibet, le gibet regardait l'homme." What has influenced me the most - and disturbed me most about Hugo's life - was his use of emotion (in the negative sense of this romantic world!) to confect greatness through rhetoric and high drama. All French intellectuals, from Zola to Sartre, owe a debt to Hugo and his passion for greatness; his concept of the politically engaged writer as champion of truth and justice has exerted a deep influence on world literature. Overly aware of his passion for greatness - and mindful of the fact that he had achieved it - Hugo became a living symbol of his ideal, thereby turning himself into a statue. His self-conscious moral and political gestures gave him an artificial air, and that cannot help but make a reader uneasy. In his discussion of "Shakespeare's genius," Hugo himself said that the enemy of greatness was falseness. In spite of all his posturing, Hugo's triumphant return from political exile endowed him with a certain authenticity, as did his flair for public speaking, and his heroes live on in Europe's - and the world's - imagination. Perhaps this is simply because France and French literature were for so long at the forefront of civilization. Once upon a time, and no matter how nationalistic they were, France's writers spoke not just to France but to all of humanity. But it's not that way today. Perhaps that is why France's continuing affection for this strangest of great authors speaks above all of nostalgia for her lost days of glory.

Orhan Pamuk: Other Colours, ESSAYS AND A STORY, Writings on Life, Art, Books and Cities.

My Book Launch on the 15th of September!

Dear friends, I am happy to announce that "The Words of Emily Logan" has been currently activated for publishing at the international markets! The title will now start feeding out to the distribution partners and this may take several business days including approvals from the stores related with "marketability and technical criteria". The book is now launched! Stay tuned!

Inspired By Andersen's Fairytales

A Quote from the Legendary Writer as I introduce my Site!

The First Million Words Are Practice

 

By Kevin Tumlinson of Draft2Digital

David Eddings, an American novelist who was most famous for his epic fantasy books, once gave the following advice to new writers:
 
“My advice to the young writer is likely to be unpalatable in an age of instant successes and meteoric falls. I tell the neophyte: Write a million words–the absolute best you can write, then throw it all away and bravely turn your back on what you have written. At that point, you’re ready to begin.”
 
That same advice has come from a number of other sources—it’s tough to determine just who said it first. Some point to legends such as Ray Bradbury or Jerry Pournelle, both of whom famously advice that new writers should write a million words before considering themselves ready to take up the cause.
 
Regardless of who said it first, the sentiment always seems to come down to one thing: “Your first million words don’t count.”
 
But that seems a bit negative. Because of course they count. They’re the words you use to hone your craft, to learn the strategies you need to do the work and do it well. So to put it in more positive, less scary terms: Your first million words are practice.

PRACTICE MAKES SORTA PERFECT

We should probably clear something up, before it becomes a thing: There will always be room for you to grow and improve as a writer.
 
One of the mistakes that a lot of talented writers make is relying entirely on their talent rather than nurturing their skill. It’s a subtle difference—talents versus skills—but it’s important to think about and understand.
 
Talent, you’re born with. At least, that’s the common perception. It seems that some people spring forth from the womb with all the ability they need to become great in a field.
 
Skill takes effort. You develop skill by putting in the hours. Skill comes at the cost of tears and sweat and hours.
 
Of course, there’s nothing that says you can’t have both talent and skill. In fact, that’s exactly the sort of combination we should all aim for.
 
In her book ‘Mindset,’ Carol Dweck uses John McEnroe as an example of a fixed mindset, reliant more on his talent than on training:
 
“[McEnroe] believed that talent was all. He did not love to learn. He did not thrive on challenges; when the going got rough, he often folded. As a result, by his own admission, he did not fulfill his potential.”
 
Of course, McEnroe’s talent was more than adequate to make him the number one tennis player in the world—he just wasn’t particularly happy about it. Screaming at officials, throwing rackets, melting down into tantrums—when his talent failed him, he reacted as if his worth were taken away. And, since he was entirely reliant on talent to deliver him to success, he was kind of right. 

If your entire sense of self-worth is tied to succeeding naturally, without effort, and you find yourself failing, you immediately start questioning everything you ever knew about yourself. 

You start to worry that this thing you relied on—this ability that you didn’t have to work to earn—may have left you as easily as it arrived. And now you’re done. Your life, your career, everything that made you who you are is over.
 
That’s how it can seem.
 
Dweck further wrote that our culture puts a much higher value on talent than it does on effort—as if the fact that we have to sometimes put effort into improving our skills means that we have failed, that we aren’t worthy of success. If we must practice, then we don’t have natural talent, and maybe this thing we want isn’t right for us. We should give up and move on.
 
A lot of authors have walked from the business because they felt they weren’t ‘cut out’ for it, and at the heart of that decision is this idea of talent being more valuable than effort. That’s a sad state—because even the greats in this industry have had to pay their dues, to put in those million words so that they can rely more on experience and expertise than talent and a muse.

EVERY DAY IS THE PRICE YOU PAY

The mistake, of course, would be to go to the other extreme, and assume that because you have put in the time to nurture your talent into a reliable skill, you’re done. Objective complete. Achievement unlocked.
 
The reality is that even Stephen King comes back to the keyboard every single day, keeping the saw sharp by putting in the time and the words.
 
That’s really what those first million words are all about. They’re a measure of the time you’ve spent doing the reps. They are a gauge for how much effort you’re putting into honing your craft. They’re a proving ground for ideas, to help you find your voice and your style, and essentially define yourself as a writer.
 
Those first million words give you experience, which gives you strategies to use when you’re stuck, when you’re blocked, when you don’t quite know where to take things. Coming back to the writing, every single day, gives you momentum and toughens your writing hide.

1O STEPS TO YOUR MILLION WORDS

The point here isn’t a literal “one million words.” It’s more about doing something every day to improve yourself as a writer. Nothing (and I mean nothing) improves your craft and your discipline like actually writing.
 
Here’s an actionable approach to developing a daily writing habit and improving your craft. 

Think of it as 10 steps to your million words:

1. Commit to writing every day, and tell people about that commitment. Make it a group of people who will hound you mercilessly if you don’t do what you said you’d do. We call this ‘accountability,’ and it helps. We’re far less likely to walk away from something when we know we’ll be letting someone else down.
2. Set a daily word target. If you’re just starting, and have a tough time getting things moving, set the goal low to start, with the idea that you can push your limits and grow over time. You don’t have to write 5,000 words per day. You can write 500. Or 250. Or ten. As long as you sit down every day and write to your target, you’ll make progress, and you’ll improve.
3. Treat all writing as practice. Emails, text messages, blog posts, Facebook updates—if it involves words, then put the energy and effort into making them good words. Check spelling, fix typos, and put thought into what you’re trying to say, and the best way to say it. If you get into the habit of treating every word that leaves your fingertips as practice for improving your talent into a skill, you’ll find yourself immersed in the culture of writing—and immersion is the best way to become fluent in anything.
4. Keep a journal. I recommend an app called Day One, if you like to keep a journal on your laptop or phone. It’s Mac-only, but you can find equivalents for Android and Windows (Evernote is a good one, though it isn’t strictly a journaling app). Or you could do it the ‘old fashioned way,’ which is still a preferred method by millions of people worldwide: Write in a notebook. I love Moleskine notebooks for this purpose. Just make sure you’re coming back to the journal frequently (daily, if you can), and treating everything you write as practice (see above).
5. Up your word target. If you’ve been consistently hitting your 500 word target every day for a month, it’s time to push yourself. Add another 250 words. And if you hit that new target for a month, add another 250. Or five hundred. Or a thousand. Keep adding words until you really have to sweat to do it every day, and press on that as long as you can, until the new number feels natural.
6. Periodically push your limits. A few years back I challenged myself to write 60K words in one day. I did it. It hurt. I won’t be doing that again. But the resulting book (Evergreen) ended up being a fan favorite. More importantly, pushing myself that hard helped me reset my limits, and my base level as well. Now that I knew what I was capable of, I could feel comfortable raising my daily word count. The lesson: Once you get to a comfort zone with your daily writing, set a challenge for yourself, and complete it. You don’t have to go to the extreme of writing a book in a day, but you might decide to double your word count one day, or set an ‘impossible’ goal and beat it. Later, you could decide to write a book in five days, or three, or anything else you might find challenging. Push your limits so you can redefine them.
7. Read widely. Writers read. These two skills are so intertwined, they’re inseparable. The problem is, we often lock onto a particular type of book, or only read from a certain genre or category. But writers who are determined to really bump up their craft always read widely. Along with the epic fantasy or romance novels you love, seed in some science fiction, a few biographies, plenty of history, and of course some how-to books. Really, just read everything you can get your hands on. It’s about more than leisure. The more widely you read, the more mental grist you have for the mill. Inspiration comes from the oddest places. Plus, as you read, you’ll experience how other writers use the language, as well as their talent and skill, and you’ll pick up on the rhythms of their craft, growing as you go.
8. Track everything. Use a tool like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to track how many words you write per day, when your start and stop times are, where you were writing, and any other details you can include. You should also track what you’re reading, how many pages you get through, and what you’re learning as you go. Tracking these things benefits you because it makes you think critically about writing. It gets you in the habit of examining what you write and what you read, evaluating it for how it helps you grow. You can also do this as part of the daily journaling we looked at above. Keep track of your relationship with the written language, and gauge how you grow.
9. Talk to other authors (a lot). Nothing will keep your mind on the game like talking to the players as often as possible. Back in ‘the day’ this was kind of tough. You had to join writer groups, and set aside a few hours a month to attend and sit in on readings and discussions. You had coffee, sure, but at what price? We writers tend to be introverts, after all. Peopleing is difficult. But now, with Facebook groups and other online communities, it’s easy to keep up a near-constant conversation about the writer biz. Join these groups. Talk about writing, about the challenges you face and the successes you’ve had. Get into encouraging every writer you connect with, and you’ll soon find them encouraging you. This is about accountability, but also about learning from exposure. And, in some part, it’s about keeping up with your peers. You’ll find it easier to hit a daily word target if you’re hearing about this kind of success from people you know and trust and admire, every day.
10. Define your why. There’s a phrase used by special forces and other military types that espouses a life philosophy: “Embrace the suck.” Basically, there’s no escaping the horrible and uncomfortable and painful parts of life. So we just have to accept them and get on with our day. But we can endure things that suck for much longer stretches of time when we know why we’re doing them. Before you write another word, spend a few minutes thinking about and deciding on the “why” of your writing. What drives you? What is powerful enough that it makes you want to sit down and spend hours, days, weeks, months, even years cloistered away from friends and family, missing out on popular TV shows and movies, letting your Summer tan disappear into the pasty white porcelain of your skin, all so you can put words on the page? When you know what that is, write it down somewhere, and refer to it every day. That’s the biggest motivation you’re ever going to have. It can get you to come back to the keyboard every day, even when it’s the least fun thing you can imagine. Embrace the suck. Define your why, and you can define your career and your life.

GIVE YOURSELF SOME CREDIT

No one is harder on themselves than an author. We criticize ourselves far more than any internet troll or bad review ever could. Part of that comes from the fact that our work is so solitary, most of the time. We get into our own heads, we forget that there are people who actually do love and support us, and we tend to obsess over all the flaws and errors that somehow ‘prove’ we’re not good enough.
 
We’re also inundated with pearls of wisdom and free advice and sage words about what we should or should not be doing, or how we should or should not think of our work. Case in point: “The First Million Words Are Practice.”
 
Here’s the reality: It’s not the first million words. It’s not the first billion, either. The reality is, all the words are practice.
 
Writing is a lot like the game Othello. It takes a moment to learn, but a lifetime to master.
The thing is, while you’re learning you need to give yourself credit for where you are and how you got there.
 
First, just having the courage to sit down and start doing this work is something to celebrate. 

Seriously—the fact you’ve even read to the end of this post is something you might want to write about in that journal we mentioned. It shows a willingness to improve yourself, which means you had to at least acknowledge that you might need improvement. Way to go!
 
Second, no matter what level you perceive yourself to be on, as a writer, you are, every day, advancing above that level, just by writing. Your victories are worth celebrating. Your skill is ever improving. You are getting better at this, so smile.
 
Adopt what Carol Dweck refers to as a ‘growth mindset.’ See every challenge as a chance to grow and improve, rather than a sign that you aren’t talented enough. And as for those first million words, consider them practice, and then decide that the next million will be practice, too. Determine for yourself that you can and will grow in this, and then go out and find ways to make that growth happen.

You’re an amazing writer. This is going to be right in your wheelhouse.