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In As Many Words Colin Ward: Writing & Self Publishing

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To Die For, and Innocent Lies, the first two books in the DI Mike Stone trilogy by Colin Ward.

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In loving memory of my mum, whose birthday should be today, 13th of June, why not buy a book in her memory? She was my biggest fan.
(Both are also on #KindleUnlimited and TO DIE FOR is also available as an #Audiobook.)

In As Many Words Colin Ward: Writing & Self Publishing

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I first learnt Wilfred Owen at school. I also included "Dulce et Decorum Est" in my drama lessons so all my students at least knew that one!

By all means. It will be good to mix with others writing poetry.

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100 Poems on War - Read for FREE on #KindleUnlimited
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Sea shanty "craze." Yah what?

YouTube video by Jennifer Harrison I had genuine concerns until 🙄

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Innocent Lies (Detective Mike Stone Book 2) Amazon.com: Innocent Lies (Detective Mike Stone Book 2) eBook : Ward, Colin: Kindle Store

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'A highly intelligent and thought provoking page turning thriller.'
'The central, tragic love story is by turns heartbreaking, shocking and deeply touching.'
'A necessary read in today’s society.'

Book 2 of the DI Mike Stone series.

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Denzil Meyrick - R.I.P. our wordsmith friend Crime Fiction has lost one of its heroes. His family and friends have lost a dear loved one. Readers have lost one of their best literary friends and voices.

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Interesting to see the book is available...on Amazon.

You could have ironed it flat!

"Ripples" and "Silhouette in the Sunset" - two poetry collections by Colin Ward

Silhouette in the Sunset by Colin Ward

They Shed no Tears for You by Colin Ward

Wars are never won: merely lost a little less by one side. Sending troops into war extends the futility of war. Poems in "Ripples" and in "Silhouette" - both collections FREE on #KindleUnlimited, and paperbacks FREE in UK if you want them. DM me for info.
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(2) author who then spots a typo, they can open it in Word and edit. But if I use InDesign and send that file, or PDFx, they can't. It has far more to do with the user than the program in many of your examples. And when it comes to text only books, my clients have no complaints.

Just read that blog. I agree on some points, but most of the others are things Word can already do. It will never be at the level of InDesign, but if you know how to dig deeper into advanced settings, it produces good quality files. Also, if I format something for another (2)

Fantastic 5* review for the Audiobook of "To Die For" - the reader loved it so much they bought the second book, too.
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Artificial Intelligence is not the True Threat… The key advantage AI has over humanity is that it always aims for the upper limit of efficiency, whereas we tend to aim for the least line of resistance.

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The Less Said about Coffee... Society has become so obsessed with drinking coffee that it’s a wonder more people aren’t spending substantial time in the toilets.

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Yesssssssssssssssssssss! Kick ass, Canada. I'd love to see international data on tickets TO the US.

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