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Medieval Monday: Making Barrels and Wooden Vessels
Originally posted on Allison D. Reid:
Medieval coopers were important craftsmen in the Middle Ages. Many different types of goods were kept in barrels, such as alcohol and salted meats. But barrels were not the only things coopers made. A variety of wooden vessels were needed for daily use by the average person as well…
Four Ways to Plan Showing Vs. Telling in Your Novel
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Andrea Lundgren ? As writers, we’ve been told over and over how it’s much better to show a reader something rather than tell them, and recently, I wrote about how one can use dance to show a character’s thoughts and how she changes. As a general rule, showing…
Alert: Do You Need New Sites like StumbleUpon? Mix Is Here – by Janice Wald…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Mostly Blogging: Do you feel like you are a content mill Always churning, always more to create without an end in sight? If you can relate, you haven’t heard of content curation sites. At content curation sites, you can post content you’ve already created.…
Vampirizing Animals: Is It Going Too Far?
Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:
Nightmare This topic always come down to the system and if it’s even possible. Most times, the vampire infection is human-only, so it makes no sense for animals to get turned. Those that appear to be are really ghouled or under magical control. So, is there any history of…
The unusual dilemma of Penaloe Shortwheel.
Originally posted on Tallis Steelyard:
It isn’t often that Tallis Steelyard, the leading poet of his generation, is summoned to assist a maiden in distress. This, I would hasten to add, is not due any lack of chivalric feeling on my part, but frankly as a poet I am not the obvious choice when a…