Tag Archive | fiction
Friday Quick Quote: Dostoyevsky’s ‘White Nights’
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. I am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year.…
A Map of Literature around the World
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
It is easy to get stuck inside our own reading bubbles, so I was excited to find this map of literature around the world. For the zoomable version of the map, click here. The map was created by redditor Backforward24 and use book covers to highlight a single book from…
Guest author: John W. Howell – Head to head with John J. Cannon
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Image: Pixabay Interview with John W. Howell by John J. Cannon… About John J. Cannon: John J. Cannon finished his undergraduate work at Stanford University and earned a law degree from Harvard. John became a litigation attorney who has been practicing for over ten years. A vacation…
Writing to Market – What Does It Mean?
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? By Julianne Q. Johnson Should a novelist write to market? Should they avoid writing to market like the plague? Should they write to trend or to tropes? What does it all mean? Take heart, gentle reader, I will do my level best to tell you what it means. To…
Telling Stories about Strangers
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Lately, more so than usual, I’ve been creating stories about the people I don’t know. I’ve always done this to some extent. Many writers do. We look at the world around us, and tell stories to tie it all together. But I’ve been doing it more and more frequently. Behind…
Why You Should Read About Writing
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Kelsie Engen The moment you think you know everything about writing, that’s the moment your writing plateaus. Last week I talked about why writers should read voraciously. But that was a post focused on fiction. You know, reading in the genre you write. For instance, if you write fantasy,…
Writing Contest: The Missouri Review’s $1000 Miller Audio Prize
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
I’ve found another great contest for writers; The Missouri Review is now holding its annual Miller Audio Prize. This contest is a little different than some of the others that I’ve shared. As the name indicates, entries must involve an audio element. Participants may submit a piece of poetry, prose, humorous…
Friday Quick Quote: Ivan Turgenev’s ‘A Sportsman’s Sketches’
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
“Strange things happen on this earth: you can live a long while with someone and be on the friendliest of terms, and yet you’ll never once talk openly with him, from the depths of your soul; while with someone else you may scarcely have met, at one glance, whether you…
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