Tag Archive | literature
New Release! Shadows of Tomorrow: 2 Post-Apocalyptic Short Stories
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? Hi all! It’s been due time for me to publish a book under my personal name, so here you are. I’ve been focusing on a pen name for a while, but that’s no excuse. I had the urge to write in a post-apocalyptic (which apparently is a difficult word…
12 Worst Blogging Mistakes
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by AR Huelsenbeck ? I read a lot of blogs. I follow nearly 300, and I check out new blogs all the time. If you follow me or you’ve left a comment on ARHtistic License or you’ve tweeted something that interested me, I’ve probably taken a look at your…
How Your Emotional State Can Affect Your Editing
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? by Andrea Lundgren ? I’ve been thinking about how we humans clean things up. Sometimes, we do it begrudgingly, sometimes compulsively. How we feel (and how close we are to a deadline) usually determines whether our efforts are frantic or methodical. When rushed or pressured, we can get rid…
How to Write an Effective Chase Scene
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? by Doug Lewars ? Either a villain is fleeing from the forces of law-and-order or your hero is fleeing from overwhelming danger, but in either case you need a chase scene. Any form of transportation can be used and the overall structure of the narrative will be reasonably uniform…
Books of Hope
After the death of Anthony Bourdain I’ve been hearing the word ‘suicide contagion’ being bandied around as if it were a Meme or a Gif. I don’t like the sound of it, no one does. Yet despite its shallow nature t does bring up some deep questions about human nature. ? In the late 18th…
Thoughts & Quotes: The Time Machine
Originally posted on Touch My Spine Book Reviews:
The Time Machine Author: H.G. Wells Year: 1895 “It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.” ?
When to Show and When to Tell
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? by Kyle Massa ? Show, don’t tell. If you’ve ever taken a writing course of any kind, you’ve probably heard that phrase. If you haven’t, the meaning is pretty simple: don’t come out and tell your readers everything they need to know. Instead, show them examples and specific situations…
Thoughts & Quotes: Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Originally posted on Touch My Spine Book Reviews:
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Dr. Seuss) “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 