Tag: literature
group name: fictionaddiction
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February 19, 2007 01:15 PM EST --
I propose to publish a series of pieces that together I will call Guidelines for Writing Fiction. In this, the first in the series, I will discuss point of view (POV).
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February 21, 2006 10:21 AM EST --
(Continued from Moth Flight here)
Six Months Later - Undisclosed Location
The men in dark suits walked in first. Uniform in their appearance, watchful and alert, they exuded an air of menace. . . . more
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August 13, 2007 12:00 PM EDT --
The following is based is based on information taken from excellent Complete Idiot's Guide to Literature by Jay Stevenson Ph D.
I compiled these notes in order to discover where I fit into the world . . . more
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May 04, 2006 09:08 PM EDT --
Summer 1989, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana
The air over the town of Henderson was wet and superheated by the sun. Whispers of breeze fell, exhausted, after half-hearted attempts to stir the air. . . . more
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April 28, 2006 02:20 PM EDT --
Fortune cookie says, You'll find love today.
I sit in a corner, a dark tall corner of a dark tall building. Will my lover be fat, deformed, untidy? A dripping faucet? Other people join me. We build . . . more
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June 17, 2008 08:13 PM EDT --
the origins, perspectives, and concerns of Western imperialism as reflected in science fiction
COLONIALISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF SCIENCE FICTION by John Rieder. Wesleyan U. Press, Middletown, . . . more
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October 17, 2007 08:42 AM EDT --
sources and context of the fantasy writings of Tolkein and Lewis
THE COMPANY THEY KEEP - C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkein as Writers in a Community by Diana Pavlac Glyer. Kent State U. Press, . . . more
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August 20, 2007 02:20 PM EDT --
The following is taken from a very informative book "English Literature" written by Dr Jay Stevenson Ph D.
Close Reading In General
The single most important skill of a literary scholar is the . . . more
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June 07, 2006 10:25 PM EDT --
We found him like this, the soldier said.
My brother returned from the war alive as a statue. He did not speak, move, eat, but his heart beat and lungs filled with air.
We hoped, but he remained the . . . more
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February 21, 2006 04:00 PM EST --
I'm not good at describing things.
The sun wakes me up. It shines through the blinds. It's orange, the sun. The only warmth in the apartment. I think I'll get out of bed today.
"Does . . . more
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March 16, 2006 02:41 PM EST --
(The Story Begins Here, A Bad Beginning)
Summer 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana
On Tuesday, August 23, the girl in Personal Observation Room 314 became agitated and had to be restrained, for . . . more
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May 11, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
I'm a gambler, but I never thought Russian Roulette would be my game. In my mind's eye, my life has become a gun, blued, cold steel, smelling slightly of oil and a tinge of ozone. A pearl . . . more
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October 23, 2007 10:12 AM EDT --
One of the blogs I check out almost daily posted one day a question asking which book character you would like to be . The blogger picked more or less any heroine in any fantasy novel (except Hermione . . . more
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August 09, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
They stood in the rain on an empty street.
"No one, Kelly, means more to me than you."
To him it wasn't a mere line, some commonplace phrase. He meant every word.
"Cut," someone . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:22 PM EDT --
The low floodlights come up first, gels of blue, deep red, purple and some muted yellows. Hakim, with his own mini floodlight in the left-hand bass drum takes up the beat, both feet beating out . . . more
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July 11, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
Most of After the Floods is set in the fictional town of Cold Beak Minnesota, desolate from a flood. In these pages, Pete moves to Cold Beak from the Iron Range after the death of his wife.
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May 09, 2006 02:53 PM EDT --
The widow collected broken hearts, preying on infants of unrequited love. She kept them in economy sized pickle jars. Hearts in the living room, bedroom, hearts in the shower, kitchen cabinets, attic. . . . more
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March 25, 2008 04:35 PM EDT --
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has been kind to my new novel, After the Floods . In a review of Feb. 27, Susan Larson writes that "Henricksen brings such fey charm to this spiritual comedy, with . . . more
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May 09, 2006 04:45 PM EDT --
She sprinkled dirt over her offspring, clutching a folded flag as trade.
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January 26, 2007 02:24 PM EST --
It's been said that "everyone has a story to tell". That quote goes back many years and for a writer who wants to be published and sell books, that statement is a nemesis.
That statement . . . more
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