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11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King
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John Carter of Mars Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
- The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
- Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1 by Mark Twain
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Kill Your Babies: Should I Cut this Prologue Out?
Here’s a little scene-setting prologue I’ve been waffling on. Obviously it needs some work ( Ugh. Passive tense. It’s.) but I think it’s just going out the window. It doesn’t do anything in the book at all. If it gets cut, that’s the three out of the first five chapters I’ve cut as throat clearing. The Bull Torosaur trotted along the creek bank and up over the edge to the plains. The wind stung his eyes. He lifted its snout to sniff the …
Posted in Working My Book, Writing
Tagged Dinosaurs, First draft, Prologue., Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt
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Jamie was kicked out of the school’s Costume Contest because the Judges didn’t recognize the character
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Bestselling horror Novel “Zone One.” Read the First Chapter Here
Recently saw “Zone One” by Colson Whitehead featured on NPR. Thought you might like it. A depopulated Manhattan. And yeah, sure, the central metaphor has been cliche since the original DotD. But a good zombie novel is still a good zombie novel.(Don’t worry, only the cover image is broken- The rest is there. just hit the next arrow.)
Not Really a big fan of “psychology” in writing books. But in The Story Book: A Writer’s Guide to Story Development, Principles, Problem-solving and Marketing David Baboulene does a good job of explaining how subtest works and how to best incorporate multiple layers of meaning into your writing. Here’s the Table of contents and a sample of the first chapter. Pay attention to the charts. I kinda like them.
Free Chapter of Star Wars, Fate of the Jedi:Ascension
From Amazon’s Bestseller list, Here’s the front matter and first chapter of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension:
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead- Good Riddance to Borders
Sorry Borders, you lost me a while ago. When you first opened up in out area, I Loved you. Unlike B&N, you carried small press and specialty Books. I bought my “Letters of H.P.Lovecraft” from you. I discovered Borderlands and Crossroads press. While I browsed the Horror and Sci-Fi sections, My family spent time in the Videos and the well stocked Children’s area. But you began to abuse the relationship. Our two local Indie bookshops closed under pressure from the …
