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11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King
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Coming Soon: Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World
The Year is 1886. Young Theodore Roosevelt finds himself a cattleman in a west once ruled by great herds of dinosaurs. But there is a monster loose in the Yellowstone Caldera, one of the last of the fearsome carnivores. Teddy mounts an expedition to rid the land of this great beast, and confronts his own past and, perhaps, his great destiny in this altered landscape.
Posted in Working My Book
Tagged Theodore Roosevelt, United States, Yellowstone Caldera
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Guest Blogger Dale Cozort, Author of “Exchange”
Hi. I’m Dale Cozort, guest blogger. I recently had a science fiction novel called Exchange published by Stairway Press, a small independent publisher. I previously self-published a book of Alternate History scenarios called American Indian Victories. I’m going to talk about how I’ve incorporated open source and free writing tools into my writing and promotion process, and then talk a little about the resulting book. How did I use open source and free writing tools to write and promote those books? …
Simpsons “The Book Job” with Neil Gaiman on Hulu:
Gotta share the “Simpsons” The Book Job” Episode while it’s up on Hulu:
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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 …
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Tagged Dinosaurs, First draft, Prologue., Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt
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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.
