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June Roundup
Hey, writers! In case you missed a few posts, I’m sending you this roundup of posts. I hope the writing is going well for you. Keep at it! My Posts Bones and Stones: A short story with an anthropological … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, guest bloggers, NaNoWriMo, PTSD, reading, Reviews, Romance, Science Fiction, Writers, writing craft, writing life, Writing Prompts, Writing Secrets
Tagged big secret, Bones and Stones, Creative Writing, inspiration, June roundup, Reviews, The Resilient Patriot, writer secrets, writing, writing craft, writing life, Writing Prompts
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A Study in Second Person: Italo Calvino’s If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler
A Study in Second Person: Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Darlene Reilley You, the reader, think that no one can sustain a second-person point of view novel, however you are proved wrong by Italo Calvino. … Continue reading
Imagery and Theme in “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil”
IMAGERY AND THEME IN “YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN” AND “THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL” Darlene Reilley According to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s character, Young Goodman Brown, “’There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name’” (“YGB” 329). Hawthorne’s dark writing … Continue reading
Movement in Homer’s The Odyssey
I am not a poet, but Homer’s Odyssey makes me want to write as beautifully and simply as he does. The Odyssey has become one of my favorite novels because of beautiful lines like: “Side by side the two men … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Book Reviews, epic poetry, Homer, movment in fiction, reading like a writer, The Odyssey, writing adventure
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Sympathetic Characters and Violence in Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice Trilogy
Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice Trilogy, a compilation of three books: Bro, Ice, and 23,000, is an epic tale of what happens if alien entities fall to Earth in a meteorite and must take over human bodies to get to their next … Continue reading
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Shock and Awe in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
In Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children’s Crusade, a soldier bounces through time, meets aliens, and relives points in his life, centering around Dresden, Germany, during his tour during the Second World War. Vonnegut uses anaphora for a comical, … Continue reading
An International Booklist
I have always tried to branch out beyond my world. I had an idea for an international booklist that could help myself and others find writers whose experiences and worlds are completely different from my own. This is my international … Continue reading
Exploring the Fantastic in Robert Kirk’s the Secret Commonwealth
Robert Kirk’s The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies is an exploration in ancient Celtic beliefs. Marina Warner writes in the introduction: “Kirk never alludes to his own status as a seventh son or to any healing he might … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, elves, fairies, fantasy, fantasy reference, fawns, inspiration, reading for writers, writing fantasy
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Mortal Danger: Elizabeth Moon’s Trading in Danger
Some writers create momentum from a chapter to the next that keeps the reader’s attention; sometimes energy lasts for a whole book, and sometimes it lasts for a whole series. Elizabeth Moon is such a writer. Her Vatta’s universe is … Continue reading
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